10 Things I Hate About You (1999) Movie poster and book cover compared.

10 Things I Hate About You

Gil Junger, 1999

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The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare, 1593

10 Things I Hate About You is a movie directed by Gil Junger in 1999 and inspired by the book The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, first published in 1593. The movie features Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, David Krumholtz, Andrew Keegan, and others.

What users say

“The movie is better than the book”

But the book is worth reading.

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10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Book by David Levithan

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RATING

7.3

/ 10

Movie Poster: 10 Things I Hate About You (Gil Junger, 1999)

7.5

/ 10

Book Cover: The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare, 1593)

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AUDIOBOOK

Audiobook cover of The Taming of the Shrew, the 1593 book by William Shakespeare.

The Taming of the Shrew

Read by: David Hickling

Storyline

Cameron James, a new student at Padua High School in the Seattle area, becomes instantly smitten with popular sophomore Bianca Stratford. Geeky Michael Eckman warns him that Bianca is vapid and conceited, and that her overprotective father does not allow Bianca or her older sister, the shrewish Kat, to date.

Movie vs Book

Poster of 10 Things I Hate About You, the 1999 movie by Gil Junger

Year

1999

Minutes

97

Movie Rate

7.30

Source: IMDb

Movie

10 Things I Hate About You

Country: USA

Year: 1999

Length: 1h37m

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Cover of The Taming of the Shrew, the 1593 book by William Shakespeare

Year

1593

Pages

291

Book Rate

7.58

S: Goodreads

Book

The Taming of the Shrew

Country: UK

First published in: 1593

Length: 291 pages

Genre: Poem

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Poster of 10 Things I Hate About You, the 1999 movie by Gil Junger

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Cover of The Taming of the Shrew, the 1593 book by William Shakespeare

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