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22 November 1998 (USA) moreTagline:
Declared illegitimate aged 3. Tried for treason aged 21. Crowned Queen aged 25. morePlot:
A film of the early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 29 wins & 32 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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A small nudge in the direction of romanticism… more (374 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Cate Blanchett | ... | Elizabeth I |
 | Geoffrey Rush | ... | Sir Francis Walsingham |
 | Christopher Eccleston | ... | Duke of Norfolk |
 | Joseph Fiennes | ... | Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester |
 | Richard Attenborough | ... | Sir William Cecil |
 | Fanny Ardant | ... | Mary of Guise |
| Eric Cantona | ... | Monsieur de Foix |
 | Vincent Cassel | ... | Duc d'Anjou |
| Kathy Burke | ... | Queen Mary Tudor |
| Edward Hardwicke | ... | Earl of Arundel |
 | Emily Mortimer | ... | Kat Ashley |
 | John Gielgud | ... | The Pope |
| Liz Giles | ... | Female Martyr |
| Rod Culbertson | ... | Master Ridley |
| Paul Fox | ... | Male Martyr |
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Rated R for violence and sexuality.Parents Guide:
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124 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreCertification:
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | USA:R (certificate #35933) | Iceland:16 | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Brazil:16 | Philippines:PG-13 | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Austria:16 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Germany:12 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15Fun Stuff
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Factual errors: Details of some historical characters and events have been changed to fit the dramatic narrative. moreSoundtrack:
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And Elizabeth did whisper Robert Dudley's name on her deathbed… The movie is an imaginative interpretation of the way that things could have been…
Shekhar Kapur's film explores the instabilities of her reign, and the absolute horror and terror that surrounded the early part of her royal office without neglecting her relationship with her terminally ill sister… So it's a glimpse of her girlhood into statehood, and the shedding that occurs, with the people who expended in her life along the way…
The film shows Elizabeth growing up in an incredibly unstable, tumultuous environment… But she's an absolute survivor... Someone who has got no solid ground on which she walks… So one minute she's a bastard, the next minute she's a princess, then one moment she's an illegitimate daughter, then she's a queen… And it's a very relevant period of her life, because she was 25 when she became a female monarch…
There are four men in Elizabeth's life and all have quite different influences on what it means for a young woman to run the country so young, given that she comes to the throne under very difficult political circumstances…
There's Sir Cecil (Attenborough) who's from an older regime giving her the traditions and the conventions that are the most orthodox; Sir Francis (Geoffrey Rush) Elizabeth's great spy master, very astute, almost puritanical and rather dry bureaucrat; Robert Dudley (Fiennes) with whom the film suggests that she has quite a passionate, private relationship; and Norfolk (Eccleston), a major rival who doesn't regard that she is suitable to rule his England…
The motion picture succeeds in developing Elizabeth's change and, basically, locks off parts of herself, and dehumanizes herself in order to wield her power among men…