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5.9/10   960 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Derek Jarman (writer)
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Release Date:
September 1979 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Sex, drugs and punk rock. Add violence and time travel and you have Jubilee.
Plot:
Queen Elizabeth I travels to late twentieth-century Britain to discover a tawdry and depressing landscape... more | add synopsis
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Cast

  (in credits order)
Jenny Runacre ... Queen Elizabeth I / Bod
Nell Campbell ... Crabs (as Little Nell)

Toyah Willcox ... Mad
Jordan ... Amyl Nitrite
Hermine Demoriane ... Chaos
Ian Charleson ... Angel
Karl Johnson ... Sphinx
Linda Spurrier ... Viv
Neil Kennedy ... Max
Jack Birkett ... Borgia Ginz (as Orlando)
Wayne County ... Lounge Lizard

Richard O'Brien ... John Dee
David Brandon ... Ariel (as David Haughton)
Helen Wellington-Lloyd ... Lady in Waiting
Adam Ant ... Kid
Claire Davenport ... First Customs Lady
Donald Dunham ... Policeman
Iris Fry ... Bingo lady
Quinn Hawkins ... Boy
Barney James ... Policeman
Lindsay Kemp ... Cabaret performer
Ulla Larson-Styles ... Waitress
Howard Malin ... Schmeitzer
Luciana Martínez ... Escort to Borgia
William Merrow ... Maurice
Gene October ... Happy Days
Prudence Walters ... Escort to Borgia
Joyce Windsor ... Bingo Lady
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steven Severin ... Himself (as Siouxsie and the Banshees)
Duggie Fields ... Party-goer (uncredited)
Siouxsie Sioux ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Derek Jarman 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Derek Jarman  writer

Produced by
Howard Malin .... co-producer
James Whaley .... co-producer
 
Original Music by
Brian Eno 
 
Cinematography by
Peter Middleton 
 
Film Editing by
Nick Barnard 
 
Production Design by
Mordecai Schreiber 
 
Costume Design by
Dave Henderson 
Christopher Hobbs 
 
Makeup Department
Keith of 'Smile' .... hair stylist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Guy Ford .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Kenny Morriss .... assistant production designer
 
Sound Department
Mike Billing .... dubbing mixer
John Hayes .... sound recordist
Trevor Rutherford .... assistant sound recordist
 
Special Effects by
Martin Gutteridge .... special effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Denis Balkin .... grip
Bob McShane .... assistant camera
Mike Munro .... electrician
Jean-Marc Prouveur .... still photographer
John Rogers .... gaffer
Johnny Rosza .... still photographer
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Richard Croft .... costume maker
Ralph Dyer .... costume maker
Luciana Martínez .... wardrobe mistress
 
Editorial Department
Annette D'Alton .... assistant editor
Tom Priestley .... supervising editor
 
Transportation Department
John Albery .... transportation
 
Other crew
Lee Drysdale .... production assistant
Judi Futrille .... continuity
Lindsay Kemp .... cabaret performance
Luciana Martínez .... production assistant
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Shot entirely on location. The filmmakers made ample use of the many derelict buildings in London that were left standing after sustaining damage in the war. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: After the policemen shoot Angel and Sphinx dead, Sphinx's eyes blink before the camera cuts away. more
Quotes:
Crabs: I just love a man without its uniform. more
Movie Connections:
Soundtrack:
Deutscher Girls more

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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful.
england's glory, 11 December 2003
9/10
Author: Purtle from The Salon of Exotic Reason

an unsettling mixture of the cosy and the offensive,this is derek jarmans most accessible movie. a truly eclectic cast,everyone gives their all,no matter how little that might be in some cases!! Jenny Runacre is magnificent as Elisabeth I and Bod,very regal as the former, totally insane and very regal as the latter,but her end speech as she walks away into eternity with John Dee is one of the most beautiful I've heard in any film. For one of the most shocking,how about Jordan (Amyl Nitrate) talking about her heroine...Myra Hindley...so 1977!! Jack Birkett as Borgia Ginz has one of the dirtiest laughs I've ever heard,he's lascivious,witty and charismatic.But then,someone who turns Buckingham Palace into a recording studio has got to be some sort of hero. I could go on about the other cast members,some of them now famous,some of them disappeared into obscurity...whatever happened to Hermine Demoriane??here as the french au-pair Chaos.I last saw her impersonating Nico in a French and Saunders sketch! I would thoroughly recommend this movie,its got a lot going for it,colourful,inventive,unpredictable. this is what punk was before it became just an excuse for The Lads to die their hair pretty colours and not get called poofs.

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