Salome's Last Dance

Salome's Last Dance
Directed byKen Russell
Written byKen Russell
Based on
Produced byPenny Corke
Starring
CinematographyHarvey Harrison
Edited byTimothy Gee
Distributed byVestron Pictures
Release date
  • 6 May 1988 (1988-05-06) (New York City)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$800,000[1] or $1.4 million[2][3]

Salome's Last Dance is a 1988 British film written and directed by Ken Russell. Although most of the action is a verbatim performance of Oscar Wilde's 1891 play Salome, which is itself based on a story from the New Testament, there is also a framing narrative that was written by Russell.

  1. ^ "Dan Ireland on Salome's Last Dance". Trailers from Hell. 20 April 2016.
  2. ^ Russell on his films Hunter, Charles. The Irish Times. 2 Nov 1987: 14.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference star was invoked but never defined (see the help page).