Rent Elizabeth (1998)
3.7 of 5 from 204 ratings
1h 59min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Before the Golden Age, Elizabeth was a passionate and naive girl who came to reign over a land divided by bloody turmoil. Amid palace intrigue and attempted assassinations, the young queen is forced to become a cunning strategist while weighing the counsel of her mysterious advisors, thwarting her devious rivals, and denying her own desires for the good of her country.
- Actors:
- Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough, Fanny Ardant, Eric Cantona, Vincent Cassel, Kathy Burke, Edward Hardwicke, Emily Mortimer, John Gielgud, Liz Giles, Rod Culbertson, Paul Fox, Terence Rigby, Peter Stockbridge, Amanda Ryan, Valerie Gale, George Antoni
- Directors:
- Shekhar Kapur
- Producers:
- Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Alison Owen
- Writers:
- Michael Hirst
- Others:
- Peter Howitt, John Myhre, Alexandra Byrne, Jenny Shircore, Jill Bilcock, David Hirschfelder, Remi Adefarasin
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch if You Like: The Bishop's Wife, A Brief History of Coronations on Screen, A Brief History of Films About Sisters, A History of British Queens in Film, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2023, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Cate Blanchett, Getting to Know: Margot Robbie, Oscar Nominations Competition 2023, Richard Attenborough: A Centenary Special Instant Expert's Guide, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Best Picture Follow-Ups, Top 100 BFI Films, Top Films
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 15/03/2010
- Run Time:
- 124 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS 5.1, German DTS 5.1, Italian DTS 5.1, Japanese DTS 5.1, Spanish DTS 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Cantonese, Castillian, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Feature Commentary with Director Shekhar Kapur
- The Making of Elizabeth
- Elizabeth Featurette
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Reviews (2) of Elizabeth
Deserves the BAFTAs - Elizabeth review by JD
An amazing film. I imagine that it is factually accurate, if so I didn't realise how close to the wind Elizabeth sailed around the time of her coronation (before and after). The acting is sublime. There are no duff actors in the cast but even this pick of the bunch are on intense form. I was totally immersed in the ebbs and flows, the seductions and deceits, the vain and the cunning and the power struggles. There is no weak point in the film. I am surprised however that there are currently no other reviews and it was a 4 star rated, this is main stream brilliant.
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Gripping Historical Thriller - Elizabeth review by GI
This historical film is constructed and directed like a thriller, it's full of political intrigue, murder and conspiracy. It's a well paced and gripping story about Elizabeth I ascent to the throne during a time of religious unrest between the Catholic hierarchy and the new Protestant monarch. A relatively unknown Cate Blanchett received an Academy nomination for her performance as the young Queen forced to deal with enemies both at home and abroad. Director Shekhar Kapur creates a fascinating imagery of Elizabethan England and adds great doses of bloody violence and romance. The support cast are fantastic especially Geoffrey Rush as the Queen's bodyguard and spymaster, Walsingham; Christopher Eccleston as the egocentric Duke of Norfolk and Richard Attenborough as her chief adviser. There is also a young Daniel Craig, Kelly MacDonald, Emily Mortimer, Joseph Fiennes and John Gielgud in his last film role to add to the mix. With it's opening shocker of a scene as three heretics are burned at the stake (and very realistic it is too) to the final executions of the traitors this is a gritty and very interesting film of a famous part of English history even though it plays fast and loose with the truth. Never mind that though because this is entertaining and well worth checking out if you've never seen it.
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