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The Queen / Stephen Frears. Videorecording.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Burbank, CA] : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2007]Description: 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0788870815
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.B55
Contents:
The picture of dignity -- Prime Minister Tony -- Diana -- Upsetting news -- The people's princess -- A public funeral -- Modern men -- The royal standard -- A quiet revolution -- Captive beauty -- A serious mistake -- A day of mourning -- Shared grief -- The funeral -- Two months later -- End credits.
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Affonso Beato ; editor, Lucia Zucchetti ; music by Alexandre Desplat ; archive consultant, Adam Curtis.
Awards:
  • Golden Globes, 2006: Best Actress, Helen Mirren and Best Screenplay ; Academy Awards, 2006: Best Actress, Helen Mirren ; Venice Film Festival, 2006: Best Actress, Helen Mirren and Best Screenplay, Peter Morgan.
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.
Item type: Audiovisual Item
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library Audio-Visuals Audio-Visual DVD262 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) DVD262 Available

Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.
Special features: The Making Of ... "The Queen" part one "Playing real people" ; part two "The design" ; part three "That week" (20 min.) ; audio commentary by director Stephen Frears and writer Peter Morgan ; audio commentary by British historian and royal expert Robert Lacey, author of "Majesty."

The picture of dignity --
Prime Minister Tony --
Diana --
Upsetting news --
The people's princess --
A public funeral --
Modern men --
The royal standard --
A quiet revolution --
Captive beauty --
A serious mistake --
A day of mourning --
Shared grief --
The funeral --
Two months later --
End credits.

Director of photography, Affonso Beato ; editor, Lucia Zucchetti ; music by Alexandre Desplat ; archive consultant, Adam Curtis.


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.

Golden Globes, 2006: Best Actress, Helen Mirren and Best Screenplay ; Academy Awards, 2006: Best Actress, Helen Mirren ; Venice Film Festival, 2006: Best Actress, Helen Mirren and Best Screenplay, Peter Morgan.