Elizabeth 1998

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 124 min

genre: historical

theme: biographical drama

director: Shekhar Kapur

Score: 7 / 10

Elizabeth is a 1998 British biographical historical drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur and written by Michael Hirst. It stars Cate Blanchett in the titular role of Elizabeth I of England, with Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, John Gielgud, and Richard Attenborough in supporting roles. The film is based on the early years of Elizabeth's reign, where she is elevated to the throne after the death of her half-sister Mary I, who had imprisoned her. As she establishes herself on the throne, she faces plots and threats to take her down.

Plot

In 1558, 42-year-old Catholic Queen Mary I of England, the daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, dies, presumably from a cancerous tumor in her womb. Mary's heir presumptive and 25-year-old half sister, Lady Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, was under house arrest for suspected involvement in Thomas Wyatt the Younger's rebellion, is now freed from her imprisonment and crowned as Queen of England.

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More details

author	Michael Hirst
award	Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	England
director	Shekhar Kapur
editor	Jill Bilcock
events	Elizabeth I of England
genre	drama historical
keywords	act act of uniformity anne boleyn assassination attempt cancerous tumor catherine of aragon catholic catholic church catholic priest church church of england conspirator coronation of elizabeth i courtship cross-dresser crown elizabeth i elizabethan religious settlement exile first wife francis walsingham half sister heir heir apparent heir presumptive henry viii holy see house arrest john ballard lady elizabeth marriage proposal married mary i of england mary of guise mary queen of scots plan plot to kill priest protestant protestantism queen queen mary queen of england queen regnant rebellion regent scotland second wife sir william cecil suitor suspect thomas wyatt the younger uterine cancer vatican virgin mary wives of henry viii wyatt\'s rebellion young daughter
musicBy	David Hirschfelder
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design
producer	Alison Owen Eric Fellner Tim Bevan
productionCompany	Channel Four Films Kapurfilm PolyGram Filmed Entertainment ProsonFilm Working Title Films
publisher	BBFC
theme	biographical drama epic feminist