Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, Japan
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and jealous Queen Isabella conspires with the evil Mortimer to get rid of Gaveston, overthrow her husband and take power…
- husband wife relationship
- based on play or musical
- male homosexuality
- palace intrigue
- medieval england
- 14th century
- gay theme
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Steven Waddington
Edward II
Andrew Tiernan
Piers Gaveston
Tilda Swinton
Isabella
Nigel Terry
Roger Mortimer
- John Lynch — Spencer
- Dudley Sutton — Bishop of Winchester
- Jerome Flynn — Kent
- Jody Graber — Prince Edward
- Annie Lennox — Singer
- Kevin Collins — Lightbourn, the Gaoler
- Tony Forsyth — Captive Policeman
- Jill Balcon — Chorus of Nobility
- Barbara New — Chorus of Nobility
- Andrea Miller — Chorus of Nobility
- Brian Mitchell — Chorus of Nobility
- Directed
- Derek Jarman
- Written
- Derek Jarman, Stephen McBride, Ken Butler
Production
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 67 ratings
- Studio
- BBC Film, Working Title Films, British Screen Productions, Uplink
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
