Revengers Tragedy

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Revengers Tragedy
Christopher Eccleston as Vindici
Directed by	Alex Cox
Produced by	Margaret Matheston Tod Davies
Written by	Frank Cottrell Boyce
Starring	Christopher Eccleston Eddie Izzard Derek Jacobi
Music by	Chumbawumba
Cinematography	Len Gowing
Editing by	Ray Fowlis
Distributed by	World Cinema Ltd.
Release date(s)	2003
Running time	106 min.
Language	English
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Revengers Tragedy is a film version of the play The Revenger's Tragedy (author unknown; the film's credits list Thomas Middleton, but Cyril Tourneur is another popular candidate for authorship), first published in 1606. It was directed by Alex Cox and adapted for the screen by Cox's fellow Liverpudilan, Frank Cottrell Boyce.

The movie stars Christopher Eccleston as Vindici, Eddie Izzard as Lussurioso, Derek Jacobi as the Duke, Diana Quick as the Duchess, Andrew Schofield as Carlo, Carla Henry as Castiza, Marc Warren as Supervacuo and Justin Salinger as Ambitioso.

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 traditional production designer, Cecilia Montiel, prepared a visual strategy which was executed by her co-designer Remi Vaughan-Richards.

Cottrell Boyce's script mixes the original Jacobean language with modern asides and sets Middleton's story in the year 2011, in the aftermath of a natural disaster which has destroyed the southern half of Great Britain -- a dystopia in which society is collapsing and where vendettas and the crude exercise of power are the norm.

The producers were Margaret Matheson (who executive produced Sid and Nancy for Zenith) and Tod Davies (who wrote and produced Three Businessmen).

The movie's soundtrack was written and performed by Chumbawamba.