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	Political Film Society - Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen
		After Elizabeth ascends to the throne in 1558, she is welcomed as a possible advocate for various interests at the court and nearly overthrown because of the rivalries.
		The film also reinvents a history: Mary of Guise died of dropsy, Dudley's marriage was well known, Walsingham became a significant figure considerably later in Elizabeth's reign, and Norfolk was not arrested until 1571, as the events have been rearranged for dramatic purposes.
		Elizabeth’s choice of career over family and sensuality is an important feminist theme of our times but not common in the sixteenth century, when women were considered unfit to rule.
	www.geocities.com /~polfilms/elizabeth.html (494 words)

	Elizabeth - Film and History
		The film is greatly assisted by excellent performances from Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth and Joseph Fiennes as her lover Robert Dudley.
		That Elizabeth managed to survive the fact that her father murdered her mother (Anne Boleyn) and was constantly placed in physical and emotional jeopardy is a testament to her strength.
		Elizabeth was responsible for only five beheadings in her 40 year reign, one of them, however, was the Earl of Essex (who may have been her son by Robert Dudley) an act from which she never recovered emotionally or physically.
	www.talkingpix.co.uk /ArticleElizabeth.html (2582 words)

	Issues: Perspectives (April 1999): Elizabeth: Romantic Film Heroine or Sixteenth-Century Queen?
		Elizabeth was a strong and fascinating woman, but the film rarely depicts her complexity or strength of character.
		Elizabeth, looking up at a statue of the Virgin Mary, asks Walsingham why the English people love the Mother of God and not their queen—"Must I be made of stone?" Walsingham responds that all men must have something to look up to, to touch the divine here on earth.
		Elizabeth tells her confidant Kat Ashley, "Kat, I have become a virgin." She emerges to the court, painted white like a statue; instead of slouching as she had throughout the film, she is very stiff.
	www.historians.org /Perspectives/issues/1999/9904/9904FIL5.CFM (2450 words)

	Elizabeth mistakes, goofs and bloopers
		Actually created Lord Burghley in 1571 (the film must end in the mid-1560s, as at the end it states that Elizabeth reigned for another forty years; she died in 1603), he was never retired by Elizabeth, but remained her chief minister for the rest of his life.
		Factual error: Elizabeth did not start wearing wigs and heavy makeup until later in her reign, and although it was a combination of vanity and political shrewdness, it had nothing to do with the Virgin Mary.
		Elizabeth very much wanted to keep the image of an eternally youthful Queen, both for her own vanity, and to belie the fact that she was aging, and possibly weak or ill. Also, all this is intended to covere up the elderly monarch's smallpox scars.
	www.moviemistakes.com /film407 (1130 words)

	November 18, 1998: Elizabeth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Elizabeth is a film about that transformation, and it is quite unlike any period film we have ever seen.
		Elizabeth herself, still in love with her childhood sweetheart Robert Dudley (Joseph Fiennes), is reluctant to marry at all.
		Henry's rejection of the Roman Church was an act of selfishness, fueled by lust for Anne Boleyn; Elizabeth's support of the Church of England is a position born of principle and integrity.
	www.lasvegasweekly.com /departments/11_18_98/film_elizabeth.html (1071 words)

