Which 1956 science fiction film was based on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
"science fiction film"". In the 1950s, public interest in space travel and new technologies was great. While many 1950s science fiction films were low-budget B movies, there were several successful films with larger budgets and impressive special effects. These include ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951), ""The Thing from Another World"" (1951), ""When Worlds Collide"" (1951), ""The War of the Worlds"" (1953), ""20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"" (1954), ""This Island Earth"" (1955), ""Forbidden Planet"" (1956), ""Invasion of the Body Snatchers"" (1956), ""The Curse of Frankenstein"" (1957), ""Journey to the Center of the Earth"" (1959) and ""On the Beach"" (1959)."
"The Tempest (1979 film) The Tempest is a 1979 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Directed by Derek Jarman, with Heathcote Williams as Prospero, it also stars Toyah Willcox, Jack Birkett and Helen Wellington-Lloyd from Jarman's previous feature, ""Jubilee"" (1977), as well as his long-time cohort Karl Johnson. The magician Prospero tosses and turns in his sleep while a violent storm tosses a ship on the ocean. Prospero awakens with a start as lightning strikes the ship, and summons his servant, the spirit Ariel. Ariel tells Prospero the details of the storm, which was an illusion"
"full force. A film version of ""Cymbeline"" was released in 2014, starring Milla Jovovich, Ethan Hawke, Penn Badgely, John Leguizamo and Ed Harris. ""The Tempest"" has been adapted most often. A silent film version was made in 1908. Later adaptations include, ""Yellow Sky"" (1948) – set in the wild west, with Gregory Peck and Anne Baxter; ""Forbidden Planet"" (1956) – a science fiction classic set in outer space; Derek Jarman's 1979 version relocated to a crumbling mansion off the Scottish coast; ""Tempest"" (1982) – set on a Greek isle, with John Cassavetes, Molly Ringwald, Gena Rowlands and Susan Sarandon; ""Prospero's"
"film is notable for having been shot in Technicolor and being produced before the motion picture Production Code was enforced. Thus, mature themes such as murder, rape, cannibalism, and prostitution are interwoven into the story. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1956) A 1956 science fiction film directed by Fred M. Wilcox and starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen. The characters and setting were inspired by Shakespeare's ""The Tempest"", and the plots are very similar. The film features a number of Oscar-nominated special effects, groundbreaking use of an all-electronic music score, and the first screen appearance of both Robby the Robot and the"
"The Tempest (2010 film) The Tempest is a 2010 American film based on the 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 directed by Julie Taymor and premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2010. Although ""The Tempest"" received generally unfavorable reviews from critics, Sandy Powell received her ninth Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design. The film, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare, is written and directed"
"Forbidden Planet Forbidden Planet is a 1956 American science fiction film produced by Nicholas Nayfack, directed by Fred M. Wilcox that stars Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielsen. Shot in Eastmancolor and CinemaScope, it is considered one of the great science fiction films of the 1950s, and a precursor of contemporary science fiction cinema. The characters and isolated setting have been compared to those in William Shakespeare's ""The Tempest"", and the plot contains certain analogues to the play. ""Forbidden Planet"" pioneered several aspects of science fiction cinema. It was the first science fiction film to depict humans traveling in"
"Shakespeare plays by contemporary writers, Margaret Atwood's 2016 novel ""Hag-Seed"" is based on ""The Tempest"". ""The Tempest"" first appeared on the screen in 1905. Charles Urban filmed the opening storm sequence of Herbert Beerbohm Tree's version at Her Majesty's Theatre for a -minute ""flicker"", whose individual frames were hand-tinted, long before the invention of colour film. In 1908, Percy Stowe directed a ""Tempest"" running a little over ten minutes, which is now a part of the British Film Institute's compilation ""Silent Shakespeare"". Much of its action takes place on Prospero's island before the storm which opens Shakespeare's play. At least"
"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. Critical of Taymor, Whishaw's performance was praised by Taste of Cinema. The Tempest (2010 film) The Tempest is a 2010 American film based on the 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 directed by"
"Tempest (1982 film) Tempest is a 1982 American comedy-drama film directed by Paul Mazursky. It is a loosely based, modern-day adaptation of the William Shakespeare play, ""The Tempest"". The picture features John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Raúl Juliá and Molly Ringwald in her feature film debut. Phillip Dimitrius is a middle-aged New York City architect who is going through a difficult mid-life crisis. After learning that his wife Antonia has been having an affair, Dimitrius leaves New York City and moves to a Greek island with his teenage daughter, Miranda. In Athens he meets Aretha Tomalin, a singer, and"
