When Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writer's block, a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow) starts the words flowing like never before in this Oscar winner for Best Picture that puts a fictional spin on the origins of ROMEO AND JULIET. Featuring an all-star cast and a razor-sharp Oscar-winning screenplay, the acclaimed Romantic Comedy earned additional Oscars for Gwyneth Paltrow and Dame Judi Dench for her performance as Queen Elizabeth I.