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The Tempest / London Films ; produced by Guy Ford and Mordecai Schreiber ; adapted for the screen and directed by Derek Jarman.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD PR2833 .A23 2000b
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Film adaptations.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Feature films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- William Shakespeare's The Tempest
- Derek Jarman's The Tempest
- Title on disc container: Derek Jarman's adaptation of Shakespeares's The Tempest.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Kino International, [2000]
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- An interpretation of Shakespeare's play The Tempest, with elaborate staging and modern touches. It tells the story of Prospero, the magician, who lives with his nubile daughter on an enchanted island and punishes his enemies when they are shipwrecked there. It's a study of sexual and political power in the guise of a fairy tale.
- Participant:
- Toyah Willcox, Heathcote Williams, Karl Johnson, Elisabeth Welch.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Peter Middleton; editor, Lesley Walker; music for the dance by Gheorge Zamfir and his orchestra.
- Notes:
- Based on The Tempest / by William Shakespeare.
- Special features: Three short films by Derek Jarman: A journey to Avebury (1971); Garden of Luxor (1972) and Art of Mirrors (1973); the text of the original theatrical press kit for The Tempest.
- Original theatrical aspect ratio presentation.
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1979.
- Contains:
- Journey to Avebury
- Garden of Luxor
- Art of Mirrors
- OCLC:
- 166486027
- Publisher Number:
- 738329014728
- K147 DVD Kino on Video
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