Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

Director:

Shekhar Kapur

Writers:

William Nicholson (written by) and
Michael Hirst (written by)

Release Date:

12 October 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | History | Romance

Tagline:

Woman. Warrior. Queen.

Plot:

A mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments.

Plot Keywords:

Queen | Spain | Court | Intrigue | Virgin

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Jordi Mollà	...	King Philip ll of Spain
Aimee King	...	Infanta
Cate Blanchett	...	Queen Elizabeth I
Laurence Fox	...	Sir Christopher Hatton
John Shrapnel	...	Lord Howard
Geoffrey Rush	...	Sir Francis Walsingham
Susan Lynch	...	Annette
Elise McCave	...	Laundry Woman
Samantha Morton	...	Mary Stuart
Abbie Cornish	...	Bess Throckmorton
Penelope McGhie	...	Margaret
Rhys Ifans	...	Robert Reston
Eddie Redmayne	...	Thomas Babington
Stuart McLoughlin	...	Savage
Clive Owen	...	Sir Walter Raleigh
Adrian Scarborough	...	Calley
Robert Styles	...	Palace Doorkeeper
William Houston	...	Don Guerau De Spes
Coral Beed	...	First Court Lady
Rosalind Halstead	...	Second Court Lady
Steven Loton	...	Manteo
Martin Baron	...	Wanchese
David Armand	...	Walsingham's Agent
Steven Robertson	...	Francis Throckmorton
Jeremy Barker	...	Ramsey
George Innes	...	Burton
Adam Godley	...	William Walsingham
Kirstin Smith	...	Mary Walsingham (as Kirstin Coulter Smith)
Kelly Hunter	...	Ursula Walsingham
Christian Brassington	...	Archduke Charles
Robert Cambrinus	...	Count Georg von Helfenstein
Tom Hollander	...	Sir Amyas Paulet
Sam Spruell	...	Torturer
Tim Preece	...	Old Throckmorton
Vidal Sancho	...	Spanish Minister
David Threlfall	...	Dr. John Dee
Benjamin May	...	Dance Master
David Sterne	...	Cellarman
Kate Fleetwood	...	Woman with Baby
Glenn Doherty	...	Royal Servant
Chris Brailsford	...	Dean of Peterborough
Dave Legeno	...	Executioner
Antony Carrick	...	Spanish Archbishop
John Atterbury	...	Marriage Priest
David Robb	...	Admiral Sir William Winter
Alex Giannini	...	First Spanish Officer
Joe Ferrara	...	Second Spanish Officer
Jonathan Bailey	...	Courtier
Alexander Barnes	...	Courtier
Charles Bruce	...	Courtier
Jeremy Cracknell	...	Courtier
Benedict Green	...	Courtier
Adam Smith	...	Courtier
Simon Stratton	...	Courtier
Crispin Swayne	...	Courtier
Kitty Fox	...	Mary Stuart's Lady in Waiting
Kate Lindesay	...	Mary Stuart's Lady in Waiting
Katherine Templar	...	Mary Stuart's Lady in Waiting
Hayley Burroughs	...	Queen Elizabeth's Lady in Waiting
Kirsty McKay	...	Queen Elizabeth's Lady in Waiting
Lucia Ruck Keene	...	Queen Elizabeth's Lady in Waiting
Lucienne Venisse-Back	...	Queen Elizabeth's Lady in Waiting
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Morne Botes	...	Courtier (uncredited)
James Fiddy	...	Nobleman (uncredited)
Steve Lately	...	Walsingham's Servant (uncredited)
Shane Nolan	...	Tyger Salior (uncredited)
Jack Pollock	...	Boy on Ship (uncredited)

Directed by
Shekhar Kapur

Writing credits
William Nicholson		(written by) and
Michael Hirst		(written by)

Produced by
Tim Bevan	....	producer
Jonathan Cavendish	....	producer
Liza Chasin	....	executive producer
Eric Fellner	....	producer
Debra Hayward	....	executive producer
Michael Hirst	....	executive producer
Mary Richards	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Craig Armstrong
A.R. Rahman		(as AR Rahman)

Cinematography by
Remi Adefarasin		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jill Bilcock

Casting by
Fiona Weir

Production Design by
Guy Dyas		(as Guy Hendrix Dyas)

