Being the Queen

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tom Jennings directs. Adam Lukas scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America, United Kingdom. Dialogue in German, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 45-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 2Released 6 years ago.
• 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, English.
• 4International production across 2 countries: United States of America, United Kingdom.
• 5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 6Original score by Adam Lukas. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 7IMDB entry: tt13237134 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 8Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Original score

Adam Lukas

Runtime

45 min · 0h 45m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

PG-13

IMDB

Being the Queen (2020) ↗

IMDB rating

6.7/10 · 174 votes

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• 
  Sea Spies

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• 
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  2007 · ★ 8.0
• 
  This Is Halloween

  2020 · ★ 8.0
• 
  A-Bombs Over Nevada

  2019 · ★ 7.7
• 
  Diana: In Her Own Words

  2017 · ★ 7.6

Stills · wallpapers

Selected frames

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Production companies

Who made it

• 

  1895 Films

  US

Key crew

• ProducerTobiah Black
• Associate ProducerWill D'Epagnier
• Executive ProducerTom Jennings
• Supervising ProducerRob Kirkland
• ProducerLaura Verklan

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• royal family
• biography
• united kingdom
• british royal family
• british monarchy

Release history · US

When it landed

• TV2020-08-31PG-13· National Geographic