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31 results found for '"BFI Film Bookings Unit"' in Organisations.
Laurence Olivier Presents King Lear (2002 Television)
- Director
- Michael Elliott
- Producer
- David Plowright
Television production of the play, set in the year 800 and staged entirely in Granada’s Manchester studio, and one of the few not based on a prior stage production. With music specially composed by Gordon...
Richard III (1995 Film, Video)
- Director
- Richard Loncraine
- Producer
- Lisa Katselas Pare; Stephen Bayly
Film version of Shakespeare’s play derived from Richard Eyre’s National Theatre production. Set in a context of 1930s’ fascism, where Mosley’s troops have taken power.
My Own Private Idaho (1991 Film)
- Director
- Gus Van Sant
- Producer
- Allan Mindel
Feature film. A story about street hustlers that incorporates a reworking of the Hal/King Henry/Falstaff triangle. Some of the dialogue is taken from Henry IV Part 1.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990 Film, Video)
- Director
- Tom Stoppard
- Producer
- Emanuel Azenberg; Michael Brandman
Tom Stoppard’s film adaptation of his play based on characters in Hamlet.
Romuald et Juliette (1989 Film)
aka: There’s a Man in Your Bed
- Director
- Coline Serreau
- Producer
- Philippe Carcassonne; Jean-Noel Piel
A modern version of the Romeo and Juliet story, here between a rich white businessman and his black cleaning woman.
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1984 Film)
aka: Suena de una Noche de Verano
- Director
- Celestino Coronado
- Producer
- David Haughton; Lindsay Kemp
Opera, ballet and pantomime are incorporated into this adaptation which is derived from a Lindsay Kemp stage production at Sadler’s Wells. Titania (The Incredible Orlando) is a drag queen; the Indian boy...
Mephisto (1981 Film)
- Director
- István Szabó
Feature film which details the rise of a Faustian character who figuratively sells his soul in exchange for greatness. Hendrik Hoefgen (Brandauer) is the head of a state-funded theatre department who tires...
Romeu e Julieta (1980 Film, Television, Video)
aka: Romeo and Juliet
- Director
- Paulo Alfonso Grisolli
Made-for-television film. A modernised version of Romeo and Juliet created round the historic town of Ouro Preto in Brazil. Romeo and Juliet are two students from the north-eastern state of Minas Gerais,...
Tempest, The (1979 Film)
- Director
- Derek Jarman
- Producer
- Guy Ford; Mordecai Schreiber
Low-budget adaptation of the play using chiaroscuro lighting, location shooting, unusual casting, and eccentric costuming. The film remains faithful to the spirit of the play. Jarman’s understanding of the...
Hamlet (1976 Film)
- Director
- Celestino Coronado
Feature film adaptation of the play. An abbreviated version in heightened style by actors wearing exaggerated make-up and stylised costumes. Hamlet is played by twin actors to show him as literally a split...