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{{Short description|2010 film directed by Julie Taymor}}
{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = The Tempest
|name = The Tempest
| image = The Tempest 2010 poster.jpg
|image = The Tempest 2010 poster.jpg
| alt =
|caption = Theatrical release poster
| caption = Theatrical release poster
|director = [[Julie Taymor]]
| director = [[Julie Taymor]]
|producer = Julie Taymor<br>[[Robert Chartoff]]<br>Lynn Hendee<br>Julia Taylor-Stanley<br>Jason K. Lau
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|screenplay = Julie Taymor
| producer = Julie Taymor<br />[[Robert Chartoff]]<br />Lynn Hendee<br />Julia Taylor-Stanley<br />Jason K. Lau
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|based_on = {{Based on|''[[The Tempest]]''|[[William Shakespeare]]}}
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| writer = Julie Taymor
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|starring = [[Helen Mirren]]<br>[[Russell Brand]]<br>[[Reeve Carney]]<br>[[Tom Conti]]<br>[[Chris Cooper]]<br>[[Alan Cumming]]<br>[[Djimon Hounsou]]<br>[[Felicity Jones]]<br>[[Alfred Molina]]<br>[[David Strathairn]]<br>[[Ben Whishaw]]
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| based_on = {{Based on|''[[The Tempest]]''|[[William Shakespeare]]}}
|music = [[Elliot Goldenthal]]
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| starring = [[Helen Mirren]]<br />[[Russell Brand]]<br />[[Reeve Carney]]<br />[[Tom Conti]]<br />[[Chris Cooper]]<br />[[Alan Cumming]]<br />[[Djimon Hounsou]]<br />[[Felicity Jones]]<br />[[Alfred Molina]]<br />[[David Strathairn]]<br />[[Ben Whishaw]]
| music = [[Elliot Goldenthal]]
|cinematography = [[Stuart Dryburgh]]
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|editing = [[Françoise Bonnot]]
| cinematography = [[Stuart Dryburgh]]
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|studio = [[Touchstone Pictures]]<br>[[Miramax|Miramax Films]]<br>Chartoff/Hendee Productions<br>TalkStory Productions<br>Artemis Films<br>Mumbai Mantra Media Limited
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| editing = [[Françoise Bonnot]]
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|distributor = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Walt Disney Studios<br>Motion Pictures]]
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| studio = [[Touchstone Pictures]]<br />[[Miramax|Miramax Films]]<br />Chartoff/Hendee Productions<br />TalkStory Productions<br />Artemis Films<br />Mumbai Mantra Media Limited
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|released = {{Film date|2010|9|11|[[67th Venice International Film Festival|Venice]]|2010|12|10|United States}}
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| distributor = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Walt Disney Studios<br />Motion Pictures]]
|runtime = 110 minutes
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| released = {{Film date|2010|9|11|[[67th Venice International Film Festival|Venice]]|2010|12|10|United States}}
| runtime = 110 minutes
|country = United States
| country = United States
|language = English
| language = English
|budget = $20 million<ref name=mojo/>
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|gross = $346,594<ref name=mojo>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3967124993/|title=The Tempest (2010)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[IMDb]]|accessdate=July 22, 2021}}</ref>
| budget = $20 million<ref name="mojo"/>
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| gross = $346,594<ref name="mojo">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tempest10.htm|title=The Tempest (2010)|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDB.com|accessdate=21 April 2012}}</ref>
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'''''The Tempest''''' is a 2010 American [[Fantasy film|fantasy]] [[comedy-drama film]] based on the [[The Tempest|1611 play of the same name]] by [[William Shakespeare]]. In this version, the gender of the main character, [[Prospero]], is changed from male to female; the role was played by [[Helen Mirren]]. The film was written and directed by [[Julie Taymor]] and premiered at the [[Venice Film Festival]] on September 11, 2010.


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Although ''The Tempest'' received generally mixed reviews from critics, [[Sandy Powell (costume designer)|Sandy Powell]] received her ninth Academy Award nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]].
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'''''The Tempest''''' is a 2010 American film based on the [[The Tempest|play of the same name]] by [[William Shakespeare]]. In this version, the gender of the main character, Prospero, is changed from male to female; the role was played by [[Helen Mirren]]. The film was written and directed by [[Julie Taymor]] and premiered at the [[Venice Film Festival]] in September 2010.


