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Tempest

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Genre Drama, Comedy
Format Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen, Surround Sound, Subtitled
Contributor Chris Cooper, Alfred Molina, Jude Akuwudike, Reeve Carney, Christoph Holch, Lynn Hendee, Marin Karmitz, Michael Weber, Felicity Jones, Tom Conti, Jason Lau, Julie Taymor, David Strathairn, Robert Chartoff, Djimon Hounsou, Julia Taylor-Stanley, Helen Mirren, Alan Cumming, Russell Brand, Ben Whishaw, Alain Sarde See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 50 minutes
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This modern retelling of William Shakespeare's final masterpiece is an exciting, mystical and magical fantasy with Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren (Best Actress, THE QUEEN, 2006) leading a star-studded cast including Russell Brand (GET HIM TO THE GREEK) and Alfred Molina (THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE). Exiled to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera (Mirren) conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies, and then unleashes her powers for revenge. Directed by the visionary Julie Taymor - and complete with exclusive bonus features and an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design (Sandy Powell, 2010) - THE TEMPEST, with it's innovative twist, is a supernatural dramedy filled with Shakespearian villains, lovers and fools that will leave you spellbound.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.4 x 5.4 x 7.5 inches; 2.4 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 658800
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Julie Taymor
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen, Surround Sound, Subtitled
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 50 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ December 20, 2011
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Djimon Hounsou, Ben Whishaw, Reeve Carney
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Spanish, English
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Julie Taymor, Julia Taylor-Stanley, Lynn Hendee, Marin Karmitz, Michael Weber
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Walt Disney Video
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004M9ZI0M
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2019
    Shakespeare’s play The Tempest (1611) has a well-deserved reputation for being difficult to comprehend. For one thing, there is no obvious plot, just three groups of shipwrecked survivors who wander across the desolate island that is inhabited by Prospero, a master of the ancient arts of sorcery. They eventually all meet in Prospero’s underground cell, where he removes the spells he has placed them under, and then inexplicably sets all free. Also, Shakespeare doesn’t provide any motivation for Prospero’s obsessive study of these dark secular arts, which makes his gesture at the end of the play in freeing his captives and relinquishing his esoteric powers all the more puzzling. How are we to make sense of it?

    Julie Taymor’s faithful film version (2010) of The Tempest brings seamless CGI dramatizations and high production values to the original Shakespeare play. It opens with Prospera’s (played by Helen Mirren) backstory of how she neglected her political power as the Duke of Milan in order to pursue her studies of the esoteric arts to gain power over the elements, with the result that her brother Antonio (played by Chris Cooper) betrayed her as allegedly a witch, usurping her title and exiling her and her 3-year old daughter Miranda to an island prison, taking nothing but some clothes, some food, and some of her hermetic books. The film then picks up the narrative 12 years later. Prospera as the Magus has used her esoteric knowledge to control the elements of wind and fire, in the person of the sprite Ariel (played by Ben Whishaw) and its legion of shadows, and the elements of earth and water, in the person of Caliban, now the foster-child of Prospera, who has begun his education and taught him language, but who has enslaved him (his duties include bringing firewood to Prospera’s cell and catching fish for her dinner, which he vehemently detests).

    The key relationship, however, is between Prospera and the sprite Ariel, who longs to be free from Prospera’s dominion. As the play begins, Prospera commands Ariel to use its power over wind and fire to shipwreck not only the evil Antonio and his corrupt assistant Sebastian, but also the blameless King of Naples and his entourage including the wise Gonzalo, onto the Magus’ island. The shipwrecked passengers are broken up into groups, with the heir to the Kingdom of Naples, the flawless Ferdinand (played by Reeve Carney) landing alone, completely unhurt, who happens upon the virginal Miranda (the lovely Felicity Jones) and instantly they mutually fall in love. Prospera even commands a masque-dance to commemorate their betrothal. All of this is true to the original Shakespeare play.

    Djimon Hounsou plays Caliban in a traditional manner, consistent with his 100-some lines of dialogue, as a spurned acolyte, violently resenting the master’s inattention. In the throes of his resentment, Caliban betrays his step-mother-mistress and conspires with the drunkard Stephano (Alfred Molina) and the jester Trinculo (Russell Brand) to kill Prospera in her cell during her afternoon nap. But Prospera is forewarned of their plot by Ariel. These three buffoons parade across the island’s lava landscape in a parody of self-important bluster, but then are hounded by Ariel as the Harpy, in full black feathers and giant crow’s-beak, into a glen nearby Prospera’s cell, with all the other shipwrecked characters in thrall to her power now located within her cell, as the play’s denouement approaches.

    Ariel’s success is rewarded with its freedom, and it returns to the airy heights unfettered by Prospera’s powers of dominion.

