The Queen (2006)
Director:
Stephen Frears
Tagline:
« Tradition Prepared Her. Change Will Define Her. »
Actors:
The Queen
Prince Philip
Prince Charles
Robin Janvrin
Queen Mother
Rating:
(119’946 votes)
(119’946 votes)
Quotes:
« Alastair Campbell: They, er, sent a copy of the Queen's speech. Might want to scrape the frost off it first… Oh, I phoned them with a couple of suggestions, to make it sound like it came from a human being.
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« Tony Blair: Yeah, all right, Alastair.
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« Alastair Campbell: Well, at least the old bat's finally agreed to visit Diana's coffin.
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« Tony Blair: You know, when you get it wrong, you really get it wrong! That woman has given her whole life in service to her people. Fifty years doing a job SHE never wanted! A job she watched kill her father. She's executed it with honor, dignity, and, as far as I can tell, without a single blemish, and now we're all baying for her blood! All because she's struggling to lead the world in mourning for someone who… who threw everything she offered back in her face. And who, for the last few years, seemed committed 24/7 to destroying everything she holds most dear!
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« HM Queen Elizabeth II: Have we shown you how to start a nuclear war yet?
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« Tony Blair: Er, no.
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« HM Queen Elizabeth II: First thing we do, apparently, then we take away your passport and spend the rest of our time sending you around the world.
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« Tony Blair: You obviously know my job better than I do.
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« HM Queen Elizabeth II: Yes well, you are my tenth Prime Minister, Mr Blair. My first, of course, was Winston Churchill, he sat in your chair in a frock coat and top hat. And he was kind enough to give a shy young girl like me quite an education.
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« Tony Blair: I can imagine.
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« Portrait Artist: You may not be allowed to vote, ma'am, but it is your government.
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« HM Queen Elizabeth II: Yes. I suppose that is some consolation.
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Trailer:
The Queen
Runtime:103 minutes
Plots:
After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.
Diana, the “People’s Princess” has died in a car accident in Paris. The Queen (Dame Helen Mirren) and her family decide that for the best, they should remain hidden behind the closed doors of Balmoral Castle. The heartbroken public do not understand and request that the Queen comforts her people. This also puts pressure on newly elected Tony Blair (Michael Sheen), who constantly tries to convince the monarchy to address the public.
In 1997, after the death of Princess Diana in a car accident in Paris, the reluctant Queen (Dame Helen Mirren) and the Establishment do not accept to honor the “People’s Princess” as a member of the Royal Family. However, the public and the media question the utility of the monarchy and the just-elected Prime Minister Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) advises the Queen to make a public speech mourning the loss of Diana.