"Parts 1 and 2 1951 Twelfth Night 1952 The Tempest 1953 Romeo and Juliet 1954 Julius Caesar & A Midsummer Night's Dream 1955 Macbeth & As You Like It 1956 Henry V & The Merry Wives of Windsor 1957 King John & Twelfth Night 1958 King Lear & A Midsummer Night's Dream 1959 Henry VIII & The Merchant of Venice 1960 Richard II & The Taming of the Shrew 1961 As You Like It & The Winter's Tale 1962 Much Ado About Nothing & Macbeth 1963 Othello & The Merry Wives of Windsor 1964 Romeo and Juliet & Twelfth Night"
"Fahrenheit 451 (1966 film) Fahrenheit 451 is a 1966 British dystopian drama film directed by François Truffaut and starring Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, and Cyril Cusack. Based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ray Bradbury, the film takes place in a controlled society in an oppressive future in which the government sends out firemen to destroy all literature to prevent revolution and thinking. This was Truffaut's first colour film as well as his only English-language film. At the 1966 Venice Film Festival, ""Fahrenheit 451"" was nominated for the Golden Lion. In the future, a totalitarian government employs"
"race of the Krell. Caliban is represented by the dangerous and invisible ""monster from the id"", a projection of Morbius' psyche born from the Krell technology instead of Sycorax's womb. In the opinion of Douglas Brode, there has only been one screen ""performance"" of ""The Tempest"" since the silent era, he describes all other versions as ""variations"". That one performance is the Hallmark Hall of Fame version from 1960, directed by George Schaefer, and starring Maurice Evans as Prospero, Richard Burton as Caliban, Lee Remick as Miranda, and Roddy McDowall as Ariel. It cut the play to slightly less than"
"of the play by casting the roles of Caliban and Sycorax with white actors. Jarman responded in interviews, stating that he believed that following the common interpretation would ""load the whole film one way, make it more specific than general."" The film was released in 2008 by Kino International as part of ""The Derek Jarman Collection"", a four DVD box set. The set features Jarman's ""Sebastiane"" (1976) and ""War Requiem""(1989), as well as Isaac Julien's 2008 documentary ""Derek"". The Tempest (1979 film) The Tempest is a 1979 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Directed by Derek"
"spite of the fact that he spat fish at the groundlings, and singled some of them out for humiliating encounters. By the end of 2005, ""BBC Radio"" had aired 21 productions of ""The Tempest"", more than any other play by Shakespeare. In 2016 ""The Tempest"" was produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Directed by Gregory Doran, and featuring Simon Russell Beale, the RSC's version used performance capture to project Ariel in real time on stage. The performance was in collaboration with The Imaginarium and Intel, and featured ""some gorgeous [and] some interesting"" use of light, special effects, and set design."
"""modern"" composers, such as the director's friends Pierre Boulez or Karlheinz Stockhausen, the director replied that ""They'll give me music of the twentieth century but you'll give me music of the twenty first!"" Herrmann used a score of only string instruments, harp, xylophone, vibraphone, marimba and glockenspiel. As with ""Torn Curtain"", Herrmann refused the studio's request to do a title song. Fahrenheit 451 (1966 film) Fahrenheit 451 is a 1966 British dystopian drama film directed by François Truffaut and starring Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, and Cyril Cusack. Based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ray Bradbury, the"
"as an excuse to win the treasures of Troy. The 2003 miniseries sharing its name with this film would later partially re-employ this plot device. Helen of Troy (film) Helen of Troy is a 1956 Warner Bros. WarnerColor epic film in CinemaScope, based on Homer's ""Iliad"" and ""Odyssey"". It was directed by Robert Wise, from a screenplay by Hugh Gray and John Twist, adapted by Hugh Gray and N. Richard Nash. The music score was by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Harry Stradling Sr. The film stars Rossana Podestà, Stanley Baker, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Jacques Sernas, with Niall"
"Escapement (film) Escapement (a.k.a. The Electronic Monster in the U.S.) is a 1958 black and white British science fiction film. It was based on the sci-fi novel ""Escapement"" by Charles Eric Maine (London, 1956). Original working titles included ""Zex, the Electronic Fiend"". The film was released in England (as ""Escapement"") in 1958, but was only shown in the USA in 1960 on a double bill with either ""13 Ghosts"" or the Japanese sci-fi classic ""Battle in Outer Space"". Inquiring into the mysterious death of a Hollywood star, insurance investigator Jeff Keenan uncovers an exclusive psychiatric clinic on the French Riviera."
