william shakespeare probably do not envision stephanos a a gay doctor and antonio a a faithless wife and or caliban a a goatherd with a trinitron and but the bard have bad do to his good work over time and and might even enjoy the sumptuous pageant of life that be his tempest a re configure by paul mazursky and co writer leon capetanos . this time and prospero be philip dimitrius ( john cassevetes ) and a manhattan base architect tire of design atlantic city casino for the amiable mafioso alonso ( vittorio gassman ) and especially after discover alonso be carry on an affair with philip wife antonia ( gena rowlands ) . along with daughter miranda ( molly ringwald ) and philip escape to a remote greek island with miranda and his new mistress aretha ( susan sarandon ) and a nice catholic girl who struggle with philip celibate lifestyle . will a sudden storm bring all right in the end . here a thought on the career of cassevetes represent how many other actor could make a film so confuse into something so riveting . a darling of film critic for his early work and often with his real life wife rowlands and he present a central character who really suffers for his art here and but seem to enjoy himself and make u enjoy him and too . it not prospero and but something rich and strange that make for a terrific sea change all his own . it all here and he tell one of his faithful companion and aretha dog nino . beauty and magic and inspiration and and serenity . that it be . tempest transfer 1611 london to 1982 manhattan and find some nice resonance in philip displaced life . show me the magic and he call out to a storm toss city skyscape and and mazursky version and augment by donald mcalpine sterling cinematography of purple seascape and naturally sun burnished greek landscape and do just that . it not a perfect movie and by any mean . in fact and the big finale and which be the only part of the movie that follow shakespeare storyline to any faithful extent and be a mess . rowland character be hard to care much for in this film and and after meet sarandon in all her braless glory and it hard to understand philip continue concern for his wife and let alone his left field desire to make an unhappy sacrifice in order to restore the natural order of thing . but there a lot to love about tempest . in addition to cassavetes and there ringwald film debut a his loyal but restless daughter and here a in the play an object of desire for the primitive rustic kalibanos ( raul julia ) . ringwald here be very much the same teenaged muse of privileged adolescence that would inspire john hughes and but with an emotional depth those late hughes film do not delve into . ringwald and julia never get any oscar attention and but they both would win golden globe for their playful work here . he try to woo her in her island isolation with his tv rerun of gunsmoke in greek and tempt by her 15 year old body . i want to balonga you with my bonny johnny and kalibanos declares and get shove aside but win our sympathy anyway and especially after perform new york and new york with a chorus of goat . ( when tempest hit the screen and julia be the toast of broadway a the lead in nine . ) it mazursky show and even if it feel at time that cassavetes be run thing with improvisational line reading and emotional breakdown galore . ( philip introduces himself to aretha by tell her i be right in the middle of a nervous breakdown . ) he play his character a an amiable obsessive and seek to crystallize his happiness by build an theater in his otherwise uninhabited island . add to the enjoyment be gassman rich performance a the other man and who be a completely amiable a julia while tell a youth obsess philip represent boy do not have half a much fund a we have . theyre nervous . and they make love in the back of an old sport car . despite be overlong and pretentious in spot and like so many art film and tempest be entertain in it excess and a trip very much like shakespeare intend and even if his dream do not involve smoke pot backstage at a go gos concert .