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18 October 1991 (UK)
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A classic tale of sex, revenge, and love.
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In this Derek Jarman version of Christopher Marlowe's Elisabethan drama, in modern costumes and settings...
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Buzz Break: Edward II
(From Movieline. 12 August 2009, 2:40 PM, PDT)
Tilda Swinton: Once She Pops, She Can't Stop.
(From FilmExperience. 17 July 2009, 5:02 PM, PDT)
(From Movieline. 12 August 2009, 2:40 PM, PDT)
Tilda Swinton: Once She Pops, She Can't Stop.
(From FilmExperience. 17 July 2009, 5:02 PM, PDT)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Steven Waddington | ... | Edward II |
| Kevin Collins | ... | Lightborn, the Jailor |
 | Andrew Tiernan | ... | Piers Gaveston |
| John Lynch | ... | Spencer |
| Dudley Sutton | ... | Bishop of Winchester |
 | Tilda Swinton | ... | Isabella |
| Jerome Flynn | ... | Kent |
| Jody Graber | ... | Prince Edward |
| Nigel Terry | ... | Mortimer |
| Jill Balcon | ... | Chorus of Nobility |
| Barbara New | ... | Chorus of Nobility |
| Andrea Miller | ... | Chorus of Nobility |
| Brian Mitchell | ... | Chorus of Nobility |
| David Glover | ... | Chorus of Nobility |
| John Quentin | ... | Chorus of Nobility |
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First cinema film of Andrew Tiernan.
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Featured in Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner (2007)
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Every Time We Say Goodbye
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My advice is to avoid this film and try and see a stage version instead.
It is highly unfair, I think, to criticise Marlowe's writing capabilities based on this rather terrible rendition of his play Edward II, as another user has commented on. In this film lines are swapped between characters, scenes are drastically changed, new scenes are added in and key scenes and characters are omitted. The whole film stands as a rather disfigured version of the original play.
Of course perhaps it could be said also to be unfair to criticise it's lack of loyalty to Marlowe's script, after all it is an adaptation. Looking at it simply as a movie it still creates rather laughable viewing. The actors talents are wasted on the directors odd obsession with the surreal and abstract, which is just simply random and out of place. And an odd musical cameo from Annie Lennox just adds to the madness.
To look at the positives yes there are some imaginative shots and several scenes are performed and presented well but as a whole it appears as a rather flimsy and hastily put together film that would be more suited as a three part drama on ITV.