Elizabeth (1998)
Director:
Shekhar Kapur
Tagline:
« Declared illegitimate aged 3. Tried for treason aged 21. Crowned Queen aged 25. »
Actors:
Female Martyr
Master Ridley
Male Martyr
Bishop Gardiner
Duke of Norfolk
Rating:
(110’624 votes)
(110’624 votes)
Quotes:
[last lines]
« Elizabeth: Observe, Lord Burghley, I am married. To England.
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« Elizabeth: Aye, but marry who, Your Grace? Would you give me some suggestion? For some say France and others Spain, and some cannot abide foreigners at all. So I am not sure how best to please you unless I married one of each.
»
[laughter]
« Noble: Now Your Majesty does make fun of the sanctity of marriage.
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« Elizabeth: I do not think *you* should lecture me on that, my lord, since you yourself have been *twice divorced*… and are now upon your third wife!
»
[laughter]
« Lord Robert: For God's sake, you are still my Elizabeth.
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« Elizabeth: I am not your Elizabeth. I am no man's Elizabeth. And if you think to rule, you are mistaken.
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« Elizabeth: [to all]
« Elizabeth: I will have one mistress here… and no master.
»
Trailer:
Elizabeth
Runtime:124 minutes
Plots:
The early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.
This film details the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, as played by Cate Blanchett. The main focus is the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Elizabeth Tudor becomes queen of a divided and dangerous England in 1558. She is roundly perceived as weak by threats from within and abroad, and she is strongly advised to marry by counsel William Cecil. But she will be married only to her country. Intelligent and cautious, she must choose where to place her trust: with her shrewd secretary Walsingham, a master of espionage, or her secret lover, Sir Robert Dudley.
