ELIZABETH

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• Release Year: 1998
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Plot: Cate Blanchett, Golden Globe winner for Best Actress in a Drama, along with Geoffrey Rush, Richard Attenborough and John Gielgud lead a remarkable cast in a thriller of intrigue in the court of one of history's greatest monarchs, Queen Elizabeth I.; ; England, 1554. Young, passionate Elizabeth Tudor (Cate Blanchett) comes to the throne amidst bloody turmoil. Among her courtiers are the venerable Sir William Cecil (Richard Attenborough), her lover the Earl of Leicester (Joseph Fiennes), the imperious Duke of Norfolk (Christopher Eccleston), and her advisor Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush). She must learn to weigh her counsel carefully and ignore her private yearnings if she is to keep her crown -- and her head.; ;
• Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough, Fanny Ardant, Eric Cantona, Vincent Cassel, Kathy Burke, Edward Hardwicke, Emily Mortimer, John Gielgud, Liz Giles, Rod Culbertson, Paul Fox, Terence Rigby, Peter Stockbridge, Amanda Ryan, Valerie Gale, George Antoni, James Frain, Jamie Foreman, Kelly Macdonald, Wayne Sleep, Sally Grey, Kate Loustau, Elika Gibbs, Sarah Owen, Lily Allen, Joe White, Matt Andrews, Liam Foley, Lewis Jones, Michael Beint, Angus Deayton, Kenny Doughty, Hayley Burroughs, Joseph O'Conor, Brendan O'Hea, Edward Highmore, Daniel Moynihan, Jeremy Hawk, Donald Pelmear, James Rowe, Tim Bevan, Charles Cartmell, Edward Purver, Daniel Craig, Vladimir Vega, Alfie Allen, Daisy Bevan, Jennifer Lewicki, Viviane Horne, Nick Smallman, Martin L. Evans, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Ben Mars, Daniel O'Meara, Jocelyn Quivrin, Matthew Rhys, Christian Simpson, Shekhar Kapur, Michael Hirst
• Director: Shekhar Kapur
• Runtime: 2:04
• Company: Polygram Filmed Entertainment, Universal Studios
• Media Format: Movie