THE TEMPEST

Year: 2010
USA: Touchstone Pictures / Miramax Films
UK: Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures UK
Cast: Helen Mirren, Russell Brand, Reeve Carney, Tom Conti, CHris Cooper, Alan Cumming, Djimon Hounsou, Felicity Jones, Alfred Molina, David Strathairn, Ben Whisaw, Jude Akuwidike
Director: Julie Taymor
Country: USA
USA & UK: 110 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for some nudity, suggestive content and scary images
UK Certificate: PG contains scary scenes, natural nudity and mild sex references
USA Release Date: 17 December 2010 (Expanding)
USA Release Date: 10 December 2010 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 4 March 2011

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Synopsis

Renowned for her wonderfully inventive works for both stage and screen, Julie Taymor has applied her considerable talents to this fascinating rendering of Shakespeare’s late, great mystical romance.

Exiled on a remote island, Prospera (Helen Mirren), the duchess of Milan, conjures up a storm to lure a bevy of characters from her past to shore, revealing in the process a skate of human frailties, illusions, kindness and nobility.

Helen Mirren is ably aided by a terrific cast, including Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, Djimon Hounsou, David Strathairn, Chris Cooper, Alan Cumming, Ben Whishaw, Tom Conti, Reeve Carney and Felicity Jones.