Art Direction by
David Allday		(senior art director)
Christian Huband
Jason Knox-Johnston
Phil Sims
Andy Thomson
Frank Walsh		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Richard Roberts

Costume Design by
Alexandra Byrne

Makeup Department
Beatrix Archer	....	crowd hair stylist
Beatrix Archer	....	crowd makeup artist
Anita Brolly	....	crowd hair stylist
Anita Brolly	....	crowd makeup artist
Nicola Buck	....	crowd hair stylist
Nicola Buck	....	crowd makeup artist
Sharon Colley	....	crowd hair stylist
Sharon Colley	....	crowd makeup artist
Charmaine Fuller	....	crowd hair stylist
Charmaine Fuller	....	crowd makeup artist
John Henry Gordon	....	hair stylist (as Jon Henry Gordon)
Sharon Holloway	....	crowd makeup artist: dailies
Joe Hopker	....	makeup artist
Susan Howard	....	makeup artist
Terry Jarvis	....	wigs
Julie Kendrick	....	crowd hair stylist
Julie Kendrick	....	crowd makeup artist
Louise Knockles	....	crowd hair stylist (as Louise Nockles)
Louise Knockles	....	crowd makeup artist (as Louise Nockles)
Uxue Laguardia	....	crowd hair stylist
Uxue Laguardia	....	crowd makeup artist
Elizabeth Lawson	....	crowd hair stylist
Elizabeth Lawson	....	crowd makeup artist
Mayuree Layton	....	crowd hair stylist
Mayuree Layton	....	crowd makeup artist
Katie Lee	....	hair trainee
Katie Lee	....	makeup trainee
Ray Marston	....	wigs
Marion McCormack	....	hair stylist: Scotland
Marion McCormack	....	makeup stylist: Scotland
Liz Michie	....	crowd hair stylist
Liz Michie	....	crowd makeup artist
Liz Murray	....	hair coordinator: Orrery
Liz Murray	....	makeup artist: Orrery
Dorka Nieradzik	....	hair stylist: Clive Owen
Dorka Nieradzik	....	makeup artist: Clive Owen
Kath Rayner	....	crowd hair stylist
Kath Rayner	....	crowd makeup artist
Morag Ross	....	hair stylist: Cate Blanchett
Morag Ross	....	makeup artist: Cate Blanchett
Karen Scott	....	hair trainee: FT2
Karen Scott	....	makeup trainee: FT2
Loulia Sheppard	....	hair stylist
Jenny Shircore	....	hair designer
Jenny Shircore	....	makeup designer
Barbara Taylor	....	crowd makeup artist
Julia Vernon	....	chief crowd hair stylist
Julia Vernon	....	chief crowd makeup artist
Rosemary Warder	....	crowd hair stylist
Rosemary Warder	....	crowd makeup artist
Carol Waugh	....	wigs
Christine Whitney	....	crowd hair stylist
Christine Whitney	....	crowd makeup artist
Barbara Taylor	....	crowd hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Tania Blunden	....	post-production supervisor (as Tania Windsor Blunden)
Terry Blyther	....	unit manager
Duncan Flower	....	unit manager
Tom Forsyth	....	unit manager
Steve Harvey	....	unit manager
Mark Mostyn	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Booker	....	first assistant director: second unit
Chloe Chesterton	....	co-second assistant director
Alison Goring	....	second assistant director: Scotland
Tommy Gormley	....	first assistant director
Matthew Grant	....	trainee assistant director
Richard Graysmark	....	second assistant director
Stewart Hamilton	....	crowd third assistant director
Jack Ivins	....	set trainee assistant director
Bryn Lawrence	....	third assistant director: second unit
Mark Layton	....	second assistant director
Zoe Liang	....	third assistant director: second unit
David C. Malcolm	....	third assistant director: Scotland (as David Malcolm)
Beatrice Manning	....	crowd assistant director
Candy Marlowe	....	crowd second assistant director
Carolyn Milner	....	crowd assistant director
Greg Powell	....	action director: underwater unit
Alan Stewart	....	second unit director
Alan J. Wands	....	first assistant director: Scotland