== Plot ==
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Although ''The Tempest'' received generally unfavorable reviews from critics, [[Sandy Powell (costume designer)|Sandy Powell]] received her ninth Academy Award nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]].
{{More plot|date=October 2015}}
Prospera, the duchess of [[Milan]], is secretly denounced as a [[Magician (fantasy)|sorceress]] and usurped by her brother Antonio, with aid from Alonso, the [[Kingdom of Naples|King of Naples]], and is cast off in a small boat to die with her three-year-old daughter Miranda. They survive, finding themselves stranded on an island where the human beast Caliban is the sole inhabitant. Prospera enslaves Caliban, frees the captive spirit Ariel, and claims the island. After 12 years, Alonso sails back to his kingdom after the marriage of his daughter to the prince of [[Tunisia]], accompanied by his son Ferdinand, his brother Sebastian and Antonio. Prospera, seizing her chance for revenge, with Ariel's help causes a tempest, wrecking the ship and stranding those on board on her island.


== Cast ==
==Cast==
* [[Helen Mirren]] as [[Prospero|Prospera]] – a sorceress and Miranda's mother
*[[Helen Mirren]] as [[Prospero|Prospera]] – a sorceress and Miranda's mother
* [[Ben Whishaw]] as [[Ariel (The Tempest)|Ariel]] – a spirit who aids Prospera
*[[Ben Whishaw]] as [[Ariel (The Tempest)|Ariel]] – a spirit who aids Prospera
* [[Djimon Hounsou]] as [[Caliban]] – Prospera's slave who, along with Stephano and Trinculo, plots against her
*[[Djimon Hounsou]] as [[Caliban]] – Prospera's slave who, along with Stephano and Trinculo, plots against her
* [[Felicity Jones]] as [[Miranda (The Tempest)|Miranda]] – Prospera's daughter who falls in love with Ferdinand
*[[Felicity Jones]] as [[Miranda (The Tempest)|Miranda]] – Prospera's daughter who falls in love with Ferdinand
* [[David Strathairn]] as Alonso, [[King of Naples]] – Ferdinand's father and Trinculo and Stephano's employer
*[[David Strathairn]] as Alonso, [[King of Naples]] – Ferdinand's father and Trinculo and Stephano's employer
* [[Tom Conti]] as [[Gonzalo (The Tempest)|Gonzalo]] – a counsellor to Alonso, who gave aid to Prospera and Miranda
*[[Tom Conti]] as [[Gonzalo (The Tempest)|Gonzalo]] – a counselor to Alonso, who gave aid to Prospera and Miranda
* [[Reeve Carney]] as [[Ferdinand (The Tempest)|Ferdinand]] – Alonso's son, who falls in love with Miranda
*[[Reeve Carney]] as [[Ferdinand (The Tempest)|Ferdinand]] – Alonso's son, who falls in love with Miranda
* [[Chris Cooper]] as Antonio – Prospera's brother and Miranda's uncle
*[[Chris Cooper]] as Antonio – Prospera's brother and Miranda's uncle
* [[Alan Cumming]] as Sebastian – Alonso's brother
*[[Alan Cumming]] as Sebastian – Alonso's brother
* [[Alfred Molina]] as [[Stephano (The Tempest)|Stephano]] – Alonso's butler who, along with Trinculo, joins forces with Caliban to plot against Prospera
*[[Alfred Molina]] as [[Stephano (The Tempest)|Stephano]] – Alonso's butler who, along with Trinculo, joins forces with Caliban to plot against Prospera
* [[Russell Brand]] as [[The Tempest#Characters|Trinculo]] – Alonso's jester who, along with Stephano, joins forces with Caliban to plot against Prospera
*[[Russell Brand]] as [[The Tempest#Characters|Trinculo]] – Alonso's jester who, along with Stephano, joins forces with Caliban to plot against Prospera


== Production ==
==Production==
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The film, based on the [[The Tempest|play of the same name]] by [[William Shakespeare]], is written and directed by [[Julie Taymor]]. The play's main character is [[Prospero]], a male in the original play.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7658628.stm|title=Mirren 'to star in Tempest film'|publisher=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=22 July 2021}}</ref> Taymor explained the casting decision, "I didn't really have a male actor that excited me in mind, and yet there had been a couple of phenomenal females &ndash; Helen Mirren being one of them &ndash; who [made me think]: 'My God, does this play change? What happens if you make that role into a female role?'" Taymor held a reading and found that the story could accommodate the change of gender without being gimmicky.<ref>{{cite news|last=Child|first=Ben|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/jul/27/julie-taymor-venice-film-festival|title=Julie Taymor's The Tempest to close Venice film festival|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=July 27, 2010|accessdate=July 22, 2021}}</ref>


