Elizabeth [videorecording] : The world would never be the same / Polygram Filmed Entertainment presents in association with Channel Four Films of a Working Title production ; directed by Shekhar Kapur ; produced by Alison Owen, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan ; written by Michael Hirst.
Contributor(s): Blanchett, Cate
| Kapur, Shekhar | Owen, Alison | Fellner, Eric | Bevan, Tim | Hirst, Michael | Rush, Geoffrey | Fiennes, Joseph | Attenborough, Richard | Gielgud, John | Polygram Filmed Entertainment.
Publisher: [USA] : Polygram Holding : Universal Studios, c1998 (2001)Description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 121 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Subject(s): Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Drama | Queens -- Drama | Monarchy -- Great Britain -- Drama | Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- DramaDDC classification: 791.4372 Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough, Christopher Eccleston, Kathy Burke, John Gielgud.Summary: The queen, Mary Tudor has no heir and her Catholic supporters fear the succession of her helf-sister Elizabeth, a Protestant. They convince the queen to have Elizabeth arrested and put in the Tower of London but the queen hesitates and eventually refuses to sign her death warrant. It is announced that the queen is pregnant but it turns out to be a tumor and she dies of it a while later. Her Catholic supporters are forced to give the throne to Elizabeth. Elizabeth's first few years are shaky as she is not versed with the art of realpolitik and "rules from the heart instead of the mind." There is also the question of her succession as she is yet unmarried and her death without an heir would mean the throne falling back into Catholic hands. She has many suitors but she eventually rejects them all. And aided by Sir Francis Walsingham she manages to kill all her enemies and ascends the throne as the "Virgin Queen."
| Item type | Current location | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| Media Resources | Taylor's Library-TU | 791.4372 ELI (Browse shelf) | Set of 2 Videodiscs | 1 | Available | SOMAC,09030,02,GR | 1001008564 |
Based on the novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde.
Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough, Christopher Eccleston, Kathy Burke, John Gielgud.
The queen, Mary Tudor has no heir and her Catholic supporters fear the succession of her helf-sister Elizabeth, a Protestant. They convince the queen to have Elizabeth arrested and put in the Tower of London but the queen hesitates and eventually refuses to sign her death warrant. It is announced that the queen is pregnant but it turns out to be a tumor and she dies of it a while later. Her Catholic supporters are forced to give the throne to Elizabeth. Elizabeth's first few years are shaky as she is not versed with the art of realpolitik and "rules from the heart instead of the mind." There is also the question of her succession as she is yet unmarried and her death without an heir would mean the throne falling back into Catholic hands. She has many suitors but she eventually rejects them all. And aided by Sir Francis Walsingham she manages to kill all her enemies and ascends the throne as the "Virgin Queen."
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