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The Tempest (Original title)
Dates: 1979 (Copyright), April 1980 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Derek Jarman

Synopsis: An adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

Genre:
Drama

Subject:
Tempest, The (play)
Releases
Date: April 1980Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 95 mins Length: 8566 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Mainline Pictures
Date: 07 September 1998Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 91 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Red Pictures
Date: 16 February 2004Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) - Colour - SoundDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Second Sight Films
Date: January 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 95 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (49)
©: Kendon Films Ltd., Executive Producer: Don Boyd, Produced by: Guy Ford, Produced by: Mordecai Schreiber, Associate Producer: Sarah Radclyffe, Accountancy: Alasdair McGaw, Location Organisation: Simon Turner, Tim Deutsch, 1st Assistant [Director]: Anthony Annis, Assistant to the Director: Steven Mehea, Personal Assistant to the Director: John Scarlett-Davis, Continuity: Judi Futrille, Casting Consultant: Maggie Cartier, Adapted for the screen by: Derek Jarman, {Based on the play by} [possessory credit above title]: William Shakespeare, Director of Photography: Peter Middleton, Camera Operator: Robert McShane, Clapper Loader: Graham Berry, Gaffer: John Rogers, Best Boy: Mike Munroe, Spark: Peter Young, Generator Operator: William Thornhill, Grip: Denis Balkin, Stills: Bridget Holm, Special Stills: Doug Luke, Editor: Lesley Walker, Assistant Editor: Annette D'Alton, Designer: Yolanda Sonnabend, Art Director: Ian Whittaker, Prosper's Cell: Simon Read, Construction: Smallworks Ltd., Wardrobe: Nicolas Ede, Make-up: Rosalind McCorquidale, Make-up Assistant: Ruth Kahn, Hair: Keith at 'Smile', Processed at: Kay Laboratories Ltd., Electronic Sound and Music by: Wavemaker, Music for the Dance by: Gheorge Zamfir and His Orchestra, [Electronic Sound and Music] Recorded at: Electrophon Music, Choreography: Stuart Hopps, Sound Recordist: John Hayes, Boom Operator: Trevor Rutherford, Re-recordist: Tony Anscombe, Sound Editor: Sarah Vickers, Unit Publicist: Søren Fischer, Transport: Mobility Services, Catering: Other People's Houses, This film is dedicated to the memory of: Elizabeth Evelyn Jarman
Cast (16)
Peter Bull (Alonso, the King of Naples), David Meyer (Ferdinand, his son), Neil Cunningham (Sebastian, his brother), Heathcote Williams (Prospero, the Right Duke of Milan), Toyah Willcox (Miranda, his daughter), Richard Warwick (Antonio, his brother), Karl Johnson (Ariel, an airy spirit), Jack Birkett (Caliban, a savage and deformed slave), Christopher Biggins (Stephano, a drunken mariner), Peter Turner (Trinculo, his friend), Ken Campbell (Gonzalo, an honest councillor), Elisabeth Welch (a goddess), Claire Davenport (Sycorax), Kate Temple (young Miranda), Helen Wellington-Lloyd, Angela Whitington (a spirit)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (24)
In: Sight and Sound v14 n3 March 2004  Page: 76
Title: Home movies: private view: when the party's overAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Tilda Swinton recalls working with Derek Jarman during a period that allowed British artists like Jarman to develop - largely thanks to BFI Production, now closed. Includes note of the DVD release of The LAST OF ENGLAND and The TEMPEST.

In: Sight and Sound v14 n3 March 2004  Page: 79
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: Creative Screenwriting v5 n2 1998  Pages: 12-15
Title: Derek Jarman's The TempestAuthor: COPPEDGE, Walter Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: An assessment of Derek Jarman's The TEMPEST, and of the choices he made when adapting Shakespeare's text.

In: Shakespeare Bulletin v15 n4 Autumn 1997  Pages: 35-37
Title: Prospero's Offshoots: From the Library to the ScreenAuthor: CAVECCHI, Mariacristina Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On films based on the Prosperos character

In: Literature/Film Quarterly v25 n2 1997  Pages: 90-98
Title: Stormy Weather: Derek Jarman's The TempestAuthor: HARRIS, Diana Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Analysis of Jarman's THE TEMPEST. In an issue about Shakespeare adaptations.

In: Eyepiece v17 n1 Feb/Mar 1996  Pages: 8-11
Title: Middleton remembers Jarman.Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article about cinematographer Peter Middleton, in particular his work with Derek Jarman, especially SEBASTIANE, JUBILEE, and THE TEMPEST.

In: Shakespeare on Film Newsletter v7 n1 December 1982  Page: 3
Title: [Shakespeare on Film Newsletter - v7 n1 December 1982: no known title]Article type: BibliographyLanguage: English
Description: Second part of bibliography.

In: Shakespeare on Film Newsletter v6 n2 March 1982  Page: 9,12
Title: [Shakespeare on Film Newsletter - v6 n2 March 1982: no known title]Article type: BibliographyLanguage: English
Description: First part of a selected bibliography on the film.