Art Department
Adam Aitken	....	plasterer
Adrian Aitken	....	plasterer
Louis Alley	....	plasterer
Philip Babbage	....	chargehand plasterer
David Balfour	....	property master
Geoff Ball	....	carpenter
Stephan Batterham	....	metalworker
Ray Bell-Chambers	....	carpenter (as Raymond Bellchambers)
Otis A. Bell	....	supervising plasterers laborer (as Otis Bell)
Alan Billam	....	stagehand
Nik Billam-Smith	....	apprentice carpenter
Gary Bird	....	carpenter
Sean Bird	....	plasterer
Tony Boxall	....	plasterer
Mark Brady	....	carpenter
Andrew Brogan	....	painters laborer
John Brogan	....	painter
Rob Brookman	....	carpenter
Frederick Buhagiar	....	metalworker (as Fredrick Buhagiar)
John Butler	....	plasterer
Rob Cameron	....	assistant set decorator
Adam Campbell	....	painter
Carmel Cassidy	....	construction buyer
Andrew Castle	....	wood machinist
Bruce Cheesman	....	dressing propman
David Cheesman	....	dressing propman
Neil Clark	....	plasterer
Dean Clegg	....	stand-by art director
Mel Coleman	....	plasterer (as Melvyn Coleman)
Marlon Cole	....	props storeman
Keith Connolly	....	painter
Alan Cooch	....	supervising painter (as Alan Gooch)
Larry Cooch	....	painter (as Larry Gooch)
Steve Cook	....	plasterer (as Steven Cook)
Simon Cordell	....	laborer
Peter Croucher	....	laborer
Peter Davis	....	painter
Raymond Day	....	carpenter
Wayne Day	....	chargehand carpenter
Steve Deahl	....	sculptor
Kevin Deardon	....	chargehand carpenter
Keith Dyett	....	carpenter
Paula Eden	....	propmaker
Peter Edge	....	painter
David Edwards	....	carpenter
Lee Edwards	....	carpenter
Hisham Ejjayha	....	metalworker
Clifford Etheridge	....	plasterer
John Field	....	hod rigger
Josh Field	....	apprentice plasterer
Steve Fitzwater	....	carpenter (as Steven Fitzwater)
John Folly	....	stagehand
Suzanne Forward	....	trainee propmaker
Paul Garrett	....	rigger
Mark Geeson	....	dressing propman
James Gemmill	....	scenic artist (as James Gemmel)
Patrick Gleeson	....	plasterer
Bradley Godwin	....	dressing propman
Emilio Gonzalez	....	drapesman
Jamie Goodfellow	....	plasterer
Geoffrey Brian Grant	....	plasterer (as Geoff Grant)
Kimberley Grant	....	apprentice painter
Nigel Gray	....	hod metalworker
Alexander Green	....	apprentice painter
Matthew Green	....	plasterer
William Grzesik	....	plasterer
Robert Gurney	....	rigger
Andrew Guyett	....	painter (as Andy Guyett)
Simon Hague	....	decorative artist
Richard Hall	....	painter
Wayne Hammond	....	chargehand carpenter
John Harris	....	charge-hand plasterer
Rohan Harris	....	scenic artist
Alexandra Harwood	....	sculptor
Norrie Henderson	....	metalworker
Robert Hill	....	chargehand dressing propman
Arthur Holland	....	supervising carpenter
Oliver Howlett	....	plasterer
Geoff Hubbard	....	hod carpenter (as Martin Hubbard)
Nigel Hughes	....	assistant scenic artist
Len Huntingford	....	carpenter
Sarah Hunt	....	construction buyer
Douglas Ingram	....	storyboard artist
Jason Ivall	....	chargehand painter
Robert Jackson	....	carpenter
Rob Jackson	....	carpenter
Raymond James	....	plasterer
Jesse Jones	....	drapes supervisor
Lee Keary	....	laborer
Scott Keery	....	dressing propman
Tony Kerr	....	carpenter
Chris Kitisakkul	....	art department assistant
Helen Koutas	....	graphic designer
Angela Kyriacou	....	property maker
John Lloyd	....	plasterer
John E. Madden	....	plasterer (as John Madden)
Simon Marjoram	....	carpenter
Dan Maslen	....	storyboard artist
Bruce Mayhew	....	metalworker
David Mayhew	....	carpenter
Peter Mayhew	....	carpenter
Peter McCarroll	....	plasterer
Thomas McCarthy	....	carpenter (as Tom McCarthy)
Stephen McClure	....	sculptor
Duncan McDevitt	....	senior sculptor
Scott Meeking	....	painter
Glenn A. Mees	....	plasterer (as Glenn Meels)
Paul Mitchell	....	rigger
Steve Mitchell	....	scenic artist
Stephen Morris	....	plasterer
Jim Muir	....	stand-by stagehand
Dennis Murray	....	plasterer
Paul Nash	....	carpenter
Kelly Neary	....	props coordinator
Cleo Nethersole	....	drapes master
Paul Nott-Macaire	....	chargehand carpenter
Michael O'Callaghan	....	plasterer
Colin Osgood	....	carpenter
John O'Shaughnessy	....	production buyer
Stephen Page	....	chargehand plasterer
Alan Payne	....	graphic artist
