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Tempest

Play trailer Poster for Tempest PG,  1982,  2h 25m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 55% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 73% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
55% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 73% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Based on Shakespeare's famed play, this modern update finds American architect Phillip Dimitrius (John Cassavetes) splitting from his wife, Antonia (Gena Rowlands), and relocating to a Greek island. Joining him is his new lover, Aretha Tomalin (Susan Sarandon), and his daughter, Miranda (Molly Ringwald), as well as the island's only other resident, the reclusive Kalibanos (Raul Julia). Eventually more people arrive, and they just happen to be Antonia and her new boyfriend, with his son in tow.

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Bob Thomas Associated Press Nov 12, 2018
Mazursky lets it all run too long, by a half-hour at least, but he also offers a menu of rare delights. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Apr 29, 2018
0/4
The movie is an ambitious experiment, but a long and tedious one, and our revels end long before Mazursky's. Go to Full Review
Molly Haskell Vogue Feb 27, 2020
Tempest boasts a little Shakespeare, a little Fellini, a lof of Cassavetes, and almost nothing of the Mazursky touch we've come to expect from the director of Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice and An Unmarried Woman. Go to Full Review
Diego Galán El Pais (Spain) Aug 29, 2019
Paul Mazursky's Tempest doesn't develop the dramatic interest of the original idea; it's disorienting and tiresome. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 19, 2005
2/5
Jonathan R. Perry Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) Jun 1, 2005
4/5
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Cast & Crew

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Paul Mazursky

Director

John Cassavetes

Phillip Dimitrius

Gena Rowlands

Antonia Dimitrius

Susan Sarandon

Aretha

Vittorio Gassman

Alonzo

Raul Julia

Kalibanos

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Movie Info

Synopsis Based on Shakespeare's famed play, this modern update finds American architect Phillip Dimitrius (John Cassavetes) splitting from his wife, Antonia (Gena Rowlands), and relocating to a Greek island. Joining him is his new lover, Aretha Tomalin (Susan Sarandon), and his daughter, Miranda (Molly Ringwald), as well as the island's only other resident, the reclusive Kalibanos (Raul Julia). Eventually more people arrive, and they just happen to be Antonia and her new boyfriend, with his son in tow.
Director
Paul Mazursky
Producer
Paul Mazursky
Screenwriter
Leon Capetanos, Paul Mazursky, William Shakespeare
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 13, 1982, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 25, 2010
Runtime
2h 25m
Sound Mix
Dolby
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