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Prospero's books / Allarts presents ; an Allarts-Cinéa/Camera One-Penta co-production ; in association with Elsevier Vendex Film ... [and others] ; produced by Kees Kasander ; directed [and written] by Peter Greenaway.
LIBRA DVD 011 281
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest, author.
- Series:
- Allied Artists classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Film adaptations.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Fantasy films.
- Erotic films.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Motion pictures, French.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Allied Artists, [2007]
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC; Dolby stereo.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "Prospero, once the Duke of Milan, now reigns over a faraway island, living there with his only daughter, Miranda. Twelve years earlier Prospero's brother, in league with the King of Naples, had exiled Prospero and his daughter from their home. One evening Prospero imagines creating a storm powerful enough to bring his old enemies to his island. He begins to write a play about his Tempest, speaking aloud the lines of each of his characters. It is the story of Prospero's past, and his revenge ... "--Container sleeve.
- Participant:
- John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc, Erland Josephson, Isabelle Pasco.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Sacha Vierny; editor, Marina Bodbijl; music, Michael Nyman.
- Notes:
- Based on The tempest / by William Shakespeare.
- "An Anglo-French co-production."--opening frames.
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1991.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 191855167
- Publisher Number:
- 086624419534
- 41953 Allied Artists
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