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Summary: History Retold!
Comment: This is an excellent rendition of Queen Elizabeth I. It's pretty accurate according to history. Marvelous acting.

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Summary: Twilight of the Virgin Queen
Comment: This is a great show!! I love the fact that this show is both accurate and interesting. Elizabeth is my FAVORITE historical figure and I Love it when I find a show that does her justice!!
Helen Mirren is a great Elizabeth. She captures everything from Elizabeth's confidence and intelligence to her frustration and pervasiveness so perfectly. I love her! I wasn't so sure about Jeremy Irons as Dudley, but after a couple of viewings his performance has grown on me.
What is so great about this show is that it takes place during the last years of Elizabeth's reign, which means we see some of the events that made Elizabeth a legend (like the death of Mary, Queen of Scots and the defeat of the Spanish Armada). But these events aren't changed for the sake of Hollywood, they are depicted accurately and honestly. And if you LOVE Elizabethan history as much as I do, then I'm sure that you can appreciate that!

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Summary: Elizabeth I
Comment: A wonderful movie. Great acting, costumes, and didn't want it to end. Glad it was in 2 discs. Gives you a breaking point. Loved it.

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Summary: "Elizabeth I"
Comment: Excellent, absolutely excellent. Helen Mirren's portrait of Elizabeth Tudor from age 43 to her death at 69 is as deep and nuanced a performance as I've ever seen, and I've seen quite a few actresses do Good Queen Bess (Glenda Jackson, Judi Dench, Bette Davis, et. al). Jeremy Irons is fantastic as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Hugh Dancy is impressive as Leicester's stepson Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex, though for me it was a bit hard to accept a twentysomething Devereaux flirting with a fiftysomething Elizabeth near the start of the story and later attempting sex with her after Leicester's death. Elizabeth in later life was so unattractive that I don't think the real-life Devereaux would have tried either approach. The costumes and the sets are as close to authenic as they can possibly get. One humorous note, though. At the start of the film, when several characters are in a hallway, look closely at the candle behind them in a wall niche; it's actually an electric light with a yellow, flamed-shaped bulb!

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Summary: IMPRESSED
Comment: thank you for your fast prompt service. I received my DVD 2 days before it's scheduled arrival date. It was packaged great for a DVD. I would use this store again.

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