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In Shakespeare's play, Prospero is the Duke of Milan. In the adaptation, Prospera is the wife of the Duke. She is "more overtly wronged" than Prospero; when the duke dies, Prospera's brother Antonio (played by Chris Cooper) accuses her of killing him with witchcraft. Antonio makes the accusation to be rid of Prospera and claim her royal title. Taymor said, "She had her whole life taken away from her because she was a woman." Prospera wants to prevent the same thing from happening to her daughter.<ref name=first>{{cite news|last=Breznican|first=Anthony|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-05-07-tempest07_ST_N.htm|title=First look: Helen Mirren in lead role in Julie Taymor's 'Tempest'|work=[[USA Today]]|date=May 7, 2010|accessdate=July 22, 2021}}</ref>
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The film, based on the [[The Tempest|play of the same name]] by [[William Shakespeare]], is written and directed by [[Julie Taymor]]. The play's main character is [[Prospero]], who is male in the original play.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7658628.stm |title=Mirren 'to star in Tempest film' |work=news.bbc.co.uk |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=October 8, 2008 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5s5JwHeIV?url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7658628.stm# |archivedate=2010-08-18 |access-date=2010-08-18 |url-status=live }}</ref> Taymor explained the casting decision, "I didn't really have a male actor that excited me in mind, and yet there had been a couple of phenomenal females &ndash; Helen Mirren being one of them &ndash; who [made me think]: 'My God, does this play change? What happens if you make that role into a female role?'" Taymor held a reading and found that the story could accommodate the change of gender without being gimmicky.<ref>{{cite news |last=Child |first=Ben |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/jul/27/julie-taymor-venice-film-festival |title=Julie Taymor's The Tempest to close Venice film festival |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=July 27, 2010 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5s5Jx3aDF?url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/jul/27/julie-taymor-venice-film-festival# |archivedate=2010-08-18 |access-date=2016-12-13 |url-status=live }}</ref>


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[[Principal photography]] took place around volcanic areas of the big island of [[Hawaii (island)|Hawaii]] and [[Lanai (island)|Lanai]].<ref name="first"/><ref>(December 13, 2010), "The Tempest". ''Time''. '''176''' (24):86.</ref>
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In Shakespeare's play, Prospero was the Duke of Milan. In the adaptation, Prospera is the wife of the Duke. She is "more overtly wronged" than Prospero; when the duke dies, Prospera's brother Antonio (played by Chris Cooper) accuses her of killing him with witchcraft. Antonio makes the accusation to be rid of Prospera and claim her royal title. Taymor said, "She had her whole life taken away from her because she was a woman." Prospera wants to prevent the same thing from happening to her daughter.<ref name="first">{{cite news |last=Breznican |first=Anthony |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-05-07-tempest07_ST_N.htm |title=First look: Helen Mirren in lead role in Julie Taymor's 'Tempest' |work=[[USA Today]] |date=May 7, 2010 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5s5JxJzoF?url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-05-07-tempest07_ST_N.htm# |archivedate=2010-08-18 |access-date=2017-08-22 |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Release==
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[[Principal photography]] took place around volcanic areas of the big island of [[Hawaii (island)|Hawaii]] and [[Lanai (island)|Lanai]].<ref name="first"/><ref>(December 13, 2010), "The Tempest". ''Time''. '''176''' (24):86</ref>
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''The Tempest'' [[Film premiere|premiered]] at the [[Venice Film Festival]] on September 11, 2010, as the festival's closing film. When [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] sold [[Miramax Films]] to [[Filmyard Holdings, LLC]] on December 3, 2010, Disney took over distribution through its division [[Touchstone Pictures]]. The film was released on December 10, 2010.<ref name=first/>


== Release ==
===Reception===
The film has received mixed to negative reviews from critics; [[Rotten Tomatoes]] maintains that 30% of 89 reviewers gave a positive review with an average score of 4.69/10. The site's consensus states: "Director Julie Taymor's gender-swapping of roles and some frenzied special effects can't quite disguise an otherwise stagey, uninspired take on Shakespeare's classic."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tempest|title=The Tempest|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|accessdate=July 22, 2021}}</ref> It also has a score of 43 out of 100 on [[Metacritic]], based on 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Tempest (2010)|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-tempest|website=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|accessdate=July 22, 2021}}</ref>


