Jubilee 1978

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 103 min

genre: fantasy

theme: avant-garde and experimental

director: Derek Jarman

Score: 4 / 10

Jubilee is a 1978 cult film directed by Derek Jarman. It stars Jenny Runacre, Ian Charleson and a host of punk rockers. The title refers to the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 1977.

Plot

Queen Elizabeth I is transported forward in time to the film's present day by the occultist John Dee, who commands the spirit guide Ariel (a character from William Shakespeare's The Tempest to bring them there. Elizabeth arrives in the shattered Britain of the 1970s and moves through the social and physical decay of the city, observing the sporadic activities of a group of aimless nihilists– mostly young women, including Amyl Nitrate, Bod, Chaos, Crabs and Mad.

Cast

More details

author	Derek Jarman
contentLocation	London
director	Derek Jarman
editor	Nick Barnard Tom Priestley
genre	fantasy
keywords	abandon amyl nitrate ariel ballet dancer bingo bisexual break in buckingham palace castrate dorset elizabeth ii incest john dee kill meet myra hindley nihilist one-night stand police officer present day property man queen elizabeth i queen elizabeth ii recording contract reminisce robbery rock star rule britannia squat steal tempest westminster cathedral william shakespeare young women
musicBy	Brian Eno
producer	Howard Malin James Whaley
theme	avant-garde and experimental lgbt-related