"point; this is not a narrative, it need not make sense, and it is not 'too difficult' because it could not have been any less so. It is simply a work of original art, which Greenaway asks us to accept or reject on his own terms."" Prospero's Books Prospero's Books is a 1991 British avant-garde film adaptation of William Shakespeare's ""The Tempest"", written and directed by Peter Greenaway. John Gielgud plays Prospero, the protagonist who provides the off-screen narration and the voices to the other story characters. Stylistically, ""Prospero's Books"" is narratively and cinematically innovative in its techniques, combining mime,"
"The Quatermass Xperiment The Quatermass Xperiment (a.k.a. The Creeping Unknown in the United States) is a 1955 British science fiction horror film drama from Hammer Film Productions, based on the 1953 BBC Television serial ""The Quatermass Experiment"" written by Nigel Kneale. The film was produced by Anthony Hinds, directed by Val Guest, and stars Brian Donlevy as the eponymous Professor Bernard Quatermass. Jack Warner, Richard Wordsworth, and Margia Dean appear in supporting roles. The film's US release was as a double feature with ""The Black Sleep"". Three astronauts are launched into space aboard a rocket designed by Professor Quatermass, but"
"Helen of Troy (film) Helen of Troy is a 1956 Warner Bros. WarnerColor epic film in CinemaScope, based on Homer's ""Iliad"" and ""Odyssey"". It was directed by Robert Wise, from a screenplay by Hugh Gray and John Twist, adapted by Hugh Gray and N. Richard Nash. The music score was by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Harry Stradling Sr. The film stars Rossana Podestà, Stanley Baker, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Jacques Sernas, with Niall MacGinnis, Maxwell Reed, Nora Swinburne, Robert Douglas, Torin Thatcher, Harry Andrews, Janette Scott, Ronald Lewis, Eduardo Ciannelli, Esmond Knight and a young Brigitte Bardot as"
"Tempest (1928 film) Tempest is a 1928 feature silent film directed by Sam Taylor. V. I. Nemirovich-Dantchenko wrote the screenplay and William Cameron Menzies won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work in the film in 1929, the first year of the awards ceremony. John Barrymore and Camilla Horn star in the film, with Louis Wolheim co-starring. Preserved by two US archives George Eastman House and UCLA Film and TV. The film is set during final days of Czarist Russia and revolves around a peasant who rises through the ranks of the Russian army ending up a"
"Maltin called it a ""blah sci-fi programmer"" ; while TV Guide noted, ""an intriguing feature in that it was among the first to examine the possibilities of psychological manipulation and brainwashing."" Escapement (film) Escapement (a.k.a. The Electronic Monster in the U.S.) is a 1958 black and white British science fiction film. It was based on the sci-fi novel ""Escapement"" by Charles Eric Maine (London, 1956). Original working titles included ""Zex, the Electronic Fiend"". The film was released in England (as ""Escapement"") in 1958, but was only shown in the USA in 1960 on a double bill with either ""13 Ghosts"""
"Tempest and Sunshine Tempest and Sunshine is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film is an adaptation of Mary Jane Holmes's 1854 novel ""Tempest and Sunshine"", and features the deceptive Tempest and the benevolent Sunshine being wooed by a Dr. Lacey. Tempest and Bill Jeffreys conspire against Sunshine. By intercepting the lovers' letters the doctor instead decides to marry Tempest, but Jeffreys interrupts the ceremony to reveal the conspiracy. The doctor and Sunshine are reunited. The novel was a popular subject of plays and vaudeville, but the Thanhouser adaptation appears to be the first"
"The Temptress The Temptress is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Lionel Barrymore, and Roy D'Arcy. It premiered on October 10, 1926. The film melodrama was based on a novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez adapted for the screen by Dorothy Farnum. In her fourth film and only second film for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Garbo plays the title role, a vamp who inadvertently destroys many men who come in contact with her. The film was released on DVD in 2005 with a new score, written by Michael Picton, who won Turner Classic"
"excavation group finds the skeletons of Quasimodo and Esmeralda intertwined in an embrace. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956 film) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (in French Notre-Dame de Paris) is a 1956 French-Italian film version of Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, directed by Jean Delannoy and produced by Raymond Hakim and Robert Hakim. It stars US actor Anthony Quinn and Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida. The film is the first version of the novel to be made in color. In the tradition of many sword and sandal spectacles, Quinn and Lollobrigida are the only two actors in the film who actually"