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''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' said the film – "theatrically ambitious, musically busy, and in the end cinematically inert – clearly reflects the authorship of myth-loving director Julie Taymor."<ref>Schwarzbaum, Lisa (December 17, 2010), "The Tempest". ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''. (1133):65.</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'' found that "Mirren keeps the film on track. But incomprehensible shouting and pointless shenanigans obscure subtle moments."<ref>Puig, Claudia (December 10, 2010). "Shakespeare Gets Lost in 'Tempest'". ''[[USA Today]]''.</ref> In a similar vein, ''[[Newsweek]]'' said "the film's special effects, to a surprising extent, add little to the story", and that "next to the concise power of [Shakespeare's] language, the screen wizardry of even a resourceful director like Taymor seems like rough magic indeed".<ref>McCarter, Jeremy (December 6, 2010), "THE ONE...If You Need to Brush Up on Your Shakespeare". ''Newsweek''. '''156''' (23):52-53.</ref> However, ''[[The New Yorker]]'''s [[David Denby (film critic)|David Denby]] pointed out the film's strengths, most particularly Helen Mirren's performance as Prospera: "Mirren has the range and power to play a woman with unprecedented control of the elements, and over men, too."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/12/20/roundup-david-denby|author=[[David Denby (film critic)|Denby, David]]|title=Roundup|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=December 20, 2010}}</ref> [[Sandra Hall (writer)|Sandra Hall]] in ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' is more generous toward Taymor's vision, saying, "In the scene that explains the circumstances of mother and daughter's banishment from the dukedom of Milan, Taymor has skillfully tweaked Shakespeare's lines to take account of her new scenario", and praising the film's visual elements.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/the-tempest-20110420-1dorf.html|last=Hall|first=Sandra|author-link=Sandra Hall (writer) |title=The Tempest|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=April 21, 2011|accessdate=July 22, 2021}}</ref>
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''The Tempest'' [[Film premiere|premiered]] at the [[Venice Film Festival]] on September 11, 2010, as the festival's closing film. When Disney sold [[Miramax Films]] to Filmyard Holdings, LLC, [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] took over distribution through its division [[Touchstone Pictures]]. The film was released on December&nbsp;10, 2010.<ref name="first"/>

=== Reception ===

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The film has received mixed to negative reviews from critics; [[Rotten Tomatoes]] maintains that 30% of 89 reviewers gave a positive review with an average score of 4.6/10. The site's consensus states: "Director Julie Taymor's gender-swapping of roles and some frenzied special effects can't quite disguise an otherwise stagey, uninspired take on Shakespeare's classic."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tempest |title=The Tempest Movie Reviews, Pictures |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |accessdate=January 27, 2010}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' said the film – "theatrically ambitious, musically busy, and in the end cinematically inert – clearly reflects the authorship of myth-loving director Julie Taymor."<ref>Schwarzbaum, Lisa (December 17, 2010), "The Tempest". ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''. (1133):65</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'' found that "Mirren keeps the film on track. But incomprehensible shouting and pointless shenanigans obscure subtle moments."<ref>Puig, Claudia (December 10, 2010). "Shakespeare Gets Lost in 'Tempest'". ''[[USA Today]]''.</ref> In a similar vein, ''[[Newsweek]]'' said "the film's special effects, to a surprising extent, add little to the story", and that "next to the concise power of [Shakespeare's] language, the screen wizardry of even a resourceful director like Taymor seems like rough magic indeed".<ref>McCarter, Jeremy (December 6, 2010), "THE ONE...If You Need to Brush Up on Your Shakespeare". ''Newsweek''. '''156''' (23):52-53</ref> However, ''[[The New Yorker]]'''s [[David Denby (film critic)|David Denby]] pointed out the film's strengths, most particularly Helen Mirren's performance as Prospera: "Mirren has the range and power to play a woman with unprecedented control of the elements, and over men, too."<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/the_tempest_taymor#ixzz1YjcV2nDN David Denby, The New Yorker review of The Tempest] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229151153/http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/the_tempest_taymor#ixzz1YjcV2nDN#ixzz1YjcV2nDN |date=2011-12-29 }}.</ref> Sandra Hall in ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' is more generous toward Taymor's vision, saying, "In the scene that explains the circumstances of mother and daughter's banishment from the dukedom of Milan, Taymor has skillfully tweaked Shakespeare's lines to take account of her new scenario", and praising the film's visual elements.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/the-tempest-20110420-1dorf.html#ixzz1YjeAk6H3 The Sydney Morning Herald review of The Tempest].</ref>

