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THE
FAERIE QUEEN
Based on Book One of The Faerie Queen,
by Edmund Spenser
One Page Synopsis
This romantic satire is based on the first book Edmund Spenser's
epic fantasy, The Faerie Queen. It would be well-suited to either
an adult animation or live-action film using digital special
effects.
The story begins in Faerieland, at the court of Queen Gloriana.
Gloriana asks her first knight, Sir George, to escort Princess
Una back to her parents in Eden. George, immediately smitten
by Una, agrees readily -- his reward for delivering the princess
safely will be her hand in marriage.
George and Una set out on their journey, accompanied by George's
squire, Jonathan. While looking for a Holiday Inn, the three
encounter an evil enchanter named Archimago, who fools them
into believing he is a hermit, and invites them to share his
house for the night. When the house turns out to be a mansion,
Una is taken aback, and the following morning she discovers
that George and Jonathan have left her behind.
George has been tricked by Archimago, and abandons his quest.
He becomes entangled with some very strange people at the court
of Infernesse, where the Queen, Lucifera and her consort Satanus
are the proprietors of a white slave trade. George defeats an
evil knight and liberates a woman he believes to be a good maiden
but who is in reality a Demoness named Duessa. Duessa leads
George on a trip through a kinky wonderland, until he is finally
reunited with Una. Along the way he is pursued by the two brothers
of the knight he killed in combat, and Duessa works behind the
scenes to have him eliminated.
The film is populated by fantastic creatures and people such
as Sylvanus, the God of the Forest and his son, Satyrane; Luna,
Goddess of the Moon, Orgoglio, a land-owning troll, Prince Arthur,
Gloriana's consort, and more. There is much opportunity for
special effects.
When George finally delivers Una to Eden, Jonathan has acquired
a girl of his own. But all is not well in Eden; they are plagued
by a dragon who has taken up residence on a mountain and is
plaguing them. When George goes to confront the dragon in battle,
he discovers that she has come to Eden looking for a job as
a bodyguard, and none of the people there can understand her;
they are ignorant and blind because they refuse to eat from
the Tree of Knowledge.
George straightens out King Adam and Queen Lilith, marries Una
and they set off for Faerieland. This is a film not to be taken
too seriously; it is a satire in many ways. |
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