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Aug 13, 1982 · John Cassavetes stars as a man who leaves his wife and career for a spiritual exile on a Greek island, where he meets Susan Sarandon and Molly Ringwald. The film is loosely based on Shakespeare's The Tempest and features Raul Julia as a goatherd.
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- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Paul Mazursky
- 1982-08-13
Tempest is a 1982 American adventure comedy-drama romance film directed by Paul Mazursky. It is a loosely based, modern-day adaptation of the William Shakespeare play The Tempest. The picture features John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Raúl Juliá and Molly Ringwald in her feature film debut. [2]
Jan 7, 2011 · The Tempest: Directed by Julie Taymor. With Felicity Jones, Jude Akuwudike, Reeve Carney, David Strathairn. Shakespeare's epic play is translated from page to screen, with the gender of the main character, Prospero, changed from male to female.
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- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Julie Taymor
- 2011-01-07
When Paul Mazursky decided to model his new movie on Shakespeare's "The Tempest," he no doubt imagined there would be intellectual fun for the audience in building mental bridges between his modern story and the bard's final play.
This modernistic fantasy-drama, is about a New York architect Phillip (John Cassavetes), who is fedup with city living. He takes his wife Antonia (Gena Rowla...
A successful architect, dogged by a mid-life crisis, purges his material trappings then retreats into a self-imposed exile on a remote Greek island in a vain attempt to bring meaning to his life.
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The Tempest is a 2010 American fantasy comedy-drama film based on the 1611 play of the same name by William Shakespeare. In this version, the gender of the main character, Prospero, is changed from male to female; the role was played by Helen Mirren.
