Al Pacino starred in 'The Merchant of Venice' in the early 2000s.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 10, 2026
Multiple sources confirm Al Pacino played Shylock in Michael Radford's 2004 film adaptation of The Merchant of Venice, which falls within the early 2000s. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the passage, which refers to Pacino's role in that film, and the sources do not contradict it.
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… that's why I like that film, People I know, with Al Pacino, you know, Robert Redford directed it, and it is actually a really sub subversive movie, and it made a lot of people mad. It got very limited distribution, but I remember when it came out, and like, Pacino would start as the Merchant of Venice around the same time, and Al Pacino was awesome. Unlike, unlike faggot retardo Robert de Niro, um, like, Pacino actually is an amazing actor, but he, he played Shylock, um in the Merchant of Venice. …
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Supports. A 2010 Reuters theater review says Pacino was reprising a role he portrayed in Michael Radford's 2004 film adaptation of The Merchant of Venice.[1]
Supports. The IMDb entry for the 2004 film lists Al Pacino as a star and Michael Radford as director, and the Slant Magazine DVD review identifies Pacino as Shylock.[2][3]
Supports. Wikipedia's Al Pacino article states he starred as Shylock in the 2004 feature film adaptation of The Merchant of Venice.[4]
Context. The film was released in late 2004 and in US cinemas in early 2005, so 2004 is at the late edge of the early 2000s. Whether that counts as 'early' is a matter of convention.[5][6]
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6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 5 not rated
- 1"The Merchant of Venice" theater reviewreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2The Merchant of Venice (2004)imdb.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Review: Michael Radford’s The Merchant of Venice on Sony DVD - Slant Magazineslantmagazine.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Al Pacino - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5The Merchant of Venice - 2005 - films released 2000 - 2024 - films & docu - Filmitaliafilmitalia.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 6The Merchant of Venice | Full Moviemoviesanywhere.com · not rated · cited for: context
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