	Elizabeth - Scotch-Irish / Ulster-Scots Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Set in England, 1554, the film begins with Elizabeth's half-sister Mary (Kathy Burke), a fanatical Catholic, on the throne and Elizabeth (Cate Blancett) threatened with execution because she is a Protestant.
		The film ends with a series of assassinations wiping out all opposition to her leadership, with her position on the throne secure Elizabeth's self-reinvention as the Virgin Queen is complete, a figure of near-worship to reign for 40 years.
		Elizabeth's first few years are shaky as she is not versed with the art of realpolitik and "rules from the heart instead of the mind".
	www.scotchirish.net /forum/index.php?showtopic=1846 (948 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Elizabeth [1998]: Video: Cate Blanchett,Vincent Cassel,John Gielgud,Geoffrey Rush,Christopher ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In this film, all of the intrigues that beset Elizabeth are collapsed and promulgated in the character of a few (Spanish, French, and Papist agents) all at the beginning of her reign.
		Films have always been cavalier with historical fact (leading to the laughable complaint by Hollywood directors that the film "Cold Mountain", with a British director, was inaccurate - it wasn't the inaccuracy that was the problem per se, but the fact that it was perpetrated by a Briton).
		Elizabeth will have to deal with the pressure of most of her advisors to choose soon among the candidates that have asked for her hand in marriage, but she is unable to marry the one she loves, Lord Robert Dudley (Joseph Fiennes).
	www.amazon.co.uk /Elizabeth-Cate-Blanchett/dp/B00004R76V (2789 words)

	The Elizabeth Berridge Website - Film
		Elizabeth Berridge returns to the big screen opposite Kevin Corrigan in the role of Leslie, described as "beguiling, elusive, beautifully mad, a woman who catapulted herself headlong into every blessed moment of life." The independent film has only played film festivals so far, but hopefully it will hit theatres or video sometime soon.
		Elizabeth was famously cast in the role after the original Costanze, Meg Tilly, sustained an injury just before filming started, but she delivers a beautifully realized performance that is certainly one of the most celebrated of her career to date.
		Elizabeth Berridge appears briefly in a non-speaking role as Sheila, one of the Steward children.
	www.elizabethberridge.net /film.htm (779 words)

	Taylor, Elizabeth - Questions, Answers, Fun Facts, Information
		Elizabeth made her screen debut at the age of 10 in the 1942 film "There's One Born Every Minute".
		Elizabeth had received a large amount of bad press for her marriage to Eddie Fisher, since they got together when he was still married to Debbie Reynolds, a very popular girl-next-door type.
		In 1961 Elizabeth was hospitalized with pneumonia, was given an emergency tracheotomy and was reportedly near death.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/Celebrities/Taylor-Elizabeth-13827.html (1845 words)

	DVD Review - Elizabeth
		Queen Elizabeth I of England was known as "the virgin queen", as she never married in her lifetime.
		At the end of the film, we are left with the image history knows so well - that of a cool and impassionate monarch, ruthless in her devotion to her country.
		There is a great moment, near the end of the film, where Elizabeth finally realizes that she must share her life and love with no man, in order to cement the devotion of her people, and secure her crown.
	www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews/elizabeth.html (998 words)

	Review - Elizabeth
		The crowning idiocy of the film, however, is the execution of the Earl of Sussex for his involvement in the Northern Rebellion.
		Walsingham (played in the film as a worldly wise older man) was actually only three years older than Elizabeth and played no significant part at Court until the latter half of her reign.
		If Elizabeth could be said to have a right hand man, it was Sir William Cecil (later Lord Burleigh), who – incidentally – was never dismissed from her service only to be supplanted by Walsingham, as he is in the film.
	www.peers.org /reveliza.html (1018 words)

	Sound Design of Elizabeth
		Film makers love ready-made stories and history is packed with them; although the pressures of condensing real events into those dramatic 90 minutes to two hours usually make the celluloid versions more an entertainment than an education.
		Elizabeth is different: a full orchestra with choir fights against thundering hoofs, roaring flames that shoot through the cinema; traditional instruments vie with synthesisers; all the while an unsettling wind cries outside the echoing chambers.
		At the start of the film, there is much juxtaposition between the zealous, dangerous character of Queen Mary I ('Bloody Mary', played here by Kathy Burke) and the girlish figure of her half-sister Elizabeth, who is shown dancing in bright summer fields.
	www.filmsound.org /studiosound/c64_elizabeth.html (2635 words)