Kimberley Pope	....	illustrator (as Kim Pope)
Steven Thomas Powell	....	plasterer (as Stephen Powell)
Karen Puddifoot	....	trainee propmaker
Tony Putt	....	plasterer
Robert Ramsey	....	plasterer
Kevon Richards	....	plasterer
Len Roberts	....	laborer
Malcolm Roberts	....	construction manager
Matthew Roberts	....	metalwork laborer
John Robery	....	plasterer
Jeremy Rose	....	plasterer
Terry Royce	....	dressing propman
Andy Sandbach	....	plasterer
Mel Sansom	....	rigger (as Melvyn Sansom)
Matt Sims	....	CAD draughtsman
Anna Skrein	....	art department coordinator
Colin Smith	....	stagehand
Danny Smith	....	stagehand (as Dan Smith)
Dorian Smith	....	apprentice painter
Keith Smith	....	hod stagehand
Tony Snook	....	carpenter
Jay Sotheran	....	painter
Mike Sotheran	....	hod painter (as Michael Sotheran)
Gary Stokes	....	plasterer
Dwayne Tappin	....	laborer
Gregor Telfer	....	dressing propman
Andrew Tombs	....	plasterer
Bradley Torbett	....	chargehand stand-by propman
Jason Torbett	....	stand-by propman
Raymond Tricker	....	plasterer
Kevin Turner	....	supervising plasterer
Ilua Vasic	....	plasterer (as Ilija Vasic)
Stevan Vasic	....	plasterer
Lloyd Vincent	....	dressing propman
Robert Voysey	....	assistant construction manager
Julian Walker	....	decorative artist
James Warren	....	stagehand
Anthony Wass	....	supervising metalworker
Daniel Watts	....	apprentice plasterer
Stephen Watts	....	hod plasterer
Graham Weames	....	carpenter
Michael Weaver	....	painter
Daniel Wells	....	wood machinist
John Wells	....	location property master
Laurence Wells	....	chargehand dressing propman
Peter Wells	....	dressing propman
Jason West	....	carpenter
Brian White	....	plasterer
Luke Whitelock	....	art department runner
Mark Williams	....	apprentice carpenter
David Williamson	....	stand-by carpenter
Richard Williams	....	rigger
Stuart Willis	....	stagehand
Bradley Woodbridge	....	stand-by painter
Douglas Woods	....	plasterer
John Wright	....	rigger
Helen Xenopoulos	....	assistant art director
Sean Young	....	stand-by rigger
Jack Garwood	....	stand-by: second unit (uncredited)
Jonathan Moore	....	sculptor (uncredited)
Amanda Ward	....	props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Mark Appleby	....	adr mixer
Paul Apted	....	sound editor
Mark Auguste	....	supervising sound editor
Sam Auguste	....	dialogue editor
Jeremy Balko	....	adr mixer: Los Angeles
Antony Bayman	....	adr recordist
Jason Bennett	....	boom operator: second unit
John Casali	....	sound mixer: second unit
Tim Cavagin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gary Dodkin	....	boom operator
Robert Edwards	....	adr recordist
Tim Hands	....	adr editor
Phil Jeffers	....	foley recordist
Mitch Low	....	boom operator: second unit
Mitch Low	....	sound maintenance: second unit
Stephane Malenfant	....	sound assistant
Andrew Neil	....	foley editor
Steve Single	....	sound re-recording mixer
Blair Slater	....	foley editor
Blair Slater	....	foley recordist
David Stephenson	....	sound mixer
Andy Thompson	....	adr mixer: London
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Mario Vaccaro	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
Ben Broadbridge	....	special effects trainee
Keith Dawson	....	senior special effects floor technician
Michael Dawson	....	special effects supervisor (as Mike Dawson)
Amit Desai	....	technical effects
Stuart Digby	....	lead special effects workshop technician
Tony Edwards	....	special effects workshop technician
Manex Efrem	....	special effects senior technician
Jody Eltham	....	special effects technician
Jason Leinster	....	wire effects supervisor (as Jason Lienster)
David Watson Jr.	....	special effects floor technician (as David Watson)
Hayley J. Williams	....	special effects floor technician (as Hayley Williams)
Joss Williams	....	special effects consultant
Victoria Williams	....	special effects technician
Neil Murray	....	special effects wireman (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Tony Abejuro	....	matchmover: MPC (as Anthony Abejuro)
Nicolas Aithadi	....	digital effects supervisor: MPC
Paul Alexiou	....	visual effects film editorial: MPC
David Armitage	....	CG artist: MPC
