A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film) in the Tuscan region of Italy, although all textual mentions of Athens were retained. The film made use of Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music for an 1843 stage production (including the famous "Wedding March"), alongside operatic works from Giuseppe Verdi, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini, Gioacchino Rossini and Pietro Mascagni. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" received mixed-to-positive reviews, and currently holds a rating of 67% on Rotten Tomatoes, and a score of 61 on Metacritic, indicating generally favorable reviews. Many critics singled out Kevin Kline and Stanley Tucci for particular praise. In "The New York Times", Janet Maslin wrote: In the "Chicago Sun-Times",
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2017 film) A Midsummer Night's Dream (2017 film) A Midsummer Night's Dream (stylized as "A Midsummer Night's DREAM") is a 2017 film adaptation of the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare. The film is a modern rendition that relocates the story from ancient Athens to present day Los Angeles. The film was adapted for the screen and directed by Casey Wilder Mott. The production companies were 5B Productions and Empyrean Pictures. The film's original soundtrack, composed by Mia Doi Todd, features guest appearances by Tunde Adebimpe, Cut Chemist, Dntel, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Dungen, and others. A Midsummer Night's DREAM premiered at