	David Hirschfelder's talks to Paul Tonks about Elizabeth Film Music on the Web (UK) Len Mullenger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The basic subtext of the film is the religious division between Catholics and Protestants, which at that time was all pervasive throughout England.
		By the end of the film she virtually crucifies her own sense of individuality and becomes this shell of a person doing her duty to the country.
		He described the scene from the end of the film where Elizabeth emerges from her cocoon with her powdered face and the wig.
	www.musicweb.uk.net /film/hrschfld.htm (2932 words)

	Divas - The Site / Acting Divas / Elizabeth Taylor Biography
		Elizabeth lived in London for the first seven years of her life before the family left when the dark clouds of war began brewing in 1939.
		A family friend noticed the beautiful little Elizabeth and suggested that she be taken for a screen test.
		Elizabeth was to return to fine form with her role of Martha in
	www.divasthesite.com /Acting_Divas/Stories/Bio_Elizabeth_Taylor.htm (668 words)

	Movie Review: Elizabeth
		Like his previous film, the performance of the eponymous heroine is central to the story, and Cate Blanchett gives a splendid portrayal of the young queen, torn between her duty to her country and her own desires.
		Like Elizabeth, the film featured the power struggle between the Catholics and Protestants noble families (albeit with a much higher body count), and the doomed affair between a Queen and a nobleman (Adjani and Perez).
		In fact, Elizabeth portrayal as a religious moderate in the film makes her enemies motive for removing her harder to understand, and in general, the political machinations become a little tedious at times.
	www.fortunecity.com /lavendar/heat/435/elizabeth.htm (947 words)

	Film - Entertainment - theage.com.au
		A delightful family film - but it's not the animated neo-classic it's been made out to be.
		Helen Mirren stars as Queen Elizabeth II is this deftly entertaining and cleverly constructed film.
		This enthralling story of interconnectedness is a late contender for film of the year.
	www.theage.com.au /entertainment/film (493 words)

	Elizabeth - Movie review
		For example, when Elizabeth (played by a preternaturally wise Cate Blanchett) realizes that her advisors have undermined her reign by engineering a fruitless battle, we find her sobbing before a half-veiled portrait of her father, Henry VIII.
		Or when Elizabeth decides that she can have more political power by remaining unmarried, we find her sobbing in front of a statue of the Virgin Mary.
		For me, the film was stolen early on by Kathy Burke, whose Bloody Mary veers between childish pride and real affection for her half-sister.
	www.culturekiosque.com /nouveau/cinema/rheeliza.html (484 words)

	Elizabeth Film Review - Time Out Film
		Cecil (Attenborough) would have her marry a foreign prince to shore up the country's parlous state, but the new queen prefers the company of the charming Lord Dudley (Fiennes).
		Elizabeth's pragmatic Protestantism makes her the target for numerous Catholic intrigues, drawing in the Duke of Norfolk (Eccleston), Mary of Guise (Ardant) and her nephew Anjou (Cassel), the French and Spanish ambassadors (Cantona and Frain), and even the Pope himself (Gielgud).
		The film plays fast and loose with history but creates a sweeping portrait of her early life and times.
	www.timeout.com /film/63807.html (278 words)

	Elizabeth (1998) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Plot Outline: A film of the early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.
		The camerawork and the pace of this film are breathtaking.
		This is a history film made at its very finest and the equal of A Man For All Seasons.
	www.imdb.com /Title?0127536 (675 words)

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		That shows up in Elizabeth, too, but here it serves the film well, for voyeurism is an integral part of the Tudor court at the time the young Elizabeth ascended to the throne.
		If the film is accurate, the man is involved in a lot more than dirty tricks like locking up members of the opposition when crucial votes are being taken in Parliament.
		The really intriguing thing about the film's interpretation of Elizabeth is its suggestion that she actually regretted one aspect of the loss of Catholicism, namely, the loss of the veneration of the Virgin Mary.
	www.mith2.umd.edu /WomensStudies/FilmReviews/elizabeth-lm (524 words)