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=== Accolades ===


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===Accolades===
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! Award
!Award
! Date of ceremony
!Date of ceremony
! Category
!Category
! Nominee
!Nominee
! Result
!Result
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| [[83rd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html |title=Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |accessdate=January 26, 2011}}</ref>
|[[83rd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html|title=Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards |date=7 October 2014 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|accessdate=July 22, 2021}}</ref>
| February&nbsp;27, 2011
|February 27, 2011
| [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Sandy Powell (costume designer)|Sandy Powell]]
|[[Sandy Powell (costume designer)|Sandy Powell]]
| Lost to [[Colleen Atwood]] ([[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|''Alice in Wonderland'']])
|Lost to [[Colleen Atwood]] ([[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|''Alice in Wonderland'']])
|-
|-
| [[Satellite Awards 2010|Satellite Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressacademy.com/winners2010.pdf |title=2010 Nominations |publisher=[[International Press Academy]] |accessdate=January 26, 2011 |format=pdf}}</ref>
|[[Satellite Awards 2010|Satellite Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2010/|title=2010 Nominations|publisher=[[International Press Academy]] |accessdate=July 22, 2021}}</ref>
| December&nbsp;19, 2010
|December 19, 2010
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actress]]
|[[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actress]]
| [[Helen Mirren]]
|[[Helen Mirren]]
| Lost to [[Noomi Rapace]] ([[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film)|''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'']])
|Lost to [[Noomi Rapace]] ([[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film)|''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'']])
|}
|}


== See also ==
==See also==

{{Portal|Film}}
{{Portal|Film}}
* [[List of William Shakespeare screen adaptations]]
*[[List of William Shakespeare screen adaptations]]
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== References ==
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
{{Reflist|2}}


== External links ==
==External links==
{{commons category}}
{{commons category}}
{{Wikiquote}}
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{official website|http://tempest-themovie.com}}
*{{Official website|http://tempest-themovie.com}}
* {{IMDb title|1274300|The Tempest}}
*{{IMDb title|1274300}}
* {{allrovi movie|472709|The Tempest}}
* {{mojo title|tempest10|The Tempest}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|tempest|The Tempest}}
* {{metacritic film|the-tempest|The Tempest}}

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The Tempest
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJulie Taymor
Screenplay byJulie Taymor
Based onThe Tempest
by William Shakespeare
Produced byJulie Taymor
Robert Chartoff
Lynn Hendee
Julia Taylor-Stanley
Jason K. Lau
StarringHelen Mirren
Russell Brand
Reeve Carney
Tom Conti
Chris Cooper
Alan Cumming
Djimon Hounsou
Felicity Jones
Alfred Molina
David Strathairn
Ben Whishaw
CinematographyStuart Dryburgh
Edited byFrançoise Bonnot
Music byElliot Goldenthal
Production
companies
Touchstone Pictures
Miramax Films
Chartoff/Hendee Productions
TalkStory Productions
Artemis Films
Mumbai Mantra Media Limited
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • September 11, 2010 (2010-09-11) (Venice)
  • December 10, 2010 (2010-12-10) (United States)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million[1]
Box office$346,594[1]

The Tempest is a 2010 American fantasy comedy-drama film based on the 1611 play of the same name by William Shakespeare. In this version, the gender of the main character, Prospero, is changed from male to female; the role was played by Helen Mirren. The film was written and directed by Julie Taymor and premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 11, 2010.

Although The Tempest received generally mixed reviews from critics, Sandy Powell received her ninth Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design.

Plot

[edit]

Prospera, the duchess of Milan, is secretly denounced as a sorceress and usurped by her brother Antonio, with aid from Alonso, the King of Naples, and is cast off in a small boat to die with her three-year-old daughter Miranda. They survive, finding themselves stranded on an island where the human beast Caliban is the sole inhabitant. Prospera enslaves Caliban, frees the captive spirit Ariel, and claims the island. After 12 years, Alonso sails back to his kingdom after the marriage of his daughter to the prince of Tunisia, accompanied by his son Ferdinand, his brother Sebastian and Antonio. Prospera, seizing her chance for revenge, with Ariel's help causes a tempest, wrecking the ship and stranding those on board on her island.