David Armitage	....	visual effects
Gabriel Arnold	....	matchmover: MPC
Richard Baillie	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Kamilla Bak	....	digital compositor
Aram Balakjian	....	matchmover: MPC
Stephen Bearman	....	scanning supervisor
Matthew Benns	....	systems support
Philip Bland	....	digital compositor: Machine
Julian Blom	....	visual effects coordinator: MPC
Virginie Bourdin	....	concept artist: MPC
Michael Brazelton	....	roto/prep artist: MPC (as Mike Brazelton)
Matthew Bristowe	....	digital lab producer: MPC
Izet Buco	....	compositor
Stuart Bullen	....	prep artist
Andrew Bunday	....	render engineer
Jon Capleton	....	matchmove supervisor
Jon Capleton	....	matchmover: MPC
Jordi Cardus	....	lead lighter: MPC
Tom Carrick	....	animator (as Thomas Carrick)
Michelle Corney	....	visual effects producer
Mark Curtis	....	compositor: MPC
Luan Davis	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Hasraf Dulull	....	roto artist: Machine FX
Guy Dyas	....	co-visual effects supervisor (as Guy Hendrix Dyas)
Yasmine El-Ghamrawy	....	digital compositor
Michael Elson	....	executive producer: MPC
Ian Fallon	....	render wrangler: MPC
Bruno Fernandes	....	roto/prep artist: Machine FX
Andrew Fletcher	....	digital compositor: MPC
Matt Foster	....	prep artist: MPC
Jigesh Gajjar	....	matchmover: MPC
Jigesh Gajjar	....	senior matchmover
Ron Ganbar	....	digital compositor
Christoph Gaudl	....	senior matchmover
David Gibbons	....	digital matte painter
Holly Gosnell	....	additional data wrangler
Robert Hall	....	roto/prep artist: MPC (as Rob Hall)
Qian Han	....	digital compositor
Penny Hayler	....	matchmove coordinator: MPC
Penny Hayler	....	roto/prep: MPC
Andrew Hogden	....	roto/prep artist
Max Horton	....	DI colourist
Greg Howe-Davies	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Marc Hutchings	....	prep artist: MPC
Ryan Hutchings	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Neil Huxley	....	opening titles designer
Christian Irles	....	digital compositor: MPC
Drew Jones	....	visual effects executive producer: MPC
Owen Jones	....	matchmove artist
Pete Jopling	....	compositor: MPC (as Peter Jopling)
Mark Kennedy	....	visual effects artist: Machine FX
Elaine Kieran	....	software research and development: MPC
Richard Little	....	lead compositor: MPC
John Lockwood	....	visual effects supervisor: Machine
Begoña Lopez	....	digital lab producer: MPC
Howard Margolius	....	visual effects technical director: MPC
Scott Marriott	....	compositor: MPC
Javad Matoorian-Pour	....	roto artist
Marian Mavrovic	....	compositor: MPC (as Marian Mavrovich)
Alan McCabe	....	render wrangler: MPC
Marlin McGlone	....	data operative
Alasdair McNeill	....	roto/prep supervisor
Matt Middleton	....	digital artist: MPC
Victoria Mowlam	....	visual effects producer: MPC
David Antonin Mucci	....	lighting technical director (as David Mucci)
Jessica Norman	....	compositing supervisor: MPC
Cenay Oekmen	....	digital artist
Simon Payne	....	effects technical director
Claire Pegorier	....	digital effects artist
Richard Perry	....	previsualization artist/animator
Kim Phelan	....	visual effects line producer: Machine
Sam Remfry	....	CG artist: MPC
Becky Roberts	....	roto-, prep- and matchmove coordinator: MPC
Aled Robinson	....	visual effects editor: MPC
Guillaume Rocheron	....	lead lighting technical director: MPC
James Rose	....	rotoscope artist
David Scott	....	compositor: MPC
Paul Shore	....	scanning supervisor
Richard Stammers	....	visual effects supervisor
Steve Street	....	visual effects supervisor: Machine
David Sudd	....	matchmover: MPC
David Swift	....	digital matte artist: MPC
Christopher Taylor	....	compositor
Marios Theodosi	....	digital effects artist
Miquel Ubeda	....	digital compositor: MPC London
Ian Ward	....	CG supervisor
Jason Wen	....	CG artist: MPC
Chris Wilson	....	render wrangler: MPC
Pat Wintersgill	....	on-line editor
Oliver Winwood	....	assistant digital resource manager: MPC
Anna Yamazoe	....	matchmove Artist: MPC
Phil Young	....	CG artist: MPC
Martyn Drake	....	systems: MPC (uncredited)
Sukh Gill	....	roto/prep coordinator (uncredited)
Sam Remfry	....	modeller (uncredited)

