Orlando (film)

Orlando
UK theatrical release poster
Directed bySally Potter
Screenplay bySally Potter
Based onOrlando: A Biography
by Virginia Woolf
Produced byChristopher Sheppard
Starring
CinematographyAleksei Rodionov
Edited byHervé Schneid
Music by
  • David Motion
  • Sally Potter
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 1 September 1992 (1992-09-01) (Venice)
  • 11 December 1992 (1992-12-11) (Italy)
  • 27 January 1993 (1993-01-27) (France)
  • 28 January 1993 (1993-01-28) (Netherlands)
  • 12 March 1993 (1993-03-12) (United Kingdom)
Running time
93 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • France
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Russia
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million[4]
Box office$13 million[5]

Orlando is a 1992 film[6] loosely based on Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel Orlando: A Biography, starring Tilda Swinton as Orlando, Billy Zane as Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine, and Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth I. It was written and directed by Sally Potter, who also co-wrote the score with David Motion.[7] The film is an international co-production of the United Kingdom, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Russia.[8]

Critics praised the film and particularly applauded its visual treatment of the settings of Woolf's novel. The film premiered in competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival,[9] and was re-released in select US cinemas on 23 July 2010.[10][11]

  1. ^ "Orlando (1992)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Orlando (1993)". Unifrance. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Orlando". Filmkrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 March 2024.
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  6. ^ Young, R. G., ed. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies. New York: Applause. p. 468. ISBN 978-1-55783-269-6.
  7. ^ Glaessner, Verina (1998). "Potter, Sally". In Unterburger, Amy L. (ed.). Women Filmmakers & Their Films. Detroit: St. James Press. pp. 336–337. ISBN 978-1-55862-357-6.
  8. ^ "Orlando (1992)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  9. ^ Fusco, Maria Pia (31 July 1992). "Venezia, Libertà Per Gli Autori". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Orlando". Sony Pictures Classics.
  11. ^ Hazelton, John (1 June 2010). "Potter's Orlando set for US re-launch". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2 April 2018.