The Tempest (1979 film)

The Tempest
The Tempest
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Derek Jarman
Screenplay by	Derek Jarman
Based on	The Tempest; by William Shakespeare
Produced by	Guy Ford; Mordecai Schreiber;
Starring	Heathcote Williams; Toyah Willcox; Karl Johnson; Peter Bull; Richard Warwick;
Cinematography	Peter Middleton
Edited by	Lesley Walker
Music by	Brian Hodgson; John Lewis; Stephen Pruslin;
Release date	13 September 1979;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$350,000

The Tempest is a 1979 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Directed by Derek Jarman, produced by Don Boyd, with Heathcote Williams as Prospero, it also stars Toyah Willcox, Jack Birkett, Karl Johnson and Helen Wellington-Lloyd from Jarman's previous feature, Jubilee (1977).^[2]

^ "AT THE MOVIES; The man behind 'Bad Timing'", The New York Times, 9 September 1980: C.6.
^ Vincent Canby (1979). "The Tempest". The New York Times.