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Orlando (1992) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Catalonian International Film Festival
European Film Awards
Oscar Academy Awards
Thessaloniki Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
194 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1992 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )
Russia ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Sally Potter

Written By:
Sally Potter
Virginia Woolf

Actors:
Tilda Swinton ..... Orlando
Quentin Crisp ..... Queen Elizabeth I
Jimmy Somerville ..... Falsetto/Angel
John Bott ..... Orlando's Father
Elaine Banham ..... Orlando's Mother
Anna Farnworth ..... Clorinda
Sara Mair-Thomas ..... Favilla
Anna Healy ..... Euphrosyne
Toby Stephens ..... Othello
Dudley Sutton ..... King James I
Simon Russell Beale ..... Earl of Moray
Matthew Sim ..... Lord Francis Vere
Jerome Willis ..... Translator
Viktor Stepanov ..... Rus.sian Ambassador
Charlotte Valandrey ..... Princess Sasha
Billy Zane ..... Shelmerdine

Synopsis:

Independent filmmaker Sally Potter's gender-bending epic, which views four centuries of sexual politics through the eyes of a sex-switching main character, is based on the 1928 novel by Virginia Woolf. The androgynous title character is played with delicate quietude by Tilda Swinton. The story begins during the reign of the aging Queen Elizabeth I (Quentin Crisp, in a droll turn recalling his The Naked Civil Servant). Queen Elizabeth takes a shine to the attractive young Orlando and seeks out his sexual favors. In return, Elizabeth grants him a large estate, commanding him, 'Do not fade, do not wither, do not grow old.' Orlando takes the queen at her word and doesn't. When Elizabeth dies, Orlando becomes attracted to Sasha (Charlotte Valandrey), the daughter of a Russian diplomat, but she rebuffs his advances. Crushed, Orlando accepts an ambassadorship to Constantinople. After witnessing the killing of a man in battle, Orlando undergoes a change of sex, becoming a woman and returning to England, where she hobnobs with 18th-century geniuses like Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, and John Addison. Walking through a garden labyrinth, the time frame shifts to the 19th century, and Orlando falls in love with a handsome American (Billy Zane). Now in the 20th century, Orlando gives birth to his child and continues on.

Based on the novel by Virginia Woolf, ORLANDO follows the witty, engaging story of the incredibly long-lived aristocratic poet, Orlando (Tilda Swinton), whose gender changes in the 18th Century as he/she lives through the Elizabethan era and into the Twentieth Century. Praised for his, and later her, beauty, and tortured by love and an obsession with epic poetry that began as a teenager, Orlando learns about politics, war, sex, society, and birth as a man and again as a woman. Director Sally Potter creates a stunning, clever commentary on gender and society.
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Sally Potter's dazzling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic novel is the tale of the apparently immortal Orlando, who begins an epic quest for love and freedom in the court of Elizabeth I as a man, and compl

Young nobleman Orlando is commanded by Queen Elizabeth I to stay forever young. Miraculously, he does just that. The film follows him as he moves through several centuries of British history, experiencing a variety of lives and relationships along the way, and even changing sex.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 29 July, 2018.