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ACROSS THE UNIVERSE's Julie Taymor shakes up Shakespeare with her adaptation of THE TEMPEST, retrofitting the fantastical tale with a female lead, casting Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren in what is usually the male role of Prospero.Product Identifiers
ProducerJason Lau, Julie Taymor, Robert Chartoff, Julia Taylor-Stanley, Lynn Hendee
EAN8717418297350
eBay Product ID (ePID)102185965
Product Key Features
ActorChris Cooper, Tom Conti, Felicity Jones, Alfred Molina, Jude Akuwudike, David Straiton, Ben Wishaw, Reeve Carney, Djimon Hounsou, Helen Mirren, Alan Cumming, Russell Brand
Film/TV TitleThe Tempest
DirectorJulie Taymor
LanguageEnglish
Run Time106 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2011
FormatDVD
FeaturesAudio Commentary, Widescreen
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
CertificatePG
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerElliot Goldenthal
Production DesignerMark Friedberg
Additional InformationACROSS THE UNIVERSE's Julie Taymor shakes up Shakespeare with her adaptation of THE TEMPEST, retrofitting the fantastical tale with a female lead, casting Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren in what is usually the male role of Prospero. The storyline follows the newly coined Prospera (Mirren), an exiled magician who uses her powers to call upon a tempest to bring her enemies to the island she's been forced to call home, not knowing that it will bring a suitor to her daughter, Miranda (Felicity Jones). THE TEMPEST also stars David Strathairn, Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, and Ben Wishaw.
ReviewsThe New Yorker - Taymor has played with Shakespeare's text -- switching genders, and inventing, dropping, and transposing passages -- but there's an emotional gain., Portland Oregonian - This is one of the most straightforward versions of the Tempest ever filmed, making it edifying as well as -- when Taymor hits a groove -- dazzling.
ScreenwriterJulie Taymor
AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
Sound sourceDolby Digital
EditorFrancoise Bonnot
Movie/TV TitleThe Tempest
Director of PhotographyStuart Dryburgh
Consumer AdviceContains scary scenes, natural nudity and mild sex references