The Tempest

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The Tempest is a 1979 fantasy/extravaganza film adaptation of William Shakespeare's eponymous play. Directed by Derek Jarman, with Heathcote Williams as Prospero, it stars Toyah Willcox and Jack Birkett from his previous feature, Jubilee (1977), as well as his longtime cohort Karl Johnson.
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  • Sep 13, 1979

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Runtime:

  • 92 min (55 hs )

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Derek Jarman

Derek Jarman (31 January 1942 – 19 February, 1994) was an English film director, stage designer, artist, and writer. Jarman was born Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman in Northwood, Middlesex, boarded at Canford School in Dorset, and from 1960 studied at King's College London. This was followed by four...

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The Tempest

The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been written in 1610–11, (although some researchers have argued for an earlier dating). The play's protagonist is the banished sorcerer Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan, who initially uses his magical powers to punish his enemies when...
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