Stunts
David Anders	....	stunt performer
Nick Chopping	....	stunt performer
Abbi Collins	....	stunt double: Cate Blanchett
George Cottle	....	stunt performer
Aldonio Danny Freitas	....	stunt performer (as Danny De Freitas)
Ben Dimmock	....	stunt performer
Rick English	....	stunt performer
Bradley Farmer	....	stunt performer
Dave Fisher	....	stunt performer
Pete Ford	....	stunt performer (as Peter Ford)
Andy Godbold	....	stunt performer
James Grogan	....	stunt double: Clive Owen
Paul Herbert	....	stunt performer
Gary Hoptrough	....	stunt performer
Rob Inch	....	stunt performer
Rowley Irlam	....	assistant stunt coordinator
John Kearney	....	stunt performer
Paul Kennington	....	stunt performer
Marc Mailley	....	stunt performer
Peter Miles	....	stunt performer
Mark Mottram	....	stunt performer
Daniel Naprous	....	stunt performer
Ray Nicholas	....	stunt performer
Peter Pedrero	....	stunt performer
Greg Powell	....	stunt coordinator
Dominic Preece	....	stunt performer
Gordon Seed	....	stunt performer
Andy Smart	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Ben Adefarasin	....	camera trainee
John Adefarasin	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Rene Adefarasin	....	clapper loader: "a" camera
Rene Adefarasin	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
David Armstrong	....	grip trainee
John Arnold	....	key grip
Brian Beaumont	....	gaffer: second unit
Julie Bills	....	first assistant camera: Scotland
Paddy Blake	....	focus puller: additional photography
Bill Bullpitt	....	additional electrician (as Bill Bulpitt)
Stuart Bunting	....	grip: "b" camera
Tony Burns	....	electrician (as Tony Burnes)
David Cadwallader	....	additional grip
Chris Clarke	....	clapper loader: "b" camera
Matt Cole	....	camera trainee
David Cozens	....	focus puller: "a" camera
Tim Dean	....	libra technician
Camilla Drennan	....	additional clapper loader: second unit
Andy Edridge	....	additional grip
Laurence Edwards	....	crane technician
Toby Eedy	....	clapper loader: second unit
Simon Finney	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Ian Franklin	....	rigging gaffer
Dave Freeth	....	libra technician
Mark Funnell	....	best boy
Ian Glenister	....	best boy: second unit
Eugene Grobler	....	additional electrician
Guy Hammond	....	electrician
Dennis Holliday	....	additional electrician
Andy Hopkins	....	additional grip
David Katznelson	....	additional photographer: second unit
David Kirman	....	video assist operator: 2nd Unit
Sam Kite	....	rigging electrician
Andy Lawrence	....	crane technician
Stefan Lissner	....	additional electrician (as Stephan Listner)
Tobias Marshall	....	camera loader: second unit
Tobias Marshall	....	camera trainee
Mark Milsome	....	camera operator: second unit
Paul Molloy	....	electrician
Andy Munday	....	additional electrician
Nick Ray	....	key grip: second unit
John Saunders	....	electrician
Ken Slater	....	supervising electrical rigger
Colin Smith	....	electrical rigger
Rob Southam	....	second unit
Toby Spanton	....	video playback assistant
Laurie Sparham	....	still photographer
Otto Stenov	....	gaffer: additional filming unit
Alan Stewart	....	director of photography: second unit
Iain Struthers	....	focus puller: "a" camera, second unit
Brian Sullivan	....	additional electrician
David Taylor	....	electrician: second unit
Tom Taylor	....	additional clapper loader
Andy Thomson	....	stabilized head technician
Mark Thornton	....	lighting technician: second unit
Roger Tooley	....	Steadicam operator
Alf Tramontin	....	Steadicam operator
David Wall	....	chief rigging electric
David Wall	....	chief rigging electrician
Martyn Welland	....	electrician (as Martin Welland)
Ben Wilson	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Jimmy Wilson	....	gaffer
David Worley	....	additional camera operator
Danny Young	....	generator operator
Vince McGahon	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Vanessa Baker	....	adr voice casting
Lucy Bevan	....	casting associate
Brendan Donnison	....	adr voice casting
Alice Searby	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sheara Abrahams	....	costume runner
Susan Adams	....	costume maker
Robert Allsopp	....	armor maker: Cate Blanchett
Chloe Aubry	....	crowd costume pre-fitter
David Bethell	....	costume prop
Anthony Brookman	....	crowd costume supervisor
Emma Brown	....	crowd costume seamstress
Melanie Carter	....	cutter: men
Martin Chitty	....	set costumer
Peter k Christopher	....	set costumer
Charlie Copson	....	costume maker (as Charlotte Copson)
Susan Crawshaw	....	costume maker
Sally Davis	....	costume assistant
Anne T. Delaney	....	costumer
Sallyann Dicksee	....	crowd costume pre-fitter
Lucy Donowho	....	costume runner
Janie Dowding	....	costume coordinator
Jane Flanagan	....	costume maker
Steve Gell	....	head textile artist (as Steven Gell)
Debbie Hinds	....	costume maker
Tom Hornsby	....	set costumer
Andrew Joslin	....	crowd costume pre-fitter
Robert Karn	....	wardrobe
Liberty Kelly	....	costume maker
Gary Lane	....	costumer
Linda Lashley	....	costume maker
Pernilla Lindfors	....	costume maker
Stephanie Little	....	costume maker
Sharon Long	....	assistant costume designer
Armelle Lucas	....	costume maker
Cavita Luchmun	....	costume maker
Anna Marquez	....	assistant textile artist
Josie Martin	....	set costumer
Ciara McArdle	....	costumer: Cate Blanchett
Fiona McCann	....	set costumer
Louise Mills	....	costume maker
Hayley Nebauer	....	costume assistant
Leigh Nicol	....	daily wardrobe assistant
Adedoyin Olushonde	....	costume maker
Jools Osborne	....	crowd costume pre-fitter
Steve O'Sullivan	....	costume assistant
Yvonne Otzen	....	crowd costume supervisor
Jane Petrie	....	costume assistant
Jacqueline Simpson	....	costume maker
Jacqueline Thomas	....	crowd costume pre-fitter
Maurizio Torti	....	key set costumer
Suzi Turnbull	....	costume supervisor
Jeremy Turner	....	assistant costume designer
Wyn Vaughan-Humphreys	....	costume assistant
Joanna Weaving	....	assistant textile artist
Michael Weldon	....	daily costume assistant
Dale Wibben	....	chief costume cutter
Ailsa Woodyard	....	costume maker
Dominic Young	....	costume cutter

