As Dreams Are Made On
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As Dreams Are Made On is a short film, written and directed by Gabriel Reid
.
Ian Hughes plays Reuben Mills, a talented but impoverished actor feeling much pressure to nest. With his acting company about to tour he finds himself at an emotional crossroads. The time has come to choose his path.
Gabriel Reid
was inspired to undertake this project after researching an M.A.
thesis examining film adaptations of Shakespeare. His research interviewees included John Barton
, Hugh Cruttwell
, Adrian Noble
, Trevor Nunn
, David Parfitt
and Imogen Stubbs
.
The film's title is derived from lines uttered by the magician Prospero
, in Act IV, Scene I, of Shakespeare's play The Tempest
:
Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp'd tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.
Gabriel Reid
Gabriel Luke Reid is a New Zealand director working in television, film and theatre. His doctoral thesis examines the impact of digital technologies on feature film production.-Life and career:...
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Ian Hughes plays Reuben Mills, a talented but impoverished actor feeling much pressure to nest. With his acting company about to tour he finds himself at an emotional crossroads. The time has come to choose his path.
Gabriel Reid
Gabriel Reid
Gabriel Luke Reid is a New Zealand director working in television, film and theatre. His doctoral thesis examines the impact of digital technologies on feature film production.-Life and career:...
was inspired to undertake this project after researching an M.A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
thesis examining film adaptations of Shakespeare. His research interviewees included John Barton
John Barton (director)
John Bernard Adie Barton CBE is a theatrical director. He is the son of Sir Harold Montagu and Lady Joyce Barton. He married Anne Righter, a university lecturer, in 1968....
, Hugh Cruttwell
Hugh Cruttwell
Hugh Percival Cruttwell was an influential teacher of drama and principal of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.-Biography:...
, Adrian Noble
Adrian Noble
Adrian Keith Noble is a theatre director, and was also the artistic director and chief executive of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1990 to 2003.-Education and career:...
, Trevor Nunn
Trevor Nunn
Sir Trevor Robert Nunn, CBE is an English theatre, film and television director. Nunn has been the Artistic Director for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and, currently, the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. He has directed musicals and dramas for the stage, as well as opera...
, David Parfitt
David Parfitt
David Parfitt is a film producer and actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1998 for Shakespeare in Love....
and Imogen Stubbs
Imogen Stubbs
Imogen Stubbs, Lady Nunn is an English actress and playwright.-Early life:Imogen Stubbs was born in Northumberland, lived briefly in Portsmouth, where her father was a naval officer, and then moved with her parents to London, where they lived on an elderly river barge on the Thames...
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The film's title is derived from lines uttered by the magician Prospero
Prospero
Prospero is the protagonist in The Tempest, a play by William Shakespeare.- The Tempest :Prospero is the rightful Duke of Milan, who was put to sea on "a rotten carcass of a butt [boat]" to die by his usurping brother, Antonio, twelve years before the play begins. Prospero and Miranda survived,...
, in Act IV, Scene I, of Shakespeare's play The Tempest
The Tempest
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place,...
:
Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp'd tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.
Festivals
- Rhode Island Film Festival
- Drifting Clouds Film Festival
- Melbourne International Film FestivalMelbourne International Film FestivalThe Melbourne International Film Festival is an acclaimed annual film festival held over three weeks in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1951, making it one of the oldest in the World....
- New Zealand International Film FestivalsNew Zealand International Film FestivalsThe New Zealand International Film Festival is a film festival held annually across New Zealand throughout the latter half of the year.In 2009 for the first time the Festival relinquished its various regional names to be called the New Zealand International Film Festival...
External links
- As Dreams Are Made On at the Internet Movie Database
- As Dreams Are Made On at the New Zealand Film Commission
- Gabriel Reid at the Internet Movie Database
- James Wallace at the Internet Movie Database
- Raymond Hawthorne at the Internet Movie Database
- Ian Hughes at the Internet Movie Database
- Tanya Horo at the Internet Movie Database
- Katherine Kennard at the Internet Movie Database
- John Glass at the Internet Movie Database