Orlando (film)

Orlando
Orlando
	UK theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sally Potter
Screenplay by	Sally Potter
Based on	Orlando: A Biography; by Virginia Woolf
Produced by	Christopher Sheppard
Starring	Tilda Swinton; Billy Zane; Lothaire Bluteau; John Wood; Charlotte Valandrey; Heathcote Williams; Quentin Crisp;
Cinematography	Aleksei Rodionov
Edited by	Hervé Schneid
Music by	David Motion; Sally Potter;
Production; companies	Adventure Pictures; Lenfilm; Mikado Film; Rio; Sigma Film Productions;
Distributed by	Electric Pictures (United Kingdom); Rezo Films; Rio (France); Mikado Film (Italy); Concorde Film (Netherlands);
Release dates	1 September 1992 (Venice); 11 December 1992 (Italy); 27 January 1993 (France); 28 January 1993 (Netherlands); 12 March 1993 (United Kingdom);
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; France; Italy; Netherlands; Russia;
Language	English
Budget	$4 million
Box office	$13 million

Orlando is a 1992 period fantasy drama film^[6] loosely based on Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel Orlando: A Biography, starring Tilda Swinton as Orlando, Billy Zane as Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine, and Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth I. It was written and directed by Sally Potter, who also co-wrote the score with David Motion.^[7] The film is an international co-production of the United Kingdom, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Russia.^[8]

Potter chose to film much of the Constantinople portion of the book in the isolated city of Khiva in Uzbekistan and made use of the forest of carved columns in the city's 18th century Djuma Mosque. Critics praised the film and particularly applauded its visual treatment of the settings of Woolf's novel. The film premiered in competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival,^[9] and was re-released in select US cinemas on 23 July 2010.^[10]^[11]

^ "Orlando (1992)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Orlando (1993)". Unifrance. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
^ "Orlando". Filmkrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 March 2024.
^ Cite error: The named reference press_kit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference grosses was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Young, R. G., ed. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies. New York: Applause. p. 468. ISBN 1-55783-269-2.
^ Glaessner, Verina (1998). "Potter, Sally". In Unterburger, Amy L. (ed.). Women Filmmakers & Their Films. Detroit: St. James Press. pp. 336–337. ISBN 1-55862-357-4.
^ "Orlando (1992)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
^ Fusco, Maria Pia (31 July 1992). "Venezia, Libertà Per Gli Autori". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 29 April 2014.
^ "Orlando". Sony Pictures Classics.
^ Hazelton, John (1 June 2010). "Potter's Orlando set for US re-launch". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[1] "Orlando (1992)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

[uni-2] "Orlando (1993)". Unifrance. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

[3] "Orlando". Filmkrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 March 2024.

[press_kit-4] Cite error: The named reference press_kit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[grosses-5] Cite error: The named reference grosses was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[6] Young, R. G., ed. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies. New York: Applause. p. 468. ISBN 1-55783-269-2.

[7] Glaessner, Verina (1998). "Potter, Sally". In Unterburger, Amy L. (ed.). Women Filmmakers & Their Films. Detroit: St. James Press. pp. 336–337. ISBN 1-55862-357-4.

[8] "Orlando (1992)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 14 March 2024.

[9] Fusco, Maria Pia (31 July 1992). "Venezia, Libertà Per Gli Autori". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 29 April 2014.

[10] "Orlando". Sony Pictures Classics.

[11] Hazelton, John (1 June 2010). "Potter's Orlando set for US re-launch". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

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