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Director:

Derek Jarman

Writers:

Christopher Marlowe (based on the play by)
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Release Date:

18 October 1991 (UK) more

Genre:

Drama | History more

Tagline:

A classic tale of sex, revenge, and love.

Plot:

In this Derek Jarman version of Christopher Marlowe's Elisabethan drama, in modern costumes and settings... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

5 wins & 1 nomination more

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(3 articles)

Buzz Break: Edward II
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Tilda Swinton: Once She Pops, She Can't Stop.
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14th Century Gay-Bashing á la Derek Jarmam more (18 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Steven Waddington ... Edward II
Kevin Collins ... Lightborn, the Jailor

Andrew Tiernan ... Piers Gaveston
John Lynch ... Spencer
Dudley Sutton ... Bishop of Winchester

Tilda Swinton ... Isabella
Jerome Flynn ... Kent
Jody Graber ... Prince Edward
Nigel Terry ... Mortimer
Jill Balcon ... Chorus of Nobility
Barbara New ... Chorus of Nobility
Andrea Miller ... Chorus of Nobility
Brian Mitchell ... Chorus of Nobility
David Glover ... Chorus of Nobility
John Quentin ... Chorus of Nobility
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Additional Details

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Company:

British Screen more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The poem which Allan Corduner reads from in front of the King is Dante's Divine Comedy. more

Quotes:

[first lines]
Edward II: My father is deceased. Come Gaveston, and share the kingdom with thy dearest friend.
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in Jubilee: A Time Less Golden (2003) (V) more

Soundtrack:

Every Time We Say Goodbye more


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15 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
14th Century Gay-Bashing á la Derek Jarmam, 8 February 2003
Author: (tim.halkin) from Munich, Germany

Definitely Derek Jarman's most refined film. That said, refined for Jarman is bizarre for most.

Based VERY loosely on Christopher Marlowe's play from 1592, however, should be view in its own light / right. Whereas it does tend to capture the wonderful Marlow language, this is no "Shakespeare" here! It's a brilliantly acted ensemble piece, set in Jarman's abstract vision of the world, with a core message that is as valid today as it must have been shocking then.

Jarman "paints" his film - as he always did - not in any logical manner or order, but like a mosaic of images, creating a whole and a statement - a strong statement about intolerance in this case.

This one might even be palatable for non-Jarman fans.

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