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Ken Russell's adaptation of Oscar Wilde's Salome, Salome's Last Dance takes the form of a play within a film. Wilde (Nickolas Grace) arrives at a brothel with his lover, Bosey (aka Lord Alfred Douglas... read more read more... played by Douglas Hodge), where the proprietor, Alfred (Stratford Johns), has gathered his staff and assorted other colorful characters to mount a simple production of Wilde's new play. And so, with Alfred playing Herod, and Bosey playing John the Baptist, and with Wilde himself looking on with varying degrees of interest, the play is performed. Salome (Imogen Millais-Scott) is the daughter of Herodias (Glenda Jackson), who has abandoned her husband, since murdered, for his brother, Herod. Herod has an eye for Salome, but she mocks his interest. One evening, she hears the ranting of John the Baptist, who is Herod's prisoner, and demands that he be brought before her. She is very taken with the prophet, and attempts to seduce him while the captain of the guards, who is smitten with her, looks on. The young captain kills himself, and the prophet spurns her and is beaten. Still, she insists that she will kiss him, as he is brought away. Salome manipulates the horny Herod, who promises her anything if she will dance for him. She agrees, against the wishes of Herodias. While she performs, Wilde slips off with a young male performer, arousing Bosey's jealousy. After Salome's erotic dance (at the end of which she momentarily changes sexes), she confounds Herod by demanding the prophet's head. Russell himself has a small role in the film, as a photographer of ill repute. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 53 min.

Directed by: Ken Russell

Release Date: January 1, 1987

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Dennis Schwartz
July 22, 2004
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Lives and dies on its excesses. Full Review

Ken Hanke
August 24, 2003
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Outlandish, oversized, campy, profane and, finally, strangely moving -- in a way that only a Ken Russell film can be. Full Review

Vincent Canby
May 20, 2003
Vincent Canby, New York Times

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Hal Hinson
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, Washington Post

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Desson Thomson
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

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Jonathan Rosenbaum
January 1, 2000
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Emanuel Levy
July 19, 2005
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Daniel M. Kimmel
February 8, 2004
Daniel M. Kimmel, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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June 20, 2003
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  • Actress, Imogen Millais-Scott, the exotic, ethereal embodiment of jaw-dropping sensuality who played one of the most uniquely sublime Salomes ever in the history of cinema, was unfortunately afflicted with an untreatable eye condition that left her l... read moreegally blind.
    It is indeed fortunate that she came to this role before her illness ended what had seemed likely to be a most promising career.
  • The screenplay itself was written (as per usual) by Russell himself.
    However, the actual version of the play used in the film is translated from Wilde's original French manuscript by the director's then-wife, Vivian Russell.
    (The play had to be p... read moreublished in French to attempt to avoid further inflaming anti-Wilde sentiment back in England).
  • "NOTORIOUS, SCANDALOUS, WILDE!"
  • "STANDS HEADLESS AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE REST."
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