Editorial Department
Greg Barrett	....	scanning producer
Aisha Bicknell	....	post-production coordinator
Billy Browne	....	first assistant editor
Rebecca Budds	....	film scanning coordinator
Dan Crussell	....	colorist: Arion
Rob Gordon	....	on-line editor: preview
Max Horton	....	colourist
Helen Paszyn	....	second assistant editor
Karenjit Sahota	....	trainee assistant film editor
Faye Stevens	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Nick Angel	....	music supervisor
Craig Armstrong	....	orchestrator
Catherine Bott	....	musician: Soprano solo
Kaz Boyle	....	additional orchestrator (as Kazimir Boyle)
Kaz Boyle	....	music arranger (as Kazimir Boyle)
Kaz Boyle	....	music programmer (as Kazimir Boyle)
Nicholas Cervonaro	....	assistant music engineer (as Nick Cernovaro)
T.R. Krishna Chetan	....	additional music programmer (as Krishna Chethan)
Paul Clarvis	....	musician: ethnic percussion
Stephen Coleman	....	additional orchestrator
The Consort of Musicke	....	musician
David Donaldson	....	additional music arranger
David Donaldson	....	music programmer
David Donaldson	....	music programmer
Matt Dunkley	....	orchestrator
Sarah Eyden	....	musician: solo soprano
Andrew Findon	....	musician: ethnic woodwind
Emma Ford	....	score supervisor
Geoff Foster	....	score mixer
Geoff Foster	....	score recordist
Clio Gould	....	musician: solo violin
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Jake Jackson	....	assistant music engineer
Seanine Joyce	....	additional orchestrator
Charles Lane	....	music consultant
Kirsten Lane	....	music consultant
Tony Lewis	....	music editor
William Lyons	....	composer: historical music
William Lyons	....	music arranger: historical music
Perry Montague Mason	....	orchestra leader (as Perry Montague-Mason)
Kathy Nelson	....	executive in charge of music
Jenny O'Grady	....	choir master
Catherine O'Halloran	....	musician: solo vocal
John Parricelli	....	musician: acoustic Spanish guitar (as John Paricelli)
Anthony Pleeth	....	musician: cello soloist
Martin Robertson	....	musician: duduk
Saroja	....	musician: dilruba
Mariyam Toller	....	musician: additional vocal
Cecilia Weston	....	conductor
Vicki Williams	....	music coordinator

