Ken Russell Collection - 3-DVD Box Set ( Salome's Last Dance / Tommy: The Movie / The Music Lovers )

Ken Russell Collection - 3-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Salome's Last Dance / Tommy: The Movie / The Music Lovers
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
314 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1970 - 1988 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Ken Russell

Written By:
Oscar Wilde
Vivian Russell
Ken Russell
Pete Townshend
Melvyn Bragg
Catherine Drinker Bowen

Actors:
Glenda Jackson ..... Herodias
Stratford Johns ..... Herod
Nickolas Grace ..... Oscar Wilde
Douglas Hodge ..... John the Baptist
Lord Alfred 'Bosey' Douglas ..... Salome
Imogen Millais-Scott ..... Tigellenus / Chilvers
Denis Lill ..... Pageboy
Russell Lee Nash ..... Cappadocian
Ken Russell ..... A. Nubin
David Doyle ..... Young Syrian
Warren Saire ..... 1st Soldier
Kenny Ireland ..... 2nd Soldier
Michael Van Wijk ..... 1st Nazarean
Paul Clayton ..... 2nd Nazarean
Imogen Claire ..... Pharisee
Tim Potter
Oliver Reed ..... Frank Hobbs
Ann-Margret ..... Nora Walker
Roger Daltrey ..... Tommy Walker
Elton John ..... The Pinball Wizard
Eric Clapton ..... The Preacher
John Entwistle ..... John Entwistle
Keith Moon ..... Uncle Ernie
Paul Nicholas ..... Cousin Kevin
Jack Nicholson ..... The Specialist
Robert Powell ..... Captain Walker
Pete Townshend ..... Pete Townshend
Tina Turner ..... The Acid Queen
Arthur Brown ..... The Priest
Victoria Russell ..... Sally Simpson
Ben Aris ..... Reverend Simpson
Richard Chamberlain ..... Tchaikovsky
Glenda Jackson ..... Nina (Antonina Milyukova)
Max Adrian ..... Nicholas Rubinstein
Christopher Gable ..... Count Anton Chiluvsky
Kenneth Colley ..... Modeste Tchaikovsky
Izabella Telezynska ..... Madame Nadedja von Meck
Maureen Pryor ..... Nina's Mother
Sabina Maydelle ..... Sasha Tchaikovsky
Andrew Faulds ..... Davidov
Bruce Robinson ..... Alexei Sofronov
Ben Aris ..... Young Lieutenant
Xavier Russell ..... Koyola
Dennis Myers ..... Von Meck, twin
John Myers ..... Von Meck, twin
Joanne Brown ..... Olga Bredska

Synopsis:

Salome's Last Dance (1988)
Late on Guy Fawkes Day, 1892, Oscar Wilde arrives at a high-class brothel where a surprise awaits: a staging of his play "Salome," with parts played by prostitutes, Wilde's host, his lover Bosey, and Lady Alice. The movie moves between the play and Wilde's night. In the play, Herod begs his pubescent step-daughter Salome to dance for him, promising her anything she desires. Her mother, Herodias, objects. Salome is stung by John the Baptist's rejection of her affections. The prophet's scolding celibacy puts him between the expressed desire of age and youth. Wilde dallies with a young man as he watches the show, provoking Bosey's jealousy. Two surprises await us.
Tommy (1975)
A psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult because of that.
The Music Lovers (1970)
Piano teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexuality by marrying, but unfortunately he chooses a nymphomaniac whom he cannot satisfy.

Salome's Last Dance (1988)
In the play, all the roles are played by prostitutes or their clients, and each actor (except Grace) plays two roles, one in the brothel and the other in the play. King Herod (Stratford Johns) begs his young stepdaughter Salome (Imogen Millais-Scott) to dance for him, promising to give her anything she desires, much to the irritation of her mother, Herodias (Glenda Jackson). Salome ignores him, choosing instead to try and seduce John the Baptist, who is Herod's prisoner. John responds by loudly condemning both Herod and Salome in the name of God. A spurned and vengeful Salome then agrees to dance for Herod - on the condition that she be given anything she asks for. Herod agrees, but it is only after the dance is over that Salome asks for the head of John the Baptist on a platter. Herod is appalled, tries to dissuade her, but finally gives in to her request. The scenes from the play are interwoven with images of Wilde's exploits at the brothel.
Tommy (1975)
Nora Walker is told that her British fighter pilot husband is missing in action and presumed killed in World War II. On V.E. Day, Nora gives birth to their son, who she names Tommy. While Tommy is an adolescent, Nora marries Frank, a shifty camp counselor. Shortly thereafter, Tommy suffers an emotionally traumatic experience associated with his father and step-father, which, based on things told to him at that time, results in him becoming deaf, dumb and blind, a situation which several people exploit for their own pleasure. As Nora tries several things to bring Tommy out of his psychosomatic disabilities, Tommy, now a young man, happens upon pinball as a stimulus. Playing by intuition, Tommy becomes a pinball master, which in turn makes him, and by association Nora and Frank, rich and famous. Nora literally shatters Tommy to his awakening, which ultimately leads to both the family's rise and downfall as people initially try to emulate Tommy's path then rebel against it.
The Music Lovers (1970)
Depressive, emotionally insecure piano teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky tortuously struggles to have his music accepted and tries to suppress his homosexuality. The support of a wealthy widow as a patron gives him the artistic support he needs but his choice of a nymphomaniac as a wife proves disastrous.

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