Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Year:

2007

Duration:

114 min

Genres:

Biography | Drama | History | War

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Shekhar Kapur

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 5 wins & 26 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2007-10-12

Filming Locations: Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England, UK

Earnings

Budget: $55,000,000

Opening Weekend: $6,153,075 (USA) (14 October 2007)

Gross: $16,264,475 (USA) (24 November 2007)

Cast

Actor

Character

Laurence Fox

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Rosalind Halstead

Jordi Mollà

King Philip ll of Spain

Aimee King

Infanta

Cate Blanchett

Queen Elizabeth I

John Shrapnel

Lord Howard

Geoffrey Rush

Sir Francis Walsingham

Susan Lynch

Annette

Elise McCave

Laundry Woman

Samantha Morton

Mary Stuart

Abbie Cornish

Bess Throckmorton

Penelope McGhie

Margaret

Rhys Ifans

Robert Reston

Eddie Redmayne

Thomas Babington

Stuart McLoughlin

Savage

Clive Owen

Sir Walter Raleigh

Adrian Scarborough

Calley

Robert Styles

Palace Doorkeeper

William Houston

Don Guerau De Spes

Coral Beed

First Court Lady

Steven Loton

Manteo

Martin Baron

Wanchese

David Armand

Walsingham's Agent

Steven Robertson

Francis Throckmorton

Jeremy Barker

Ramsey

George Innes

Burton

Adam Godley

William Walsingham

Kirstin Smith

Mary Walsingham (as Kirstin Coulter Smith)

Kelly Hunter

Ursula Walsingham

Christian Brassington

Archduke Charles

Robert Cambrinus

Count Georg von Helfenstein

Tom Hollander

Sir Amyas Paulet

Sam Spruell

Torturer

Tim Preece

Old Throckmorton

Vidal Sancho

Spanish Minister

David Threlfall

Dr. John Dee

Benjamin May

Dance Master

David Sterne

Cellarman

Kate Fleetwood

Woman with Baby

Glenn Doherty

Royal Servant

Chris Brailsford

Dean of Peterborough

Dave Legeno

Executioner

Anthony Carrick

Spanish Archbishop (as Antony Carrick)

John Atterbury

Marriage Priest

David Robb

Admiral Sir William Winter

Alex Giannini

First Spanish Officer

Joe Ferrara

Second Spanish Officer

Jonathan Bailey

Courtier

Alexander Barnes

Courtier

Charles Bruce

Courtier

Jeremy Cracknell

Courtier

Benedict Green

Courtier

Adam Smith

Courtier

Simon Stratton

Courtier

Crispin Swayne

Courtier

Kitty Fox

Mary Stuart's Lady in Waiting

Kate Lindesay

Mary Stuart's Lady in Waiting

Katherine Templar

Mary Stuart's Lady in Waiting

Hayley Burroughs

Queen Elizabeth's Lady in Waiting

Kirsty McKay

Queen Elizabeth's Lady in Waiting

Lucia Ruck Keene

Queen Elizabeth's Lady in Waiting

Lucienne Venisse-Back

Queen Elizabeth's Lady in Waiting

Morne Botes

Courtier

Amelia Dearing

Young girl (uncredited)

James Fiddy

Nobleman (uncredited)

Steve Lately

Walsingham's Servant (uncredited)

Finn Morrell

Young boy (uncredited)

Shane Nolan

Tyger Salior (uncredited)

Jack Pollock

Boy on Ship (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Mary, Queen of Scots, was not originally part of the Babington Conspiracy. Walsingham, who wanted her executed, got one of the conspirators to act as a double agent, and entrap her.

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Release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title 'Minelli'.

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El Escorial, the Spanish King's palace, is really London's Westminster Cathedral. Since it's a functioning church, the production team had to wait until the last evening confession was done, strip the interior of everything recognizably modern, shoot every scene during the night, then put everything back in place by morning mass.

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Goofs

In the film, Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain is a young child. She was 19 when the movie's time period began and 22 at the end.

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Raleigh mentions to Queen Elizabeth that he has returned from Virginia. Jamestown, the first successful English Colony in Virginia was founded in 1607, four years after Queen Elizabeth's death.

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The execution of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, is shown with a single, swift ax stroke. Historically, it took at least two strokes; the first hit Mary in the back of the head (reportedly prompting her to cry out, "Sweet Jesus") and the second severed all of her neck save some sinew, which the executioner then cut through by using the ax as a saw. Some reports say the execution required a third stroke.

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Quotes

Queen Elizabeth I: There's something you could do for me - something I have not known for a very long time. But it's not to be spoken of afterwards. It must be forgotten. But just for now, a kiss?

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Queen Elizabeth I: Male desire confers no distinction.

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Queen Elizabeth I: I have a secret, my dear. I pretend there's a pane of glass between me and them. They can see me, but they cannot touch me. You should try it.

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Faq

Q

Is this a sequel to "Elizabeth" starring Cate Blanchett?

A

Yes.

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