Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

Réalisateur:

Shekhar Kapur

Writers:

William Nicholson (written by) and
Michael Hirst (written by)

Release Date:

12 octobre 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Biographie | Drame | History | Romance

Accroche:

Woman. Warrior. Queen.

Plot:

An exploration of the relationship between Elizabeth I and the adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh.

Plot Keywords:

Tobacco | King | Royalty | Prophecy | Historical Drama

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 3 wins & 12 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Elizabeth: Die Hard With a Vengeance

Ensemble

Cate Blanchett	...	Queen Elizabeth I
Geoffrey Rush	...	Sir Francis Walsingham
Clive Owen	...	Sir Walter Raleigh
Samantha Morton	...	Mary Stuart
Rhys Ifans	...	Robert Reston
Jordi Mollà	...	King Philip ll of Spain
John Shrapnel	...	Lord Howard
Aimee King	...	Infanta
Susan Lynch	...	Annette
Elise McCave	...	Laundry Woman
Abbie Cornish	...	Elizabeth Throckmorton
Penelope McGhie	...	Margaret
Eddie Redmayne	...	Thomas Babington
Stuart McLoughlin	...	Savage
Adrian Scarborough	...	Calley

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Elizabeth - Das goldene Königreich (Germany)
Elizabeth - L'âge d'or (France)
The Golden Age (UK) (working title)
Elizabeth - L'âge d'or (Belgium: French title) (Canada: French title) [fr]

Durée:

114 min

Pays:

UK | France | Germany

Langue:

Anglais | Espagnol | Suédois

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Classification:

Canada:14A | Argentina:13 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Malaysia:U | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) | South Korea:12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:15 | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:PG | Brazil:14 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43467) | Ireland:12A | Finland:K-13 | Hong Kong:IIA | France:Unrated | UK:12A | Taiwan:R-12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:12 | Australia:M | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | South Africa:13V

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England, UK

Company:

Motion Picture ZETA Produktionsgesellschaft

Anecdotes:

The words Mary, Queen of Scots, mouths before being executed are "I forgive you with all my heart", said to be her last words, spoken to the executioner when he asked her forgiveness.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the film, Elizabeth's potential suitors included Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible and Eric XIV of Sweden. Both monarchs were already deceased (Ivan in 1584, Eric in 1577) at the time the film was set (1585). And even if Ivan were still alive, at that period it would have been very unlikely that an Orthodox ruler would marry a Protestant queen.

Guillemet:

Sir Christopher Hatton: Be warned by the atrocities in France! God-fearing Christians murdered by Papist cut-throats inflamed by hatred of the truth!
Lord Howard: We know the Catholics take their orders from Spain. The Spanish speak openly of Mary Stuart as Queen of England in waiting.
Queen Elizabeth I: [sharply] Mary Stuart is a Queen cast out by her own ungrateful nation.
Sir Christopher Hatton: With respect, Majesty: a Catholic Queen. Your loyal Protestant supporters don't understand why Mary Stuart lives under our protection at our expense. Very considerable expense.
Queen Elizabeth I: Mary Stuart is my cousin. She is our guest. And she is under our control.
[...]

Connexions De Film:

Features Ryan's Daughter (1970)

Elizabeth: Die Hard With a Vengeance

This rates as high as it does for me because of the cinematography. It is dazzling and Blanchett can't be denied, but "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" is like a chick-flick with explosions plus costumes, super hair, and loud, intrusive music. The result is faux epic.

My wife summed it up well as we left the theater: "I feel like I've just flipped through a coffee table picture book for two hours and somebody turned up the stereo." History wrote this plot but Nicholson and Hirst thought they could do better. They couldn't, or certainly didn't. Freshmen composition classes come up with better stuff. Trite, forced, predictable. Did they even run this by an expert in English history? You gotta wonder. The script is oozing with 21st century mores and clichés. It made me think (during the movie, mind you) of the way Dutch painters depicted Homer and Aristotle in the garb of 17th century Holland. Are we that dumb? Sir Walter Raleigh is a caricature and Sir Francis Drake, never properly introduced, was a throwaway. Geoffrey Rush is wasted as Walsingham. Come to think of it, nearly everybody is wasted. Every single character is underdeveloped, with the possible exception of the title character—possible exception.

"Golden Age" set the target high and then turned and fired in the opposite direction. Realizing the script had missed, Director tried to make up for it with window dressing. Substance would have served this queen better. With the colon in the title, I almost expected to see Bruce Willis saving the day.

You can see why "Golden Age" came out in October because it's not going to compete for Oscars in categories that anybody cares about. With all the budget they had for this movie, you'd Universal could have found better writers.