- Revengers Tragedy
Infobox Film | name = Revengers Tragedy
caption = Christopher Eccleston as Vindice
director =Alex Cox
producer = Margaret MathesonTod Davies
writer = Frank Cottrell Boyce
starring =Christopher Eccleston Eddie Izzard Derek Jacobi Andrew Schofield
music =Chumbawumba
cinematography = Len Gowing
editing = Ray Fowlis
distributor = World Cinema Ltd.
released = 2003
runtime = 106 min.
language = English
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imdb_id = 286921"Revengers Tragedy" is a film adaptation of the
1606 play "The Revenger's Tragedy " (attributed toThomas Middleton in the credits, following the current scholarly consensus). It was directed byAlex Cox and adapted for the screen by Cox's fellow Liverpudlian,Frank Cottrell Boyce . The film starsChristopher Eccleston as the revenge-obsessed Vindice, withDerek Jacobi as the evil Duke,Eddie Izzard as his lecherous son Lussurioso,Diana Quick as the Duchess,Andrew Schofield as Vindice's brother Carlo (a version of the play's Hippolito),Carla Henry as his virtuous sister Castiza, andMarc Warren andJustin Salinger as the Duchess's sons Supervacuo and Ambitioso.The original play is set in a depraved Italian court, but Cottrell Boyce's screenplay relocates it to a futuristic version of
Liverpool in the year2011 , following the aftermath of anatural disaster which has destroyed the southern half ofGreat Britain . The city is adystopia in which society is collapsing and where vendettas and the crude exercise of power are the norm. Jacobi's Duke is the most powerful crime lord in the city. Cottrell Boyce's script rearranges the play heavily and mixes the original Jacobean language with modern language."Revengers Tragedy" was shot and edited in
Liverpool with an almost entirely local crew, includingcinematographer Len Gowing, costumer Monica Aslanian, makeup designer Lesley Brennan and assistant director Kim Ryan. Cox's usualproduction designer ,Cecilia Montiel prepared a visual strategy which was executed by her co-designer Remi Vaughan-Richards. The producers were Margaret Matheson (who executive produced Cox's "Sid and Nancy " for Zenith) andTod Davies (who wrote and produced Cox's "Three Businessmen ").The movie's soundtrack was written and performed by
Chumbawamba . In 2003, it was released by the band on their independent record label, MUTT.External links
*imdb title|id=286921|title=Revengers Tragedy
* [http://www.alexcox.com/dir_revengerstragedy.htm "Revengers Tragedy" page on Alex Cox website]
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