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Encyclopedia > Sebastiane
Sebastiane

Promotional poster
Directed by Derek Jarman
Paul Humfress
Produced by Howard Malin
James Whaley
Written by Paul Humfress
Derek Jarman
James Whaley
Starring Leonardo Treviglio
Barney James
Richard Warwick
Neil Kennedy
Music by Brian Eno
Andrew Thomas Wilson
Cinematography Peter Middleton
Editing by Paul Humfress
Distributed by BBC Worldwide
Release date(s) 1976
Running time 86 min.
Country UK
Language Latin
Budget $45,000
IMDb profile

Sebastiane is a controversial 1976 film written and directed by Derek Jarman and Paul Humfress. It portrays the events of the life of Saint Sebastian, including his iconic martyrdom by arrows. Most of the controversy surrounding the film derives from the homoeroticism portrayed between the soldiers. It is significant for being the first film to be entirely recorded accurately in Latin, which went as far as the translation of some dialogue by into vulgar Latin. As well as this it is the only film made in Britain to be released with subtitles in English1. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 420 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (561 × 800 pixels, file size: 99 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) original promotional poster for the Spanish release of the film This image is of a poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by... Derek Jarman Derek Jarman (January 31, 1942 – February 19, 1994) was an English film director, stage designer, artist, and writer. ... Brian Eno (pronounced ) born on 15 May 1948 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England) is an English electronic musician, music theorist and record producer. ... Sir Peter E. Middleton GCB (born 1934 in Sheffield) is a famous British banker. ... BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... // Events March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas Star Wars science fiction film. ... Derek Jarman Derek Jarman (January 31, 1942 – February 19, 1994) was an English film director, stage designer, artist, and writer. ... Sebastian redirects here. ... The Savior Not Made By Hands (1410s, by Andrei Rublev) An icon (from Greek εικων, eikon, image) is an artistic visual representation or symbol of anything considered holy and divine, such as God, saints or deities. ... Historically, a martyr is a person who dies for his or her religious faith. ... An example of lesbian erotica by Édouard-Henri Avril. ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... Vulgar Latin, as in this political graffito at Pompeii, was the speech of ordinary people of the Roman Empire — different from the classical Latin used by the Roman elite. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...


The film follows an outpost of Roman soldiers who engage in homosexual behavior, largely due to a lack of women. A centurion has a particular sexual interest in Sebastian, but he rejects his advances. Outpost may mean: a trading post is a place for trading goods, typically in a remote wilderness area Outpost (computer game) outpost (chess) Outpost. ... The Roman army was a set of land-based military forces employed by the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and later Roman Empire as part of the Roman military. ... Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ... Centurion redirects here. ...


To be shown on British Television, and indeed to gain an 18 rating from the BBFC, a scene of an erection had to be removed. A documentary called Sex and the Censors shown in the 1980s featured a segment on Sebastiane. A mistake caused the scene to be shown behind one of the interviewees[1]. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is the organisation responsible for film classification (see Motion picture rating systems and History of British Film Certificates) within the United Kingdom. ... The erection of the penis, clitoris or a nipple is its enlarged and firm state. ...

Contents

Cast

Actor Character
Barney James Severus
Neil Kennedy Maximus
Leonardo Treviglio Sebastiane
Richard Warwick Justin
Donald Dunham Claudius
Daevid Finbar Julian
Ken Hicks Adrian
Lindsay Kemp Dancer
Steffano Massari Marius
Janusz Romanov Anthony
Gerald Incandela Leopard Boy
Robert Medley Emperor Diocletian

Lindsay Kemp is a British dancer, actor, teacher, mime artist and choreographer. ... Robert Medley CBE, RA, (born London 1905 at Port Said, Egypt, died 1994), was an English artist and Royal Academician. ...

References

  1. ^ http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=3526 Review of DVD release with some background information.

External links

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Notes

  1. Trivia at IMDB
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Feature Films Sebastiane (1976) • Jubilee (1977) • The Tempest (1979) • The Angelic Conversation (1985) • Caravaggio (1986) • Aria (segment "Depuis le Jour") (1987) • The Last of England (1988) • War Requiem (1989) • The Garden (1990) • Edward II (1991) • Wittgenstein (1993) • Blue (1993) 
Short film collages In the Shadow of the Sun (1981) • Glitterbug (1994) 
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Patron Saints Index: Saint Sebastian (151 words)
Charged as a Christian, Sebastian was tied to a tree, shot with arrows, and left for dead.
During the 14th century, the random nature of infection with the Black Death caused people to liken the plague to their villages being shot by an army of nature's archers.
In desparation they prayed for the intercession of a saint associated with archers, and Saint Sebastian became associated with the plague.
Sebastian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1604 words)
The illustration in the infobox is the Saint Sebastian of Il Sodoma, at the Pitti Palace, Florence.
As a protector from the plague, Sebastian was formerly one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.
Sebastian, like Saint George, was one of a class of military martyrs and soldier saints of the Early Christian Church, whose cults originated in the 4th century and culminated at the end of the Middle Ages, in the 14th and 15th centuries, both in the East and the West.
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