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Overview
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Writers:
Christopher Marlowe (based on the play by)
Derek Jarman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
18 October 1991 (UK) 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
Awards:
5 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Buzz Break: Edward II
(From Movieline. 12 August 2009, 2:40 PM, PDT)
Tilda Swinton: Once She Pops, She Can't Stop.
(From FilmExperience. 17 July 2009, 5:02 PM, PDT)
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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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90 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R
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The poem which Allan Corduner reads from in front of the King is Dante's Divine Comedy. more
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[first lines]
Edward II:
My father is deceased. Come Gaveston, and share the kingdom with thy dearest friend.
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Referenced in Jubilee: A Time Less Golden (2003) (V) more
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Every Time We Say Goodbye more
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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.