Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0044005827224
Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, Full Screen, PAL, Widescreen
Label: Vision Video Ltd.
Languages: GermanOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledGermanSubtitledDutchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Vision Video Ltd.
MPN: 058272-2
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Vision Video Ltd.
Region Code: 2
Release Date: May 17, 1999
Running Time: 119 minutes
Studio: Vision Video Ltd.
Theatrical Release Date: November 06, 1998

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
One of the big Elizabethan-era films of 1998, Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth serves 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




Rating: - A feast for the senses just don't expect a sweeping romance!!!
I am a big fan of historical movies but I have learned in the past never to expect too much of them. They tend to be over dramatised and sensationalised for Hollywood glamour. Thankfully this is not the case with Elizabeth.

This movie is very enjoyable and up to perhaps the final twenty minutes maintains a very engrossing plot and pace. Then it tends to drag a bit but that's no big thing. Yes there are historical inaccuracies (name me a movie now a days that is historically accurate!!!) ... Read More

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Rating: - Pity about the history
A lavish film, well acted, but I was put off seeing it earlier by reviews critical of the unhistorical nature of the portrayal.
In the film, Elizabeth finds out from Sir William Cecil that Robert Dudley is married, but Elizabeth in reality attended his wedding. though she may not have known about his second marriage . Elizabeth and Henri, Duke of Anjou two never met .William Cecil was not old when Elizabeth began her reign, . He was not retired by the queen but remained one of her most trusted ... Read More

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Rating: - Overlong, inaccurate and unrewarding
Making movies about the Royals is always going to be a dodgy area. Anyone who remembers the ill-fated 'Ann Boleyn: First Blood', a blend of Merchant Ivory and Rambo will pay testament to that. 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age' is the sequel to the 1996 original.
Elizabeth is now played by the talented British actress Tara Palmer Tompkinson, although rumour has it the part was originally slated for sit-com star Leslie Ash. Tompkinson is acceptable in the lead role, although her habit of looking directly ... Read More

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Rating: - The Godfather, Tudor style
Partially reinventing the period movie, stylistically at least, almost as radically as Martin Scorsese reinvented the Biblical epic with his Last Temptation, Shekhur Kapur's account of the insecure early days of Elizabeth I's reign, Elizabeth, is a claustrophobic film set in a dark world of cold grey stone, alternating overhead shots with tight medium shots rather than stressing spectacle or glamour, more political thriller than costume epic. Indeed, with its bloody finale clearly inspired by The Godfather ... Read More

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Rating: - Superb film
This is an HD-DVD definitely worth importing from the U.S. if you own an HD-DVD player. The detail on screen is frequently breathtaking, particularly on the close-ups of faces, adding to the intimacy of some of the scenes (particularly in moments shared by Elizabeth and the Earl of Leicester). Shadowy shots are also noticeably well rendered, demonstrating a lot of depth. One thing I noticed though, was that some of the faces can seem unnaturally red on brief occasions... I don't know whether this was intended ... Read More

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