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Prospero's Books
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1991
124 minutes (2 hrs 04 mins)
Director and Cast Quickview
Directed by
Peter Greenaway
Starring
John Gielgud · Michael Clark · Michel Blanc · Erland Josephson · Isabelle Pasco · Tom Bell
Full cast & crew
Release dates
US release:
28th September 1991
Netherlands release:
1st September 1991
Italy release:
6th September 1991
Box Office Quickview
UK box office
Debut box office:
30th Aug '91
Debut position: 5
Highest position: 5
Debut gross: £260.8 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 8
US box office
Box Office debut: 15th Nov '91
Debut position: 15
Highest position: 15
Debut gross: $34.7 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 2
Chart position history
UK box office
30 Aug,
1991
5
6 Sep,
1991
7
13 Sep,
1991
12
US box office
15 Nov,
1991
15
22 Nov,
1991
15
Global box office
Certificates
US
R
Total grosses
UK total gross
£672.3 Thousand
US total gross
$123.6 Thousand
Global total gross
$0
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News from around the web
Prospero’s Books movie review review:
Roger Ebert
Tue, 31st October 2017
Prospero’s Books Review
empireonline.com
Sat, 1st January 2000
The Tempest casts strange spells at the cinema | Books
The Guardian
Thu, 24th April 2014
Peter Greenaway’s ‘Prospero’s Books’ (1991): Reel to Real
somethingelsereviews.com
Wed, 28th September 2022
Review/Film Festival; Reams on the Renaissance Fill 'Prospero's Books' (Published 1991)
The New York Times
Sat, 28th September 1991
Prospero's Books - Trailer
IMDb
Fri, 28th March 2025
US release: 28th September 1991
Netherlands release: 1st September 1991
Italy release: 6th September 1991
£672.3 Thousand 
$123.6 Thousand 
$0