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Call Number: DVD00413

by Stephen Frears; Peter Morgan; Andy Harries; Christine Langan; Tracey Seaward; Helen Mirren; Michael Sheen; James Cromwell; Helen McCrory; Alex Jennings; Roger Allam; Sylvia Syms; Miramax Films.; Pathé Entertainment (Firm); Granada Films.; Renn Productions.; BIM Distribuzione.; France 3 cinéma (Firm); Studio Canal+.; Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm); Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm);

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: [London] : Granada Screen Ltd. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, ©2005, [2007]

Notes: Originally released in 2006 (103 mins.); edition includes a making of featurette, and audio commentary; Nominated for six 2007 Academy Awards;

Summary: The Queen begins with a familiar epigraph “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown”–Henry IV, Part II. The action of the film takes place during the week following the death, on August 31, 1997 of Diana, Princess of Wales. One of its accomplishments, courtesy of adroit use of newsreel and other contemporary footage, is to remind viewers of the deep sadness that surrounded that event. It is also about the divergent and potentially ruinous ways the monarch and Prime Minister Tony Blair responded to the resulting torrent of national grief.

OCLC #: 81984575