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    Elizabeth (1998)

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    This historical drama set in the 16th century – starring Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush and charting the turbulent life and times of the self-proclaimed “Virgin Queen” – was given a vivid contemporary focus by Indian director Shekhar Kapur’s keen visual eye.

    Spirited young Elizabeth is crowned queen upon the death of her sister Mary, amid religious conflict and intrigue at court.

    Her advisers urge her to protect England from attack by making a political marriage with a suitor from either France or Spain, but her first commitment is to ruling her country.

    A far cry from the usual costume drama, this sumptuous biography is a thoughtful and dramatic triumph and Australian actress Cate Blanchett is a revelation as the strong-willed monarch who nimbly transforms from naive girlhood to true majesty, assisted by Sir Francis Walsingham (Rush).

    Richard Attenborough, Joseph Fiennes, Angus Deayton and ex-footballer Eric Cantona flesh out an interesting cast as Bollywood meets The Godfather.

    Elizabeth I
    Cate Blanchett
    Sir Francis Walsingham
    Geoffrey Rush
    Sir William Cecil
    Richard Attenborough
    The Pope
    John Gielgud
    Mary of Guise
    Fanny Ardant
    Bishop Gardiner
    Terence Rigby
    Duke of Norfolk
    Christopher Eccleston
    Lettice Howard
    Amanda Ryan
    Queen Mary Tudor
    Kathy Burke
    Alvaro de la Quadra
    James Frain
    Earl of Sussex
    Jamie Foreman
    Earl of Arundel
    Edward Hardwicke
    Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
    Joseph Fiennes
    Isabel Knollys
    Kelly Macdonald
    Kat Ashley
    Emily Mortimer
    Woad, Chancellor of the Exchequer
    Angus Deayton
    Monsieur de Foix
    Eric Cantona
    Duc d’Anjou
    Vincent Cassel
    John Ballard
    Daniel Craig
    Lady in Waiting
    Lily Allen

    Director
    Shekhar Kapur

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