If... 1968  R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan, Rupert Webster, Peter Jeffrey, Mona Washbourne, Arthur Lowe, Graham Crowden, Charles Lloyd Pack
This excellent drama/black comedy takes a student revolt to extremes and, in the process, reveals how their actions parallel those of the world of adults. It is often violent as the students rebel against the "establishment."
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The Tempest 1979  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Derek Jarman
Cast: Peter Bull, David Meyer, Neil Cunningham, Heathcote Williams, Toyah Willcox, Richard Warwick, Karl Johnson, Jack Birkett, Christopher Biggins, Peter Turner, Ken Campbell, Claire Davenport, Helen Wellington-Lloyd, Elisabeth Welch, Kate Temple
Loosely based on Shakespeare's play, this film version focuses on what ensues after the King of Naples (Peter Bull) and his family are shipwrecked by a tempest at sea and washed ashore on an island occupied by his exiled son Prospero (Heathcote Williams) and Prospero's daughter Miranda (Toyah Willcox). Prospero is a sorcerer and uses the help of the airy spirit Arial (Karl Johnson) to turn his world into an idyllic place. Now, Prospero's existence is threatened with the arrival of the shipwrecked survivors and those who seek revenge.
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