Orlando Sally Potter (DVD) (UK Import)

Directed by Sally Potter

Starring: Quentin Crisp, Dudley Sutton, Thom Hoffman, Sara Mair-Thomas, Toby Stephens, Jerome Willis, Peter Eyre, Ned Sherrin, Roger Hammond, Jimmy Somerville, John Grillo, Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Lothaire Bluteau, John Wood, Charlotte Valandrey, Heathcote Williams
Contributors: Christopher Sheppard, Sally Potter, David Motion, Aleksei Rodionov
Studio: Artificial Eye
Genre: Drama
Main Language: English
Region: Region 2
Release Date: 9 Nov 2009
Originally Issued: 1992
No of Discs: 2
BBFC Cert: (PG) Parental Guidance.
Run Time: 90 minutes

Description

Sally Potter directs this adaptation of Virginia Woolf's modernist novel starring Tilda Swinton as the eponymous hero. In 1603, young androgynous nobleman Orlando is promised by Queen Elizabeth I (Quentin Crisp) a plot of land and a castle along with a large sum of money. The generous bequeathment is however only claimable as long as Orlando promises to never age.

Agreeing to the terms, Orlando lives in isolation in his castle for the next 200 years. Travelling to the Ottoman Empire as an English ambassador, he finds himself in the middle of a battle after which he awakens as a female version of himself. Returning home as a woman, Orlando is accused of no longer having rights to her land and must fight for her royal inheritance.

The cast also includes Billy Zane, Toby Stephens and Heathcote Williams.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Enhanced WS tv
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Filmographies
• Interviews: Sally Potter (Director)
• Commentary: Selected scene commentary by Sally Potter
• Other Documentary: 'Orlando Goes to Russia', 'Orlando in Uzbekistan', 'Jimmy was an Angel'