Revengers Tragedy

Revengers Tragedy (2002)

He who seeks revenge should dig two graves.

A film adaptation of the 1606 satirical tragedy by Thomas Middleton, relocated to a post-apocalyptic Liverpool. Christopher Eccleston plays the revenge-obsessed Vindice, who has sworn to kill the evil Duke (Derek Jacobi) who murdered his one true love.

Date of release
2002-08-06
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
Director
Alex Cox

Casting

Interesting facts

Revengers Tragedy is a 2002 film adaptation of the 1606 play The Revenger's Tragedy. It was directed by Alex Cox and adapted for the screen by Cox's fellow Liverpudlian, Frank Cottrell-Boyce. The film stars Christopher Eccleston as the revenge-obsessed Vindici, with Derek Jacobi as the evil Duke, Eddie Izzard as his lecherous son Lussurioso, Diana Quick as the Duchess, Andrew Schofield as Vindice's brother Carlo, Carla Henry as his virtuous sister Castiza, and Marc Warren and Justin Salinger as the Duchess's sons Supervacuo and Ambitioso.

Production

Revengers Tragedy was shot and edited in Liverpool with an almost entirely local crew, including cinematographer Len Gowing, costumer Monica Aslanian, makeup designer Lesley Brennan and assistant director Kim Ryan. Cox's usual production designer, Cecilia Montiel prepared a visual strategy which was executed by her co-designer Remi Vaughan-Richards.

The soundtrack of the same name was written and performed by Chumbawamba. In 2003, it was released by the band on their independent record label, MUTT.

The film was originally intended to end with a montage of the World Trade Center exploding as Vindici whispered "revenge", but this was removed at the request of the film's stakeholders.

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