“The Queen” rules!
What an absolutely marvellous film! One can but admire the sheer audacity of the screenwriters in taking a slice of modern-day history, and turning it into such a compellingly watchable motion picture.
Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) has just been elected Britain’s Prime Minister, and former Princess Diana is holidaying in France. News pf the latter’s sudden and tragic fatal motor accident shocks the entire world…though the Queen (Helen Mirren) is strangely unmoved, and later displays more grief for a stag that has just been hunted down than for the death of her son’s former wife – with whom she obviously did not get along too well.
Ms Mirren’s royal performance secured her the Best Actress Oscar, and the film received five other nominations; viz best picture, best director, best screenplay, best costume design, and best musical score (by Alexandre Desplat.) James Cromwell portrays the Duke of Edinburgh with a crusty though almost comic air; while veteran actress Sylvia Sims (Mrs Richard Attenborough in real life) is interestingly cast as the Queen Mother. The Corgis play themselves!
A “must-see” for everybody – including those who would normally be tempted to give this kind of film a miss.
Stephen Frears' critically acclaimed portrait of the English
Monarch in time of strife. One of the most turbulent times in
British politics in recent memory seen from an insider's
perspective - an almost documentary look at the relationship
between the figurehead and the brains behind the UK. It's 1997 and
Tony Blair's Labour Government has just won an election, ending 18
years of Conservative rule. Blair the firebrand (Michael Sheen)
must introduce himself to the Queen (Helen Mirren) and ask
permission to govern the country. The stone-faced Regina, in
accepting, gives him not a millimeter of slack, silently
underscoring the fact she's in charge. Shortly thereafter, the
former Princess of Wales, wife of Elizabeth's son and heir, is
killed in Paris. The Queen's initial reaction is to hold ranks and
treat Diana as an outsider, being that she has left the royal
household. Blair senses the coming landslide of public opinion
against this course of action and tries, as hard as a new boy can,
to make her majesty see sense. The question of who's truly in
charge comes to the fore.
General
| Studio: |
20th Century Fox Home Ent.
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| Release date: |
March 2007 |
| Movie released: |
2006 |
| Directors: |
Stephen Frears
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| Actors: |
Helen Mirren
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| Dimensions: |
190 x 141 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
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| Region encoding: |
Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
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| Audio format: |
 Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Video format: |
Widescreen 16:9 (1.78:1) |
| Languages: |
English
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| Age restriction: |
12 |
| Categories: |
DVD >
Drama
DVD >
Feature Film
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| LSN: |
XQT-5FY-7PE-4 |
| Barcode: |
5060002835128 |
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Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.