La tempête

Original title: The Tempest

1979
R
1h 35m

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Banished to a forsaken island, the Right Duke of Milan and Sorcerer Prospero gets the chance to take his revenge on the King of Naples with the assistance of his airy spirit-servant, Ariel.Banished to a forsaken island, the Right Duke of Milan and Sorcerer Prospero gets the chance to take his revenge on the King of Naples with the assistance of his airy spirit-servant, Ariel.Banished to a forsaken island, the Right Duke of Milan and Sorcerer Prospero gets the chance to take his revenge on the King of Naples with the assistance of his airy spirit-servant, Ariel.

Director
- Derek Jarman
Writers
- William Shakespeare
- Derek Jarman
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6.4/10

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Director
- Derek Jarman
Writers
- William Shakespeare
- Derek Jarman
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The role of Prospero was originally intended for an older actor and John Gielgud was approached but declined. It was then offered to Terry-Thomas but his failing health caused him to turn it down. The character was then rewritten as a younger Prospero and Heathcote Williams was cast.

Quotes
Miranda, his daughter: Oh, how beauteous mankind is. O brave new world that has such people in it!

Crazy credits
Many Thanks To All Those Who Took An Interest and Especially... and All The Sailors Who Weathered The Storm.

Connections
Featured in Toyah (1980)

Soundtracks
Stormy Weather
Written by Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler
Performed by Stephen Pruslin (as Steven Pruslin) and Dave Campbell
Sung by Elisabeth Welch
Arranged by Stephen Pruslin (as Steven Pruslin)
Produced by Guy Ford

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7/10

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I'm amazed that of all the reviews I've looked at nobody seems to have noticed one of the main points of this film, or at least how I saw it. It seems like one big homosexual fantasy, camp clothing, a glorified nude Ferdinand, a definite sexual tension between Ariel and Prospero, and as a final climax, a group of men in tight sailor suits dancing the hornpipe. This whole approach, once you get used to it, provides you with all sorts of fantastic scenes and images. The sight of an innocent Ariel being pulled towards a disgusting nude Sycorax in order to perform "her earthy and abhorr'd commands", is one of the darkest I've ever scene in a Shakespeare film. However by the end of the film I'd grown tired of the style and the final hornpipe dance was just too much to take. Still overall its an interesting interpretation of the play.