    Now in her private element, and despite the moral outrage she has suffered at the hands of her brother Antonio and his stooge Sebastian, Prospera chooses to forego her righteous vengeance on these middling personalities. Indeed, what is the point of torturing these petty, greedy mediocrities? She disavows her esoteric power over wind, fire, water, and earth by tossing her magus’ staff into the sea, along with her hermetic books.

    What is the significance of the knowledge that Prospera had obtained at great cost to her, but now abandons? This is the unanswered question of this late Shakespearean play. If you persist in uncovering the depths of true knowledge, and reach a coherent vision of that reality, what does that mean? Perhaps Shakespeare is saying, “Seek to achieve your own understanding, I cannot do that for you.” Isn’t this the most human accomplishment, a lifetime of immersion in philosophy, science, the arts, and of course, love?
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2013
    I have seen only one other filmed version of "The Tempest", the BBC version, and I agree with others who say that in spite of a good cast lead by great Shakespearean actor, Michael Hordern, it is flat and visually uninteresting. That is a good place to start when speaking of this film, shot on two Hawaiian islands, including the volcanic regions on the big island. The scenery is gorgeous and perfectly befitting the play. The landscape tends to put the humans in proper perspective. Little.

    The great background is enhanced by a touch of special effects, especially in the presentation of the spirit, Ariel. In the background piece, it was reported that Ben Whishaw, the actor who played Arial, would not be available when the company went to Hawaii. So, many of his parts are inserted by special effect, which has the benefit of giving him a very spectral quality.

    If the special effects and the landscape do anything unfortunate, it is to shrink Prospera in comparison. Either though direction, camera work, or acting, Prospera the magician simply does not come off with the gravitas of Gandalf in LOTR (even though he rarely uses magic.) Prospera's effects are spectacular. It almost seems as if Prospera were played by an even slighter actress, the contrast would have been so great as to make a strong impression.

    Caliban is Ariel's opposite, earthy in the extreme. In the BBC production, the Caliban character was covered with a stringy, weedy costume which tended to obscure his reactions to the camera. You can almost recognize Djimon Hounsou as the Nubian who played Russell Crowe's fellow gladiator in the movie of that name. Between his natural skin color and makeup, it appears he is caked with mud.

    Caliban's two henchmen from the storm-tossed ship are two of Shakespeare's great fool characters, Trinculo and Stefano, played to perfection by Russell Brand and Alfred Molina. It just may be that this trio steals the show from Mirren. But Mirren gives a great performance, outdoing Hordern easily. As director Julie Taymor notes, it was simple to change the male character Prospero to Prospera, as it was no more than changing a few pronouns. Far, far easier, for example, than changing King Lear or Hamlet to a woman.

    The love interest is played by Reeve Carney as Ferdinand, Alonso's son, who falls in love with Miranda, Prospera's daughter, played by felicity Jones. Like many of Shakespeare's romances, they tend to be less interesting than the fools and the perils of the plot. Neither seem accomplished actors, although they carry their parts reasonably well, in this, one of the Himalayas of English language theatre.

    The four noblemen are played well by Chris Cooper as Antonio, Prospera's brother and Miranda's uncle, Alan Cumming as Sebastian - Alonso's brother, Tom Conti as Gonzalo, a counselor to Alonso, who gave aid to Prospera and Miranda
    David Strathairn as Alonso, King of Naples, but I confess, Shakespeare has saved the best parts for the fools and the young lovers.

    The overall effect makes this possibly the only Tempest worth watching.

    One yearns to see what The Tempest would look like with Ian McKellen in the lead, after his long run as that most famous wizard, Gandalf.
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  • Gary Fuhrman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Such dreams as we are made on
    Reviewed in Canada on March 30, 2012
    The Tempest is Shakespeare's last great play, and i've been hoping that eventually someone would take advantage of the advances in cinematic technology to bring its magic to the screen as effectively as Peter Jackson and crew did with Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Julie Taymor is just the director to achieve this, and the visual effects in this film are everything one could hope for and more, especially considering the budget limitations which ruled out elaborate CGI. The next question is whether this film could be equally successful in rendering the psychological turmoil and interpersonal conflicts which revolve around the magician at the centre of the play. And the answer, for me, is that this film is _dramatically_ the most powerful version of The Tempest that i've seen on stage or screen.

    The decision to cast the wronged magician Prospero as a woman was bound to raise eyebrows, but Helen Mirren's performance as Prospera blows away all doubts on that score. It is masterful in every way, especially in its embodiment of her struggle against the dark side of her own power. The rest of the cast is equally good, and i would single out Ben Whishaw's Ariel as a revelation. I've seen some good stage Ariels, but never before one who is so totally convincing as a powerful and shapeshifting being whose volatile moods are expressed in every move, thanks not not only to the imaginative visual effects but also to Whishaw's performance as an actor.

    All the human characters, including Caliban, likewise come across as real people with real motivations and realistic reactions to the situations they find themselves in -- even the young lovers Miranda and Ferdinand, whose idealism is difficult to flesh out, especially in a play which revolves so much around political intrigue, murderous lust for power and revenge. The more comic characters are hilarious too, although this production brings out the parallel between their plot against Prospera and the plot against the king of Naples, so the "dark side" is never far below the surface.

