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The Tempest (1979)

★ 5.7/10 95 min Drama, Fantasy United Kingdom English
Director: Derek Jarman
Writer: Derek Jarman
Theatre Play: William Shakespeare
Streaming: Not available
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”

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Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king's son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero's prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. Prospero's brother and the king wander the island, as do a drunken cook and sailor, who conspire with Caliban, Prospero's beastly slave, to murder Prospero. Prospero wants reason to triumph, Ariel wants his freedom, Miranda a husband; the sailors want to dance.

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Heathcote Williams
Heathcote Williams Prospero, the Right Duke of Milan
Toyah Willcox
Toyah Willcox Miranda, his daughter
Karl Johnson
Karl Johnson Ariel, an airy spirit
Jack Birkett Caliban, a savage and deformed slave
Peter Bull
Peter Bull Alonso, the King of Naples
David Meyer
David Meyer Ferdinand, his son
Neil Cunningham Sebastian, his brother
Richard Warwick
Richard Warwick Antonio, his brother

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