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REVENGERS TRAGEDY (cert 15)

Something of loud shout from a true maverick director,Revengers Tragedy is the punk reworking of Thomas Middleton’s 17th Century play, set in 2011 in a post-apocalyptic Liverpool and updating the Jacobean verse with tattoos, piercings, table football, and video monitors, to tell a true tale of dramatic revenge.
 
Dir. Alex Cox, Scr. Frank Cottrell Boyce
Starring Christopher Eccleston, Eddie Izzard, Derek Jacobi
UK 2003, 109 mins
 
Read Howard Schuman's introduction for Revengers Tragedy and you can also find out more about Howard Schuman.

Screening at BAFTA

Sat, 13 December 2003 2:30 PM

For more about Revengers Tragedy see
 
www.twoslugskissing.com
www.guardian.co.uk
www.icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk
 

Revengers Tragedy
 
Directed by
Alex Cox
 
Written by
Frank Cottrell Boyce
From the play by Thomas Middleton
 
Produced by
Tod Davies Producer
Margaret Matheson Producer
 
Cinematography by
Len Gowing
 
Film Editing by
Ray Fowlis
 
Casting by
Gary Davy
 
Production Design by
Cecilia Montiel
 
Costume Design by
Monica Aslanian
 
Sound Department
Gary Desmond Sound
Dave Humphries Sound re-recording mixer
 
Production Companies
 
* Bard Entertainments Ltd.
* Exterminating Angel Production
* Northcroft Films
 
Cast
Christopher Eccleston - Vindici
Eddie Izzard - Lussurioso
Derek Jacobi - The Duke
Diana Quick - The Duchess
Andrew Schofield - Carlo
Anthony Booth - Lord Antonio
Fraser Ayres - Spurio
Joe Cottrell Boyce - Young Thug
Jean Butler - Vindici's wife
Margi Clarke - Hannah
Alex Cox - Driver
Sophie Dahl - Imogen
Carla Henry - Castiza
Justin Salinger - Ambitioso
Marc Warren - Supervacuo
 

109 minutes
UK 2002
 
Certificate 15
 
Revengers Tragedy was released in the UK by Metro Tartan