Prospero's Books

1991 · 120 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 6,861 VOTES · DIR. Peter Greenaway

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Overview

An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,208 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:16 Knowing I lov'd my books
00:03:33 cheerly, cheerly, my hearts!
00:14:13 tell your piteous heart There's no harm done.
00:19:46 moving from black back to black again.
00:24:33 nd, i' th' dead of darkness
00:28:41 Hast thou, spirit, Perform'd to point the tempest that I bade thee?
00:33:01 Before the time be out? No more!
00:38:19 its pages are impregnated with the minerals, acids
00:41:47 It is a honeycomb, a hive, a garden and an ark for insects.
00:46:39 Silence! One word more shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee.
00:50:57 Sir, you may thank yourself for this great loss
00:55:12 Ay, sir; where lies that?
00:59:03 who hath got, as I take it, an ague.
01:03:00 O you, so perfect and so peerless, are created of every creature's best!
01:08:02 and sometimes voices, That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep
01:14:00 so, with good life and observation strange
01:19:38 Thy turfy mountains
01:24:54 Great Juno, comes;
01:30:59 and I, thy Caliban, for aye thy foot-licker.
01:37:26 op'd, and let 'em forth, By my so potent art.
01:43:06 that hangs on the bough.
01:47:22 Sweet lord, you play me false.
01:51:44 What things are these, my lord Antonio? Will money buy'em?
02:00:11 subtitles: Vanval

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,208
Dialogue density10.1 lines / min
First line00:00:16
Final line02:00:11

Production Record

DirectorPeter Greenaway
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,738,125
Revenue$1,750,301
IMDb votes6,861