Niezwykła opowieść o życiu i panowaniu królowej Elżbiety I. Przejmująca historia kształtowania charakteru i dojrzewania do dźwigania ciężaru korony. Wiek XVI: w Anglii rządzi królowa Maria, która przywraca katolicyzm. W kraju panuje terror, mnożą się spiski opozycjonistów. Ale królowa umiera, na tron wstępuje jej siostra Elżbieta, która sympatyzuje z protestantami. Próbuje odbudować w Anglii wewnętrzną stabilizację. Cate Blanchett, tytułowa Elizabeth otrzymała za tą rolę nagrodę Brytyjskiej Akademii Filmowej. Film został nominowany do Oscara w kategoriach: najlepszy film, najlepsza pierwszoplanowa rola kobieca, zdjęcia, kostiumy, oryginalna ścieżka dźwiękowa; zdobył Oscara za charakteryzację.
One of the big Elizabethan-era films of 1998, Shekhar Kapur's
Elizabethserves up a brimming goblet of religious tension, political conspiracy, sex, violence and war. England in 1554 is in financial and religious turmoil as the ailing Queen "Bloody" Mary attempts to restore Catholicism as the national faith. She has no heir, and her greatest fear--that her Protestant half-sister Elizabeth will assume the throne after her death--is realised. Still, the late Queen Mary has her loyalists. The newly crowned Elizabeth finds herself knee-deep in dethroning schemes while also dodging assassination attempts. Her advisers (including Sir William Cecil, superbly played by Richard Attenborough) beg her to marry any one of her would-be suitors to stabilise England's empire. No matter that she already has a lover. The passionate Robert Dudley (Joseph Fiennes) is married, however, and shows he cannot stand up to the growing strength of the Queen. With the help of her aide Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush), Elizabeth strikes against her enemies before they get to her first. But her rise ultimately entails rejecting love and marriage to redefine herself as the indisputable Virgin Queen.
Cate Blanchett's Oscar-nominated performance as the naive and vibrant princess who becomes the stubborn and knowing queen is both severe and sympathetic. Her ethereal, pale beauty is equal parts fire and ice, her delivery of such lines as "There will be only one mistress here and no master!" expressed with command rather than hysterics. As striking as Blanchett's performance is the film's lavish and dramatic production design. The cold, dark sets paired with the lush costuming show the golden age of England's monarchy emerging from the Middle Ages. Rich velvet brushes over the dank stones while power is achieved at any price, and with such attention to physical detail, Elizabeth fully immerses you into its compelling chronicle of pioneering feminism and revisionist history. --Shannon Gee
Product Description
Academy Award® winners Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush and Richard Attenborough lead a distinguished cast in Elizabeth — the critically acclaimed epic of the queen’s turbulent and treacherous rise to power. Before the Golden Age, Elizabeth was a passionate and naïve 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. Relive the majesty and drama of one of history’s greatest monarchs in this stunning production that was honoured with 7 Academy Award® nominations including Best Picture!
Special Features:
Feature Commentary with Director Shekhar Kapur
The Making of Elizabeth
Elizabeth Featurette
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