Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Blu-ray) PG-13
Woman. Warrior. Queen.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 27, 2010
- Originally Released: 2007
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen & Cate Blanchett | |
Performer: | Rhys Ifans, Samantha Morton, Abbie Cornish & Jordi Mollà | |
Directed by | Shekhar Kapur | |
Screenwriting by | William Nicholson & Michael Hirst | |
Composition by | Craig Armstrong & A.R. Rahman | |
Produced by | Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner & Jonathan Cavendish | |
Director of Photography: | Remi Adefarasin |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 2007 -
Best Costume Design: Jacqueline Durran
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
See it anyway for Blanchett's soulful modulation between queenly command and womanly anguish.
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Independent (UK)
3 stars out of 5 -- Blanchett is peerless throughout, perfectly combining public poise with private doubt...
Total Film
[With] the ever-brilliant Cate Blanchett....Gorgeous moments and a fine script...
Uncut
For all the shortcomings of its clunky, stubbornly anachronistic dialogue, the first instalment of the Elizabeth saga packed a real punch.
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Financial Times
Cate is a wondrous actress but she is scandalously ill served here, and not just by the facile nature of the dialogue... It's as if the director has a checklist of the characteristics he wishes her to display and she should just get on with it.
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The Spectator
Rating: 8/10 --
Every shot, every costume is decadent with color, and every single twitch of Blanchett's face is imbued with meaning as she negotiates her way through her warring roles of being a woman and being a queen.
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ReelzChannel.com
Rating: 4/5 --
If this is a film that irritates nearly as much as it pleases, we do get a sense of the times, and of the lady in question. The eyes, if not the brain, are certainly given a workout that they will remember.
London Evening Standard
Product Description:
Nearly a decade after Cate Blanchett drew the attention of audiences and critics alike with ELIZABETH, the Oscar-winning actress returns to the role of the Virgin Queen. Though the protestant ruler has been on the throne for decades in 1585, Elizabeth I's reign is still under attack from both inside her country and from the continent. Her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots (Samantha Morton), carries the favor of the nation's Catholics as she schemes for the throne from prison, while Spain's King Philip II (Jordi Molla) plots an invasion with the power of his famous armada. But Elizabeth is also concerned with the arrival of Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen), a charming pirate and adventurer. Unable to reconcile her feelings with her crown, she encourages Bess (Abbie Cornish), her beloved lady-in-waiting, to pursue a relationship with Raleigh.
Nine years haven't dulled Blanchett's ability to play this--or any other--character with an impressive range of fire and tenderness. Her chemistry with the infinitely watchable Owen is one of the film's highlights. As in ELIZABETH, director Shekhar Kapur doesn't restrict himself from using artfully constructed shots that aren't normally used in period dramas. It's a modern retelling of history, and Kapur and his director of photograpy, Remi Adefarasin, aren't content to let the film have the standard look of many films in the genre. Costume designer Alexandra Byrne follows the same logic, creating stunning dresses for Elizabeth that draw inspiration both from modernity and the time period. If Blanchett weren't such a gifted actress, the gorgeous costumes might threaten to overtake her as the star of the film.
Nine years haven't dulled Blanchett's ability to play this--or any other--character with an impressive range of fire and tenderness. Her chemistry with the infinitely watchable Owen is one of the film's highlights. As in ELIZABETH, director Shekhar Kapur doesn't restrict himself from using artfully constructed shots that aren't normally used in period dramas. It's a modern retelling of history, and Kapur and his director of photograpy, Remi Adefarasin, aren't content to let the film have the standard look of many films in the genre. Costume designer Alexandra Byrne follows the same logic, creating stunning dresses for Elizabeth that draw inspiration both from modernity and the time period. If Blanchett weren't such a gifted actress, the gorgeous costumes might threaten to overtake her as the star of the film.