The Tempest Movie Review 1999

This time around the Shakespeare fantasy is transported to a Civil War-era Mississippi bayou, which is where magic-studying Gideon Prosper (Fonda) is living with his daughter, Miranda (Heigl), and a runaway slave, Ariel (Perrineau). Into this secluded world stumbles young Union soldier, Frederick Allen (Mills), with whom the lonely Miranda immediately falls in love, while Gideon is finally forced to reckon with the world in the form of his unscrupulous brother, Anthony (Glover).

Distribution

CinemaNow, 4553 Glencoe Ave., Ste. 200, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, URL: http://www.cinemanow.com, Remarks: Formerly known as Lions Gate Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Civil War, American South, Brothers & Sisters, Dads, Magic, Plays to Film: William Shakespeare, Modern Shakespeare

Screenplay

James Henerson

Cast

Peter Fonda, John Glover, Harold Perrineau, Katherine Heigl, Eddie Mills, John Pyper-Ferguson, Dennis Redfield

Cinematography

Steve Shaw

Director

Jack Bender

Producer

Trimark Pictures