    I can't say how this film would come across to someone totally new to Shakespeare, or to this play, but i was totally absorbed in the story on first viewing -- and in reflecting on it afterwards, i'm amazed at how well Taymor and the whole cast have used Shakespeare's words to enhance the power of the experience. They have certainly not treated the language of the play as an untouchable relic; the gender change of Prospero to Prospera required some (surprisingly minor) changes to the dialogue and the back story. And like most good productions of Shakespeare, they have dropped parts of the text that don't move the story forward or contribute immediately to character development or atmosphere. But it all comes across so seamlessly that even someone familiar with the text will hardly notice the omissions or changes, except maybe the lines inserted into Shakespeare's blank verse to deal with the gender change. And those unfamiliar with Shakespearean language should have little trouble following what's being said and probably won't notice how much of it _is_ blank verse.

    In short, this is the Tempest i've been waiting for, the one that finally marries the magic of Shakespeare's imagination with the magic of film, and i hope everyone will revel in it as much as i do. And by the way, the blu-ray picture is gorgeous (thanks especially to the location on a Hawaiian island), and (as usual with Taymor's films) the extras are substantial, informative and entertaining in themselves.
  • Christian Reinboth
    5.0 out of 5 stars Bildgewaltige Inszenierung eines großartigen Stücks
    Reviewed in Germany on September 23, 2013
    "Der Sturm" ist nicht nur Shakespeares vermutlich letztes, sondern unbestreitbar auch eines seiner besten Bühnenwerke. Diese bildgewaltige und visuell verspielte Inszenierung wird dem Original auf großartige Art und Weise gerecht - und belegt zudem eindrucksvoll, dass man den Prospero durchaus in eine Prospera umdeuten kann, ohne das Gefüge des Werks zu beschädigen. Neben Hellen Mirren als Prospera liefern insbesondere Alan Cumming als Sebastian und Djimon Hounsou als Caliban besonders beeindruckende Charakterdarstellungen.
  • Cristobal
    5.0 out of 5 stars Exigeant et magnifique...
    Reviewed in France on August 14, 2013
    Lors de la sortie du dvd, dans le monde et pour le monde anglo-saxon, je reconnais ne pas avoir pu aller très loin dans le film, faute d'une maîtrise parfaite de l'anglais que requiert une telle oeuvre, tant le Verbe est là omniprésent et omnipénétrant, convoquant images et fantasmagories, soubresauts émotionnels et ruminations hébétées.

    Loufoqueries, images,
    Rumeurs et envols de symboles,
    En furies éthérées et aériennes,
    Rondes incessantes des saisons du temps,
    Conjugaisons et mariages des quatre éléments,
    Air, eau, terre et feu,
    Illustrant et singeant la révolution des astres,
    Des constellations et des galaxies.

    C'est là Shakespeare,
    Le surnaturel génie,
    Qui ne cessera d'irradier de son magistère tout de mots habillés,
    Les siècles et les siècles de la création et réflexion humaines.

    Heureusement, nous avons maintenant une belle version française pour ce film de Julie Taymor, ce qui nous permet à nous, les francophones, d'entrer enfin dans cette féérie inspirée et fidèle à l'esprit de "La Tempête" de Shakespeare.

    Réjouissons-nous qu'une telle réalisation soit possible en ce début de XXI° siècle, comme envahi et même submergé pourtant par moultes histoires creuses et clinquantes. Merci à Julie Taymor pour cette intelligence, cette ténacité, cette authentique démarche créatrice et visionnaire, autant de qualités qui lui auront permis de mener à bien un tel projet, pour, par et en l'honneur de Shakespeare.

    Magistral et magnifique.

    Pour cela,
    Bravo,
    Bravissimo,
    Et merci.

    Un seul regret peut-être à propos du blu-ray, somptueux à tous égards au demeurant (image et son) : l'absence de bonus et documentaires sur les coulisses et la genèse du projet.
  • TINLIZZIE
    5.0 out of 5 stars Speedy delivery
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 5, 2024
    Dvd good quality
  • OLGA S.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Dame Helen Reigns Supreme
    Reviewed in Canada on August 20, 2016
    Wow this is one of those movies that I am completely baffled about poor ranking among critics. The film was gorgeous, well acted and very understandable for such a difficult play. The main joy of the movie is Dame Helen. She does bitterness superbly. I loved the scene when Miranda first meets Ferdinand - Mirren's ironic commentary added a whole new dimension to the play for me. I absolutely loved the rendition of the spirit Ariel. There was plenty of gorgeous scenery both real and mixed with CGI. THE TEMPEST is an odd assortment of magic, treachery, young love, silly comedy, and odd goings on, but filled with a cast that makes it jumps alive with passion and glee. Highly recommended.