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Release Date:
12 October 2007 (USA)
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Woman. Warrior. Queen. more
Plot:
A mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Oscar.
Another 4 wins
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13 nominations
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(74 articles)
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Elizabeth: Die Hard With a Vengeance
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jordi Mollà | ... | King Philip ll of Spain | |
| Aimee King | ... | Infanta | |
| Cate Blanchett | ... | Queen Elizabeth I | |
| Laurence Fox | ... | Sir Christopher Hatton | |
| John Shrapnel | ... | Lord Howard | |
| Geoffrey Rush | ... | Sir Francis Walsingham | |
| Susan Lynch | ... | Annette | |
| Elise McCave | ... | Laundry Woman | |
| Samantha Morton | ... | Mary Stuart | |
| Abbie Cornish | ... | Bess Throckmorton | |
| Penelope McGhie | ... | Margaret | |
| Rhys Ifans | ... | Robert Reston | |
| Eddie Redmayne | ... | Thomas Babington | |
| Stuart McLoughlin | ... | Savage | |
| Clive Owen | ... | Sir Walter Raleigh |
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Also Known As:
Elizabeth - Das goldene Königreich (Germany)
Elizabeth - L'âge d'or (France)
The Golden Age (UK) (working title)
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Elizabeth - L'âge d'or (France)
The Golden Age (UK) (working title)
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114 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:12A |
Canada:14A |
Germany:12 |
South Korea:12 |
Finland:K-13 |
Ireland:12A |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #43467) |
Singapore:PG |
Netherlands:12 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
Taiwan:R-12 |
Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) |
France:Unrated |
Hong Kong:IIA |
South Africa:13V |
Brazil:14 |
Malaysia:U |
Australia:M |
Sweden:15 |
Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) |
Argentina:13 |
Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) |
Iceland:12
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Eddie Redmayne played different roles in competing Elizabeth movies. In "Elizabeth I" (2005), he played the traitor Southampton, and in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) he played Thomas Babington.
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Goofs:
Factual errors: Walter Raleigh was not involved in attacks against the Armada. In 1588 he was in Ireland, out of favor with Elizabeth I. It was Francis Drake who organized the fire ship attack that dispersed the Spanish Armada.
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Quotes:
Sir Walter Raleigh:
[Raleigh's horse runs ahead] Forgive me, Majesty, my horse doesn't seem to know his place yet.
Queen Elizabeth I: Have you ever known your place, Mr. Raleigh?
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Queen Elizabeth I: Have you ever known your place, Mr. Raleigh?
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Movie Connections:
Edited from Ryan's Daughter (1970/I)
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Soundtrack:
Volta a 4
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This rates as high as it does for me because of the cinematography. It is dazzling and Blanchett can't be denied, but "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" is like a chick-flick with explosions plus costumes, super hair, and loud, intrusive music. The result is faux epic.
My wife summed it up well as we left the theater: "I feel like I've just flipped through a coffee table picture book for two hours and somebody turned up the stereo." History wrote this plot but Nicholson and Hirst thought they could do better. They couldn't, or certainly didn't. Freshmen composition classes come up with better stuff. Trite, forced, predictable. Did they even run this by an expert in English history? You gotta wonder. The script is oozing with 21st century mores and clichés. It made me think (during the movie, mind you) of the way Dutch painters depicted Homer and Aristotle in the garb of 17th century Holland. Are we that dumb? Sir Walter Raleigh is a caricature and Sir Francis Drake, never properly introduced, was a throwaway. Geoffrey Rush is wasted as Walsingham. Come to think of it, nearly everybody is wasted. Every single character is underdeveloped, with the possible exception of the title characterpossible exception.
"Golden Age" set the target high and then turned and fired in the opposite direction. Realizing the script had missed, Director tried to make up for it with window dressing. Substance would have served this queen better. With the colon in the title, I almost expected to see Bruce Willis saving the day.
You can see why "Golden Age" came out in October because it's not going to compete for Oscars in categories that anybody cares about. With all the budget they had for this movie, you'd Universal could have found better writers.