Cast

[edit]

Production

[edit]

The film, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare, is written and directed by Julie Taymor. The play's main character is Prospero, a male in the original play.[2] Taymor explained the casting decision, "I didn't really have a male actor that excited me in mind, and yet there had been a couple of phenomenal females – Helen Mirren being one of them – who [made me think]: 'My God, does this play change? What happens if you make that role into a female role?'" Taymor held a reading and found that the story could accommodate the change of gender without being gimmicky.[3]

In Shakespeare's play, Prospero is the Duke of Milan. In the adaptation, Prospera is the wife of the Duke. She is "more overtly wronged" than Prospero; when the duke dies, Prospera's brother Antonio (played by Chris Cooper) accuses her of killing him with witchcraft. Antonio makes the accusation to be rid of Prospera and claim her royal title. Taymor said, "She had her whole life taken away from her because she was a woman." Prospera wants to prevent the same thing from happening to her daughter.[4]

Principal photography took place around volcanic areas of the big island of Hawaii and Lanai.[4][5]

Release

[edit]

The Tempest premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 11, 2010, as the festival's closing film. When Disney sold Miramax Films to Filmyard Holdings, LLC on December 3, 2010, Disney took over distribution through its division Touchstone Pictures. The film was released on December 10, 2010.[4]

Reception

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The film has received mixed to negative reviews from critics; Rotten Tomatoes maintains that 30% of 89 reviewers gave a positive review with an average score of 4.69/10. The site's consensus states: "Director Julie Taymor's gender-swapping of roles and some frenzied special effects can't quite disguise an otherwise stagey, uninspired take on Shakespeare's classic."[6] It also has a score of 43 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[7]

Entertainment Weekly said the film – "theatrically ambitious, musically busy, and in the end cinematically inert – clearly reflects the authorship of myth-loving director Julie Taymor."[8] USA Today found that "Mirren keeps the film on track. But incomprehensible shouting and pointless shenanigans obscure subtle moments."[9] In a similar vein, Newsweek said "the film's special effects, to a surprising extent, add little to the story", and that "next to the concise power of [Shakespeare's] language, the screen wizardry of even a resourceful director like Taymor seems like rough magic indeed".[10] However, The New Yorker's David Denby pointed out the film's strengths, most particularly Helen Mirren's performance as Prospera: "Mirren has the range and power to play a woman with unprecedented control of the elements, and over men, too."[11] Sandra Hall in The Sydney Morning Herald is more generous toward Taymor's vision, saying, "In the scene that explains the circumstances of mother and daughter's banishment from the dukedom of Milan, Taymor has skillfully tweaked Shakespeare's lines to take account of her new scenario", and praising the film's visual elements.[12]

Accolades

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Award Date of ceremony Category Nominee Result
Academy Awards[13] February 27, 2011 Best Costume Design Sandy Powell Lost to Colleen Atwood (Alice in Wonderland)
Satellite Awards[14] December 19, 2010 Best Actress Helen Mirren Lost to Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "The Tempest (2010)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  2. ^ "Mirren 'to star in Tempest film'". BBC News. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ^ Child, Ben (July 27, 2010). "Julie Taymor's The Tempest to close Venice film festival". The Guardian. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Breznican, Anthony (May 7, 2010). "First look: Helen Mirren in lead role in Julie Taymor's 'Tempest'". USA Today. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  5. ^ (December 13, 2010), "The Tempest". Time. 176 (24):86.
  6. ^ "The Tempest". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  7. ^ "The Tempest (2010)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  8. ^ Schwarzbaum, Lisa (December 17, 2010), "The Tempest". Entertainment Weekly. (1133):65.
  9. ^ Puig, Claudia (December 10, 2010). "Shakespeare Gets Lost in 'Tempest'". USA Today.
  10. ^ McCarter, Jeremy (December 6, 2010), "THE ONE...If You Need to Brush Up on Your Shakespeare". Newsweek. 156 (23):52-53.
  11. ^ Denby, David (December 20, 2010). "Roundup". The New Yorker.
  12. ^ Hall, Sandra (April 21, 2011). "The Tempest". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  13. ^ "Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 7 October 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  14. ^ "2010 Nominations". International Press Academy. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
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