The Queen

The Queen – a story of two women – bound together by protocol and by death. This is a film which will remain in the best-seller list for a long, long time – not just due to the Oscar and Bafta winning performance by Helen Mirren, but also by the glimpse it gives us of [...]

Director Stephen Frears’ The Queen offers an incisive and utterly persuasive glimpse behind the scenes of recent history. The title role is Elizabeth II, played by Helen Mirren, and the movie covers the week in 1997 after the unexpected death of Princess Diana in Paris. – Jim Lane Mirren conjures Elizabeth as an identifiable flesh-and-blood [...]

Stephen Frears has had a number of succesful films both in The UK and in Hollywood. His early film for Channel 4 in 1985 – My Beautiful Laundarette is a very British film which brought him considerable critical acclaim. Subsequent films Prick Up Your Ears and Samie and Rosie Get Laid enhanced his critical reputation. [...]

DVD Features * The Making Of THE QUEEN * Audio Commentary With British Historian and Royal Expert Robert Lacey, author Of MAJESTY * Audio Commentary With Director Stephen Frears and Writer Peter Morgan Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Color: Color Regional Encoding: NTSC Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound BluRay Features * The Making Of THE QUEEN [...]

Helen Mirren was born Helen Lydia Mironoff of a Russian father and English mother in West London. The family changed their name to Mirren in the 1950′s. By age 18 she had been accepted into the National Youth Theatre and later moved on to the Royal Shakespeare Company. As well as being a succesful theatre [...]

The Other Boleyn Girl is adapted from the novel by Philippa Gregory written in 2001. The film stars Natalie Portman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Scarlett Johannsen and focuses on the story of the rise and fall of Ann Boleyn who became the wife of Henry VIII. In particular it tells the story of  two sisters, [...]