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THE TEMPEST

Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Run Time: 110 minutes
Number of discs: 1
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Studio: Touchstone Home Entertainment
ASIN: B004M9ZI0M

The English teacher in me is compelled to speak. In drama, the term comedy means its hero undergoes hardship and trial to shape him into a better man NOT the play is funny. 500 years ago William Shakespeare constructed his plays that way in accordance with the customs and traditions of his time.

Audiences will find no humor in The Tempest. What they will find is an abridged story of an overtly wronged wronged woman accused of murder by her brother-in-law. She loses everything and is set off in a raft with her young daughter to die. She doesn?t though. Twelve years pass then she gets a chance to protect her daughter and even things.

Building the script on the gimmick of casting the main character Prospero as a woman instead of a man is appropriate to the 21st Century not the 1600?s. Focusing on Prospera, her adult daughter and a shipwrecked crew full of enemies, the plot is easier to follow than it as a traditional Globe Theater romance. The expected pastoral scenes (rugged, lovely, volcanic Hawaii location), pre-Christian elements (Ariel and Caliban?s characters), magic and fantasy (Prospera?s illusion and manipulation), and a happy ending (Miranda and Ferdinand together) are there.

Critically speaking, the desolate, remote, isolated, unspoiled natural location is the perfect choice for setting The Tempest. However, setting too many visual against it is somewhat distracting. Elements of the soundtrack made it difficult to interpret some lines. The sheer power of words rather than special effects makes the story. Makeup and costuming for this period piece brings the right feel, tone, and movement to the characters. The casting of Hillen Mirren as Prospera is perfect; Alfred Molina?s Stephano has true comic flair.

Released to DVD September 13, 2011, Exclusive to Blue-ray features include:

• Los Angeles Rehearsal ? Features Julie Taymor, Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina
• Raising The Tempest ? Julie Taymor documentary about the making of the movie
• Julie Taymor Audio Commentary
• Annotated Shakespeare ? View The Tempest with audio-commentary by renowned Shakespeare experts Virginia Vaughan and Jonothan Bate
• ?O Mistress Mine? Music Video
• Russell Brand Rehearsal Riff

Rated PG-13 for its nudity, suggestive language and images, Touchstone?s The Tempest lists at $39.99. With a running time 110 minutes, this film deserves critical study if only for its innovative gender twist.

Here?s a clip called Ring Of Fire.

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