The Tempest

Director: Julie Taymor Julie Taymor

Overview

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. 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 Miramax/Touchstone release also stars David Strathairn, Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, and Ben Wishaw.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/20/2011
UPC:	0786936811698
Original Release:	2010
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Touchstone / Disney
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:50:00
Sales rank:	7,364

Special Features

Raising the Tempest: Julie Taymor documentary about the making of the movie; Julie Taymor audio commentary; Annotated Shakespeare: View The Tempest with audio commentary by renowned Shakespeare experts Virginia Vaughan & Jonathan Bate; "O Mistress Mine" music video; Russell Brand rehearsal riff

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Helen Mirren	Prospera
Felicity Jones	Miranda
Djimon Hounsou	Caliban
Ben Whishaw	Ariel
Reeve Carney	Prince Ferdinand
David Strathairn	King Alonso
Alan Cumming	Sebastian
Chris Cooper	Antonio
Tom Conti	Gonzalo
Alfred Molina	Stephano
Russell Brand	Trinculo
Jude Akuwudike	Boatswain
Jude Akuwidike	Actor
Ben Wishaw	Actor
David Straiton	Actor
Elliot Goldenthal	Composer

Technical Credits

Julie Taymor

Julie Taymor	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Julia Taylor-Stanley	Producer
Lynn Hendee	Producer
Robert Chartoff	Producer
Jason K. Lau	Producer,Executive Producer,Producer
John C. Ching	Executive Producer
Ron Bozman	Executive Producer
Tino Puri	Executive Producer
Rohit Khattar	Executive Producer
Stewart Till	Executive Producer
Anthony Buckner	Executive Producer
Greg Strasburg	Executive Producer
Mary Cybulski	Script Supervisor
Sheldon Lehman	Special Effects,Special Effects
Steve Kirshoff	Special Effects Supervisor