In: Cinema Papers n29 Oct/Nov 1980  Page: 381
Title: [Cinema Papers - n29 Oct/Nov 1980: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v47 n556 May 1980  Page: 101
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v47 n556 May 1980: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English

In: Screen International n244 7 Jun 1980  Page: 15
Title: [Screen International - n244 7 Jun 1980: no known title]Language: English

In: Films and Filming v26 n9 June 1980  Page: 28
Title: [Films and Filming - v26 n9 June 1980: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v47 n555 April 1980  Pages: 78-9
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v47 n555 April 1980: no known title]Language: English

In: Time Out n524 2 May 1980  Page: 33
Title: [Time Out - n524 2 May 1980: no known title]Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Review and interview with director.

In: Time Out n524 2 May 1980  Page: 49
Title: [Time Out - n524 2 May 1980: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Caption review.

In: The Listener v103 n2661 8 May 1980  Pages: 626-627
Title: [The Listener - v103 n2661 8 May 1980: no known title]Language: English

In: Continental Film Review v26 n6/7 Apr/May 1979  Pages: 6-9
Title: [Continental Film Review - v26 n6/7 Apr/May 1979: no known title]Language: English

In: Screen International n177 17 Feb 1979  Page: 14
Title: [Screen International - n177 17 Feb 1979: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.

In: Time Out n475 25 May 1979  Page: 36
Title: [Time Out - n475 25 May 1979: no known title]Language: English

In: Screen International n182 24 Mar 1979  Page: 19
Title: [Screen International - n182 24 Mar 1979: no known title]Article type: Location ReportLanguage: English
Description: Location report.

In: The Listener v102 n2627 6 Sep 1979  Page: 311
Title: [The Listener - v102 n2627 6 Sep 1979: no known title]Language: English

In: Film Directions v2 n8 1979  Pages: 12-13
Title: [Film Directions - v2 n8 1979: no known title]Language: English
Description: Stills.

In: Film Directions v2 n8 1979  Pages: 14-15
Title: [Film Directions - v2 n8 1979: no known title]Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with director.

In: Variety 12 Sep 1979  Page: 20
Title: [Variety - 12 Sep 1979: no known title]Language: English


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (10)
Title: Shakespeare the illusionist: magic, dreams, and the supernatural on film
Author: Forsyth, Neil  Pages: viii, 223 pages

Title: British film industry in the 1970s: capital, culture and creativity
Author: Barber, Sian   Pages: xii, 221 pages

Title: Derek Jarman
Author: WYMER, Rowland  Pages: xii, 210 p.

Title: Shakespeare into film
Author: WELSH, James M.  Pages: xxxi, 248 p.

Title: Conjuring The Tempest: Derek Jarman and the spectacle of redemption
Author: ELLIS, Jim  Pages: 20p.

Title: eloquence of the vulgar: language, cinema and the politics of culture
Author: MACCABE, Colin  Pages: v-viii, 184p.

Title: Shakespeare on film
Author: SHAUGHNESSY, Robert  Pages: vii-xi, 205p.

Title: Derek Jarman: dreams of England
Author: O'PRAY, Michael  Pages: 232p.

Title: Screen adaptations: Shakespeare's The Tempest: the relationship between text and film
Author: HOPKINS, Lisa  Pages: viii, 200 p.

Title: Jarman's gentle joke: an examination of the use of irony in Derek Jarman's "The Tempest"
Author: TAYLOR, Maggie  Pages: i-vi, 60p.
Description: Unpublished document. Must not be photocopied. Thesis presented for M.A. in English at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(32)
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Film materials(17)
Description: 16mm Colour InterpositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteStock date: 1978BFI identifier: N-183451
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Description: 16mm Colour Reversal InternegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteStock date: 1980BFI identifier: N-180161
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Description: 16mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: N-180213
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Description: 16mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundStock date: 1978BFI identifier: N-180242
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Description: 16mm Original Colour NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 3294 FeetStock date: 1978BFI identifier: C-744946
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Description: 16mm Original Colour NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 3294 FeetStock date: 1978BFI identifier: C-1295697
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Description: 35mm Colour InternegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteStock date: 1978BFI identifier: N-183449
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteStock date: 1991BFI identifier: N-183436
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Description: 35mm Colour Reversal InternegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteStock date: 1978BFI identifier: N-183471
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Description: 35mm Colour Reversal InternegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteStock date: 1979BFI identifier: N-179861
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Description: 35mm Magnetic recordingBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 10382 FeetBFI identifier: C-167700
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Description: 35mm Magnetic recordingBase: PolyesterSound: SoundStock date: 1978BFI identifier: N-183476
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Description: 35mm Magnetic recordingBase: PolyesterSound: SoundBFI identifier: N-181599
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Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundStock date: 1980BFI identifier: N-183438
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Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundStock date: 1978BFI identifier: N-180227
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Description: 35mm PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: N-197598
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: N-197592
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film