“The Tempest” Coming To DVD September 13, 2011

February 28, 2011 | by Disney Dreaming

Touchstone Home Entertainment will be releasing “The Tempest” on DVD on September 13, 2011. No word yet on if the movie will arrive on Blu-ray.

Here is a list of bonus features on the DVD:

- Mr. Trinculo – A nickname for his love of trinkets and sparkles…Russell Brand holds court for Julie Taymor & Alfred Molina as he riffs on the jester’s path from the mundane to royalty (by talent) in this raw rehearsal footage.
- An Interview with Shakespeare – Julie Taymor interviews Russell Brand as William Shakespeare.
- What’s Past is Prologue: Making Julie Taymor’s Radical New Tempest: A look into acclaimed director Julie Taymor’s radical re-imagination of Shakespeare’s final masterpiece. This bonus will explore the stories behind the making of the film including: shooting where no film has ever shot before on Hawaii’s remote island of Lanai; the revolutionary approach composer Elliot Goldenthal took with Shakespeare’s most musical play; and the costume and design choices which have brought Shakespeare’s LOST to life.
- Audio Commentary with Director Julie Taymor
- Annotated Shakespeare – An educational audio commentary with renowned Shakespeare experts Virginia Vaughan, Clark University English Professor and/or Jonathan Bate, University of Warwick Shakespeare & Renaissance Literature Professor.

Will you be adding this DVD to your home movie collection?