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Orlando / a co-production with Lenfilm, Mikado Film, Rio, Sigma Filmproductions ; produced by Christopher Sheppard ; a film by Sally Potter.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Orlando--Film adaptations.
- Woolf, Virginia.
- Sex role--England--Drama.
- Sex role.
- Nobility--England--Drama.
- Nobility.
- Gender identity--Drama.
- Gender identity.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (94 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 1992.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, and Quentin Crisp star in this 'hip, sexy, and wickedly funny' film based on the gender-bending novel by Virginia Woolf. Swinton starts as Orlando, and English nobleman who defies the laws of nature with surprising results. Immortal and highly imaginative, he undergoes a series of extraordinary transformations which humorously and hauntingly illustrate the eternal war between the sexes.
- Participant:
- Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Lothaire Bluteau, John Wood, Charlotte Valandrey, Heathcote Williams, Quentin Crisp.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 03, 2017).
- Based on the book by Virginia Woolf.
- Nominated 1994 Academy Awards, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
- Nominated 1994 Academy Awards, Best Costume Design
- Won 1994 BAFTA Awards, Best Make Up Artist
- Nominated 1994 BAFTA Awards, Best Costume Design
- OCLC:
- 971298051
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