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Bill (2015)

Bill poster
Directed by
Richard Bracewell
Genre
comedy film, adventure film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 87 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This comedy imagines a young William Shakespeare leaving his family to seek his fortune in London. He gets caught up in a plot involving a Spanish spy and must find a way to save Queen Elizabeth I.

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What happens

Bill is a 2015 British family adventure comedy film from the principal performers behind children's TV series Horrible Histories and Yonderland. It was produced by Punk Cinema, Cowboy Films and BBC Films and was released in the UK on 18 September 2015 by Vertigo Films. The film is a fictional take on the young William Shakespeare's search for fame and fortune, as written by Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond and directed by Richard Bracewell who co-produced with Tony Bracewell, Alasdair Flind and Charles Steel. It features the six lead performers playing several different roles each including Mathew Baynton, Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Willbond, Simon Farnaby, Jim Howick and Laurence Rickard. Bill has received mostly positive reviews from critics and grossed $968,534 worldwide. The film also received nominations for the Evening Standard British Film Award for Award for Comedy and the Into Film Award for Family Film of the Year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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