Elizabeth: The Golden Age

"Woman. Warrior. Queen."

2007 1h 54m EN

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6.7

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6.8

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★6.7TMDB · 1,346🥫35%Rotten Tomatoes●45Metacritic★6.8IMDB · 77,597

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Synopsis

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When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard the lives of her people.

“Woman. Warrior. Queen.”

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Cast

Cate Blanchett
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
Laurence Fox
Sir Christopher Hatton
Clive Owen
Sir Walter Raleigh
Geoffrey Rush
Sir Francis Walsingham
Tom Hollander
Amyas Paulet
Abbie Cornish
Elizabeth Throckmorton
Rhys Ifans
Robert Reston
Samantha Morton
Mary, Queen of Scots

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shekhar Kapur
Writers: William Nicholson, Michael Hirst
Languages: Swedish, English, Spanish
Countries: France, United Kingdom, Germany

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $55M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Swedish, English, Spanish.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: France, United Kingdom, Germany.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Elizabeth Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Shekhar Kapur, shot by Remi Adefarasin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Craig Armstrong. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Andrew Haddock shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Shekhar Kapur directs. Remi Adefarasin behind the camera. Craig Armstrong scores. Andrew Haddock cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in France, United Kingdom, Germany. Dialogue in Swedish, English, Spanish.

Trivia

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1Mid-budget at $55M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Released 19 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Swedish, English, Spanish.
4International production across 3 countries: France, United Kingdom, Germany.
5Part of the "Elizabeth Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Shekhar Kapur, shot by Remi Adefarasin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Craig Armstrong. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Andrew Haddock shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Cate Blanchett and Laurence Fox and Clive Owen carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Woman. Warrior. Queen.".
11IMDB entry: tt0414055 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 10 themes, including "assassination", "england", "queen elizabeth i", "religious war".

The technical file

Cinematography: Remi Adefarasin
Original score: Craig Armstrong
Editing: Andrew Haddock
Production design: Guy Hendrix Dyas
Costume design: Alexandra Byrne
Makeup / hair: Uxue Laguardia
VFX supervisor: John Lockwood
Sound: Tim Cavagin
Stunt coordinator: Greg Powell
Runtime: 114 min · 1h 54m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $55,000,000
Box office: $74,237,563
Return: 135% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes: 35% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 45/100
IMDB rating: 6.8/10 · 77,597 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 8 wins & 33 nominations total

Academy Award for Best Costume Design

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Part of

Elizabeth Collection

Duology of Queen Elizabeth Movies

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Shekhar Kapur

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CinemaSerf2024-06-01
★ 6/10
Sadly, someone agreed that a sequel to "Elizabeth" (1998) was required so we ended up with this rather fanciful vehicle for a still competent Cate Blanchett but not so much for a terribly wooden Clive Owen as the seafaring Walter Raleigh. Following the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (Samantha Morton), England is facing impending invasion by the Spanish Armada. The (largely forgivable) factual inaccuracies that dogged the first film are somehow magnified in this rather poor follow up. It really does miss Sir Richard Attenbourgh and despite the best efforts of Geoffrey Rush is left too much to likes of the somewhat flighty Abbie Cornish. As you'd expect, the film looks great and the use of CGI is effectively complementary - especially as things hot up, but none of that really helps enliven the rather ponderous pace of this history. Fortunately the Queen didn't live too much longer after this so we ought to be safe from "Elizabeth III - the Essex Years."

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