Today’s movie is a period drama with a scene that happens on June 11. I hope you will enjoy this film and watch it tonight. ELIZABETH :Queen ‘Bloody’ Mary Tudor of England is burning suspected heretics. She has a false pregnancy. Mary and her husband Phillip II of Spain fear the Protestants are plotting to put Mary’s half-sister, Princess Elizabeth on the throne. Elizabeth is arrested, taken to the Tower of London and interrogated, but she will not confess to anything. Elizabeth is released and Mary soon after dies, making Elizabeth the Queen. The Scots, under their regent Mary of Guise are threatening to put their own Queen Mary on the English throne. An English attack on Scotland fails. The religious Act of Uniformity passes, since Elizabeth’s advisor Walsingham locks up the pro-Catholic bishops during the vote. The Duc d’Anjou, brother of the French king and nephew of Mary of Giuse comes to visit, touted as a potential husband to Elizabeth. He acts very rude at meeting her. There is an assassination attempt and Anjou is revealed as a transvestite. He leaves for Scotland. The Pope absolves English Catholics of any duty to obey Elizabeth. Walsingham goes to Scotland to meet Anjou and Mary of Guise. Mary of Guise dies on June 11, 1560 possibly due to Walsingham’s actions. [1:34:50 to 1:35:19] The Duke of Norfolk is goaded into betraying Elizabeth, and is arrested and executed. Elizabeth rejects her lover Robert Dudley, Earl of Leiscester, who had plotted against her and vows to live as a ‘Virgin Queen’. . A beautiful period piece. It does take liberty with the order of the facts, not their occurrence. It is extremely unlikely Elizabeth and Dudley ever consummated their relationship as this would have finished her politically . Guy, John. Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart. New York; Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. This book at page 109 gives the date of Mary of Guise’s death. Director: Shekhar Kapur Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner & Alison Owen Screenplay: Michael Hirst Awards: The film won the Best Makeup Oscar. It was also nominated for Best Actress (Blanchett), Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Original Score, and Best Picture. Running Time: 2 hours 4 minutes Released: November 6, 1998 Starring: Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I of England Geoffrey Rush as Francis Walsingham Christopher Eccleston as Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk Joseph Fiennes as Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester Kathy Burke as Mary I of England Jordi Mollà as Philip II of Spain Emily Mortimer as Kat Ashley Edward Hardwicke as Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel Daniel Craig as John Ballard James Frain as Alvaro de la Quadra Kelly Macdonald as Lettice Knollys Angus Deayton as Waad, Chancellor of the Exchequer Wayne Sleep as the dance tutor Richard Attenborough as William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley John Gielgud as The Pope Fanny Ardant as Mary of Guise Vincent Cassel as the Henry III of France|Henri, Duc dAnjou Eric Cantona as Monsieur de Foix Copyright by Ivan Walters 2014
Posted on: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 12:37:11 +0000
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