	Elizabeth Hurley @ Filmbug UK
		Elizabeth Hurley began her career as an actress before becoming a successful model and a producer.
		Hurley also developed and produced their first film Extreme Measures, starring Hugh Grant and Gene Hackman, which was released in 1996.
		Hurley initially worked in the theatre after studying dance and drama at the London Studio Centre, and made her screen debut in the 1987 film Aria directed by Bruce Beresford.
	www.filmbug.co.uk /db/309 (303 words)

	Shannon Elizabeth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Shannon Elizabeth was born in Houston, Texas to a Syrian/Lebanese father and a mother also of mixed decent (including Cherokee Indian).
		Soon after Elizabeth was born, her family moved to Waco, where most her family already lived.
		After appearing in a local music video, Elizabeth and her parents were told by a producer that she should pursue a career in modeling.
	www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=4437 (250 words)

	Elizabeth McGovern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Elizabeth started off her career with a bang, landing a plump supporting role in the 1980 drama Ordinary People.
		Elizabeth's performance earned her an Oscar nomination for supporting actress, as well as a Golden Globe nomination for new star of the year.
		Elizabeth appeared to make a more commercial choice for her next film.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/4732/52945 (442 words)

	Elizabeth: A Woman of Power (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The film covers the time just prior to her taking the throne and the early years just after.
		It reveals the struggles Queen Elizabeth I dealt with and the relationships she had to conquer to become a powerful ruler.
		The closing scene of the movie depicts her as ELizabeth was most well remembered, as the virgin queen.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/3609/22717 (323 words)

	The Hindu : Film Review: ''Elizabeth''
		But she and some others do not want her half-sister Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett) to ascend the throne for they believe she is a heretic.
		But it is not such an easy task, for Elizabeth, who as she herself says ``may be a woman.
		The rest of the distinguished cast includes Joseph Fiennes as Lord Robert Dudley, Elizabeth's lover, Sir John Gielgud as the Pope, Sir Richard Attenborough as Sir William Cecil and Christopher Eccleston as the scheming Earl of Norfolk.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/04/14/stories/09140222.htm (472 words)

	Elizabeth Taylor's Biography
		Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born in London, England on February 27, 1932.
		Despite the shortcomings of the film, Elizabeth was nominated for an Academy Award for her portrayal of Southern belle, Susanna Drake.
		In 1963, Elizabeth starred in CLEOPATRA which was one of the most expensive productions to date as was her salary, said to be a whopping $1,000,000.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Guild/7634/taylor.html (833 words)

	At-A-Glance Film Reviews: Elizabeth (1998)
		Elizabeth is an account of the turbulent early years of Queen Elizabeth I's reign.
		In her day, religious anxiety was high, and the thought of a Protestant queen succeeding the Catholic Queen Mary was an atrocity that drove many to desperate criminal acts.
		Movies tend to take artistic license with the material, and Elizabeth is no exception -- the essence of the story is accurate; some of the details are accurate, some inaccurate, others could go either way.
	www.rinkworks.com /movies/m/elizabeth.1998.shtml (275 words)

	Ruff stuff: Blanchett back as Elizabeth - Film - Entertainment - smh.com.au
		Blanchett's first Elizabeth, for instance, reminded one that innocence is sacrificed on the road to power.
		It pits Elizabeth, for the purposes of the film, as a paragon of tolerance against the Catholic fanaticism of Philip II of Spain.
		"The film Elizabeth, we think, was the definitive artistic statement about the early years of her reign," Cavendish says.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2006/03/14/1142098462622.html (724 words)

	Elizabeth Emanuel Eye of The Beholder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Casting aside the traditional method of showcasing new collections with a catwalk show, Elizabeth has decided to break the mould, by creating a ground-breaking and highly original platform to present her new look in Fashion Week.
		Her designs presented in this unique way, will be further augmented by highly creative and experienced film makers all contributing to create the overall look for a stylishly evocative and erotic dark tale.
		We are currently raising finance for our film and would be happy to supply further details to serious investors/sponsors.
	www.elizabethemanuel.co.uk /html/film/film.html (156 words)

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