Elizabeth I
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Actor: Helen Mirren, Hugh Dancy, Ian McDiarmid, Patrick Malahide, Toby JonesBrand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Larry Smith
Producer: Barney Reisz
Producer: Charles Pattinson
Producer: Gary Tuck
Producer: George Faber
Producer: Nigel Williams
Producer: Suzan Harrison
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 211 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Hbo Home Video
DVD Reviews of Elizabeth I
DVD Review: Accurate Account
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie has really got the air of believability - due in large part to Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons... I believe it outshines Cate Blanchetts version, not because Ms. Blanchett is any less an actor, but because the script she had was inferior to Ms. Mirren's version.
Thanks for both however, artistic!
DVD Review: Helen Mirren is the best
Summary: 4 Stars
Of all of the Queen Elizabeth movies, this one is the best. I would have given it 5 stars if it had only been LONGER! It was too short to delve into all the complex issues of Elizabeth I. We need a 8-10 part series (like "Band of Brothers")to really start to understand who Elizabeth was. Helen Mirren does an excellent job, as always.DVD Review: Wonderfully done
Summary: 5 Stars
I enjoyed the way the director stood on the facts of Queen Elizabeth. Showed her as a real person struggling with love and God.DVD Review: Love/Hate, Passion/Coldness...
Summary: 5 Stars
Helen Mirren has enjoyed a fantastic blossoming of her (already) great career in her 60's. At a time when most "actresses of a certain age" are put out to pasture, the divine Ms. Mirren is proving that your 60's can be filled with boldness, vigor and a true triumph of artistic quality in film and television.
Queen Elizabeth I has been played by so many different people, in so many different ways, but Mirren's take on the best of the Tudors (and England's most popular monarch) is so spot on that the viewer can believe she actually IS Elizabeth. The playful attitude, the daily capitulations, the love she shared for Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (Jeremy Irons), it's all included in this quality work by HBO.
The supporting cast is grand, especially my personal favorite Toby Jones as Sir Robert Cecil (Elizabeth's privy councilor and later Secretary of State). At times, Hugh Dancy (as the Earl of Essex, Robert Deveraux-the Earl of Leicester's stepson) seems a bit lost and too much the boy, not enough the man, to grab the Queen's attention, but the 2nd half of part II remedies that.
There are of course some historical inaccuracies. Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth NEVER met (for some reason, filmmakers always like to include this in Scots-English history), the fact that Leicester married Elizabeth's cousin Lettice (Essex's mother) is not mentioned, and the Duke d'Anjou is shown to be more of a contemporary to the 45 year old monarch in this version (when in reality he was more than 2 decades younger than her).
All in all, this is some of the finest pieces of acting one will see on television. Just for Helen Mirren alone the work receives 5 enthusiastic stars!
DVD Review: Elizabeth I
Summary: 5 Stars
This film was amazing...the performances were top notch. Particularly memorable were Helen Mirren and Hugh Dancy. I can understand her winning the Golden Globe that year and he being nominated. They were wonderful as was the script and direction. You owe it to yourself to watch this great production.
Description of Elizabeth I
Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons star in Elizabeth I, a two-part HBO Films miniseries event that explores the intersection of the private and public life of Elizabeth I (Mirren) in the latter half of her reign, offering a personal look at her allies, her enemies and her suitors as she struggles to survive in a male-dominated world. Part 1 explores Elizabeth's tempestuous relationship with the Earl of Leicester (Irons) as it survives a French suitor, war, treason, and illness. Part 2 follows Elizabeth through her later years, during which she had an equally passionate affair with the young, ambitious Earl of Essex (Hugh Dancy), who had been raised, ironically, by his stepfather Leicester. In the end, Elizabeth I sheds light on one of the most popular members of the monarchy who held absolute power over everything... except her heart.Helen Mirren's Elizabeth I could almost be cousin to her Jane Tennison. Like the dedicated detective chief inspector, Queen Bess is not without a heart, but work comes first and any romantic entanglements are doomed to fail. Fortunately, she has her friendships. Directed by Tom Hooper (Prime Suspect 6), this two-part HBO/Channel 4 tele-film begins in 1579. The Virgin Queen has been on the throne for 20 years, but has not married. Her closest relationship is with Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester (Jeremy Irons), whom the council will not allow her to wed. Because Robert wishes to produce an heir, he marries another, garnering Elizabeth's disfavor (and nor is he all that thrilled about her dalliance with Henry, the Duke of Anjou). In time, he'll return to her good graces. As she explains, "Friendship outlasts love and is stronger than love." Then, as his health begins to fails, she'll turn to his stepson, the dashing, if duplicitous Robert Devereaux, the Earl of Essex (Hugh Dancy, the Hooper-directed Daniel Deronda). Meanwhile, Mary, Queen of Scots (Barbara Flynn) plots against her Protestant cousin. Even after Mary makes her exit, plenty of other powerful Catholics will stop at nothing to seize the crown. Marked as much by triumph as tragedy, the role of Elizabeth I has been catnip for many illustrious actresses, notably Bette Davis, Glenda Jackson, and Cate Blanchett. Mirren's multi-faceted portrayal of the queen's golden years is a worthy addition to that canon and Irons is a particularly formidable foil. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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