Elizabeth

Starring: Cate Blanchett, Vincent Cassel Original UK Premiere: 1998 Dvd Release: 15th May, 2006 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding

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Elizabeth is a 1998 movie about the early reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. The movie was written by Michael Hirst & directed by Shekhar Kapur. It stars Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Christopher Eccleston & Richard Attenborough. Joseph Fiennes & Geoffrey Rush also starred in the other Elizabethan era movie from the same year, Shakespeare in Love. It won the Academy Award for Makeup & was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Music, Original Dramatic Score & Best Picture. The film begins with Elizabeth as heir to the throne of her sister, Mary. After her accession, the story mainly concerns the subversive activities of some of Elizabeths Roman Catholic opponents, notably Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk. The climax is the discovery of their plot by Sir Francis Walsingham & Elizabeths decision to remain unmarried, shunning her favourite & lover, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Some of the historical details are questionable.

Cate Blanchett is an Australian actress. She was born as Catherine Elise Blanchett in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia as the daughter of a Texan naval petty officer who came ashore in Melbourne & met her mother, a Melbourne schoolteacher. Her father, Robert, later worked in advertising after marrying her mother, June. He died of a heart attack when Cate was only 10 years old. She has two siblings, the oldest, Bob, is a computer programmer & her younger sister, Genevieve, is a set designer in the theatre. Blanchett graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney in 1992 & began her career on the stage. Her first major stage role was opposite Geoffrey Rush in the 1993 David Mamet play Oleanna. Her film debut was as an Australian nurse captured by the Japanese in the POW production directed by Bruce Beresford, Paradise Road, that co-starred Glenn Close & Frances McDormand. She married playwright & screenwriter Andrew Upton, who she met back in 1996 while she was performing in a production of The Seagull. It was hardly love at first sight, however. Posters Of Cate Blanchett

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Vincent Cassel is a French actor. Born in Paris, he is the son of French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel & is married to Monica Bellucci, with whom he is expecting their first child in late 2004. Vincent Cassel is a famous French actor & is known for tough guy roles. His breakthrough role was in Mathieu Kassovitz s critically acclaimed film La Haine where he played a troubled youth from the decrepit outskirts of Paris. Cassel has gone on to act in a variety of films such as the moody LAppartement, the violent Dobermann, genre-bending Le Pacte des Loups & in the highly controversial Irreversible. Cassel has also done a few English language films, such as Birthday Girl, Elizabeth & Shrek. Le Pacte des loups Gilles de Rais. Official Site. http.//www .vincentcassel .com/. Posters Of Irreversible

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