Orlando

Orlando /

Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, and Quentin Crisp star in this 'hip, sexy, and wickedly funny' film based on the gender-bending novel by Virginia Woolf. Swinton starts as Orlando, and English nobleman who defies the laws of nature with surprising results. Immortal and highly imaginative, he und...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Potter, Sally, 1949- (Screenwriter, composer (expression)), Swinton, Tilda (Actor), Zane, Billy (Actor), Bluteau, Lothaire (Actor), Wood, John, 1930-2011 (Actor), Valandrey, Charlotte, 1968-2022 (Actor), Williams, Heathcote (Actor), Crisp, Quentin, 1908-1999 (Actor), Rodionov, Alekseĭ, 1947- (director of photography.), Motion, David (composer (expression)), Powell, Sandy (Costume designer), Ross, Morag (make-up artist.), Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: [New York, NY] : Sony Pictures Classics, 1999
Subjects:
Sex role > England > Drama.
Nobility > England > Drama.
Gender identity > Drama.
Webcast
LGBTQ+ films.
Fantasy films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Transgender films.
Internet videos.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, and Quentin Crisp star in this 'hip, sexy, and wickedly funny' film based on the gender-bending novel by Virginia Woolf. Swinton starts as Orlando, and English nobleman who defies the laws of nature with surprising results. Immortal and highly imaginative, he undergoes a series of extraordinary transformations which humorously and hauntingly illustrate the eternal war between the sexes.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed January 03, 2017).
Based on the book by Virginia Woolf.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1992.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 94 min.)) : sound, color
Playing Time:01:33:44
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13.
Awards:Academy Awards, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Nominated (Ben van Os, Jan Roelfs), 1994
Academy Awards, Best Costume Design, Nominated (Sandy Powell), 1994
BAFTA Awards, Best Make Up Artist (Morag Ross), 1994
BAFTA Awards, Costume Design, Nominated (Sandy Powell), 1994
Venice Film Festival, Elvira Notari Prize, 1992
Venice Film Festival, Golden Ciak - Best Film, 1992
Venice Film Festival, OCIC Award, 1992
Production Credits:Production design, Ben van Os, Jan Roelfs; editor, Herve Schneid; director of photography, Alexei Rodionov ; costume design, Sandy Powell ; make-up supervisor, Morag Ross ; original music, David Motion, Sally Potter.
Participant or Performer:Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Lothaire Bluteau, John Wood, Charlotte Valandrey, Heathcote Williams, Quentin Crisp.
Language:In English; closed-captioned in English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from title screen (Alexander Street, viewed February 9, 2022).

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