"the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 1998, Peter Fonda starred in a TV movie version of ""The Tempest"", based in part on Shakespeare's play of the same name. It was directed by Jack Bender and starred Fonda, John Glover, Harold Perrineau, and Katherine Heigl. Although not available on DVD, it is available on VHS tape. Two years later Fonda appeared in the 1999 crime film ""The Limey"" as Terry Valentine, a rock music producer who murders a young girl. The film was directed by Steven Soderbergh. In 2001 a fully restored version of ""The Hired Hand"" was exhibited at"
"was most notable for its deviations from Shakespeare. One scene shows a corpulent and naked Sycorax (Claire Davenport) breastfeeding her adult son Caliban (Jack Birkett). The film reaches its climax with Elisabeth Welch belting out ""Stormy Weather"". The central performances were Toyah Willcox' Miranda and Heathcote Williams' Prospero, a ""dark brooding figure who takes pleasure in exploiting both his servants"". Several other television versions of the play have been broadcast; among the most notable is the 1980 BBC Shakespeare production, virtually complete, starring Michael Hordern as Prospero. Paul Mazursky's 1982 modern-language adaptation of ""The Tempest"", with Philip Dimitrius (Prospero) as"
"Satellite in the Sky Satellite in the Sky is a 1956 British CinemaScope science fiction film in Warner Color, produced by Edward J. Danziger and Harry Lee Danziger, directed by Paul Dickson, and starring Kieron Moore, Lois Maxwell, Donald Wolfit, and Bryan Forbes. The film was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Special effects were by Wally Veevers, who would later work on Stanley Kubrick's """" (1968). After initial experiments using high-speed aircraft, scientists in Great Britain create the ""Stardust"", the first manned spaceship to orbit the Earth. Some of the crew members have concerned loved ones. Barbara (Thea Gregory), the"
"Dean and Rock Hudson). The other nominations came in the categories of Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Mercedes McCambridge); Best Art Direction–Set Decoration, Color (Boris Leven, Ralph S. Hurst); Best Costume Design, Color; Best Film Editing; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture; Best Picture; and Best Writing, Best Screenplay – Adapted. Giant (1956 film) Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film, directed by George Stevens from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber's 1952 novel. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean and features Carroll Baker,"
"The Trollenberg Terror The Trollenberg Terror (a.k.a. The Crawling Eye in the United States) is a 1958 independently made British black-and-white science fiction film drama, produced by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman, directed by Quentin Lawrence, that stars Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, Jennifer Jayne, and Janet Munro. The special effects were handled by Les Bowie. The story was based on a 1956 British ITV ""Saturday Serial"" television programme. The film was distributed in the U.K. by Eros Films Ltd. in October, 1958 as ""The Trollenberg Terror"", and in the U.S. by Distributors Corporation of America as ""The Crawling Eye""."
"1955 Oh... Rosalinda!! 1955 Richard III 1956 The Battle of the River Plate 1956 Sea Wife 1956 The High Terrace 1957 Hour of Decision 1957 Seven Thunders 1958 Harry Black 1959 The Devils Desciple 1960 Sink the Bismarck 1960 Cleopatra 1960 Peeping Tom 1961 The Valiant 1962 The Very Edge 1962 Vengeance 1962 H.M.S. Defiant 1963 The Leather Boys 1963 Hornblower 1965 The Bedford Incident 1965 Called in to assist in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines 1966. The Blue Max...Travelling mat expertise 1966 Binddle (One of Them Days) 1967 The Double Man 1968 The Lost Continent 1968 Midas"
"featured on American horror punk band the Misfits' 1999 album ""Famous Monsters"". The song's lyrics directly referenced the plot of the film. The Trollenberg Terror The Trollenberg Terror (a.k.a. The Crawling Eye in the United States) is a 1958 independently made British black-and-white science fiction film drama, produced by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman, directed by Quentin Lawrence, that stars Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, Jennifer Jayne, and Janet Munro. The special effects were handled by Les Bowie. The story was based on a 1956 British ITV ""Saturday Serial"" television programme. The film was distributed in the U.K. by Eros"
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