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Director: |
Stephen Frears |
Writer: |
Peter Morgan |
Starring: |
Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Sylvia Syms |
Released: |
December 26, 2006 |
Rating: |
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Runtime: |
103 minutes
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Story: |
THE QUEEN takes audiences behind the scenes of one of the most shocking public
events of recent times - providing an illuminating, acidly funny, yet deeply
affecting, dramatic glimpse into what happens in the corridors of power when
tragedy strikes. The setting for this fictional account of real events is no
less than the private chambers of the Royal Family and the British government
in the wake of the sudden death of Princess Diana in August of 1997. In the
immediate aftermath of the Princess's passing, the tightly contained,
tradition-bound world of the Queen of England (DAME HELEN MIRREN) clashes with
the slick modernity of the country's brand new, image-conscious Prime Minister,
Tony Blair (MICHAEL SHEEN). The result is an intimate, yet thematically epic,
battle between private and public, responsibility and emotion, custom and
action - as a grieving nation waits to see what its leaders will do.
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Cast: |
Helen Mirren
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HM Queen Elizabeth II |
Michael Sheen
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Tony Blair |
James Cromwell
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Prince Philip |
Sylvia Syms
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HM The Queen Mother |
Alex Jennings
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Prince Charles |
Helen McCrory
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Cherie Blair |
Roger Allam
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Robin Janvrin |
Tim McMullan
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Stephen Lamport |
Douglas Reith
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Lord Airlie |
Robin Soans
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Equerry |
Lola Peploe
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Janvrin's Secretary |
Joyce Henderson
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Balmoral Maid |
Pat Laffan
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Head Ghillie |
Amanda Hadingue
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Queen's Dresser |
John McGlynn
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Balmoral Head Ghillie |
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