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Venice, Italy | Jewish Ghetto
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Best Production Design Migliore Scenografia | 2006 | Bruno
Best Production Design in a Foreign Language Film | 2005 | Bruno
Best Costume Design | 2005 | Sammy
Best European Film Miglior Film dellUnione Europea | 2005 | Michael
Best Adapted Screenplay Miglior sceneggiatura non originale | 2005 | Michael
British Director of the Year | 2005 | Michael
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Comedy or Musical | 2005 | Lynn
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Comedy or Musical | 2005 | Joseph
Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | 2005
Budget 30,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 21,600,000 USD
The bare-breasted prostitutes were not put in the film to make it more risqué, but rather to add a note of historical authenticity. Venetian law at the time required all prostitutes to bare their breasts because the Christian authorities were concerned about rampant homosexuality in their city.
Cate Blanchett was set to play Portia, but had to drop out at the last minute after discovering she was pregnant.
Dustin Hoffman was interested in playing Shylock; however, when he contacted director Michael Radford about it, Al Pacino had already been cast. In fact, in 1989, Hoffman had starred as Shylock in both the London and subsequent Broadway productions of "Merchant" directed by Sir Peter Hall.
Shylock's "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech is quoted in Schindler's List (1993) by Joseph Fiennes's brother, Ralph Fiennes.
Ian McKellen was set to play Antonio, but had to drop at the last minute due to scheduling conflicts.
"Shylock: I am a Jew! Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be - by Christian example? Why, revenge. The villany you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard - but I will better the instruction."
"Shylock: He hath disgraced me, and hindered me half a million, laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies; and what's his reason? I am a Jew."
