Elizabeth - The Golden Age (Widescreen Edition)
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Actor: Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Geoffry Rush, Samantha MortonDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-02-05
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Elizabeth - The Golden Age (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Stunning
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie begins in about 1585, when Elizabeth I is a bit more experienced with the debauchery that is surrounding her. She is about to face two of her biggest challenges: Mary Stuart and invasion by the Spanish Armada. Elizabeth is determined to keep the Papists away and keep her beloved England free from foreign domination.
In walks the adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh, which does turn Elizabeth's head. He wants to continue exploring the new world, but needs the Queen's sponsorship. Unfortunately, her romantic dreams of him don't quite work out. But she does get Virginia named after her.
This is a stunningly beautiful movie. I'm not fully versed in British history, but this beautiful movie had me riveted from beginning to end. The scenery, the wardrobe and the dialogue. It is definitely something to see. That is if you aren't too squeamish about that whole beheading thing.
Summary of Elizabeth - The Golden Age (Widescreen Edition)
In 1998's Elizabeth, Shekhar Kapur added a layer of suds to his history lesson; the director follows the same audience-pleasing recipe in Elizabeth: The Golden Age. Since the first film, Blanchett scored an Oscar for her note-perfect rendition of Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator, and she plays the preternaturally bemused monarch in a similar fashion. By 1585, Elizabeth I is an experienced ruler about to face two of her biggest challenges: betrayal by her Catholic cousin, Mary Stuart (Control's Samantha Morton), and invasion by the Spanish Armada. It isn't so much that the Protestant Elizabeth wishes to rid England of "papists," but that she wants her country to remain free from foreign domination. Closer to her home, she enjoys a sisterly relationship with lady-in-waiting Bess (rising Aussie star Abbie Cornish). That changes when Sir Walter Raleigh (a dashing Clive Owen) hits the scene. In order to continue exploring the New World, he seeks the queen's sponsorship. She is charmed, but Raleigh only has eyes for Bess. As in the previous picture, Elizabeth enjoys better luck at affairs of state than affairs of the heart, but the conclusion is more beatific than before (and Kapur intends a third installment if Blanchett is willing). Elizabeth: The Golden Age is a rush of royal intrigue, bloody torture, fantastic headpieces, and irresistibly ripe dialogue, like "I have a hurricane in me that will strip Spain bare if you dare to try me!" To Kapur, victory for the Virgin Queen was a viable alternative to sex. --Kathleen C. FennessyBeyond Elizabeth - The Golden Age on DVD
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Academy Award? winners Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush join Academy Award? nominee Clive Owen in a gripping historical thriller full of suspense, intrigue and adventure!
When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd advisor must act to safeguard to the lives of her people. But when a dashing seafarer, Walter Raleigh, captures her heart, she is forced to make her most tragic sacrifice for the good of her country.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age tells the thrilling tale of one woman's crusade to control her love, destroy her enemies and secure her position as a beloved icon of the western world.
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