Transportation Department
Mike Beaven	....	transportation captain
Mark Crowley	....	driver
Ian Drinkwater	....	driver: minibus
Lee Isgar	....	driver: Geoffrey Rush
Enyo Mortty	....	unit driver
Gavin Mullins	....	driver: minibus
Julian O'Sullivan	....	costume driver
Karen Russell	....	driver: minibus
Barry Stevenson	....	unit driver

Other crew
Jeremy Angel	....	set runner
Helen Appleby	....	assistant: Clive Owen
Daren Bailey	....	marine coordinator
Kate Bailey	....	assistant coordinator
Isabel Baquero	....	assistant choreographer
Rosie Bedford-Stradling	....	unit nurse
Barbara Berkery	....	personal dialogue coach: Geoffrey Rush
Samantha Black	....	production coordinator
Terry Blyther	....	location manager
Andy Brown	....	fire safety
Dougal Cadiou	....	assistant accountant
Jo Cameron Brown	....	loop group voice
Gavin Carruthers	....	production assistant
Leah Chalk	....	health and safety
Ruth Coulter	....	floor runner: dailies
Nick Daubeny	....	location manager
Emma Dent	....	horse master
Farnaz Donovan	....	assistant accountant
Chloe Dorigan	....	assistant: Tim Bevan (as Chloé Dorigan)
Penny Dyer	....	dialect coach: Cate Blanchett, Samantha Morton and cast
Judith Edwards	....	construction nurse
Pete Edwards	....	fire safety
Gary Etherington	....	chef
Larry Eydmann	....	health and safety advisor
Paul Fischer	....	daily floor runner
Dave Fishlock	....	fire safety
Dan Frye	....	moldmaker: Robert Allsopp and Associates
Jane Gibson	....	choreographer
Alex Gladstone	....	location manager
Tarquin Glass	....	set runner
Jess Green	....	accounting assistant
Andrew Haddock	....	video coordinator
Paul Hayes	....	post -production assistant
Oliver Hazell	....	floor runner
Steve Hideg	....	additional crane technician
Alexander Hodgson	....	accommodation assistant
Manus Home	....	location manager
Sarah Hunt	....	construction accountant
Amy Irvine	....	stand in: dailies
Lee Isgar	....	assistant: Geoffrey Rush
Aliza James	....	assistant: Eric Fellner
Stuart Johnson	....	fire safety
John Jones	....	armour maker
Non Jones	....	assistant accountant
Antony Judd	....	chef
Jemma Kearney	....	assistant: Cate Blanchett
Mary Kerr	....	daily floor runner
Suresh Khale	....	personal chef: Shekhar Kapur
Jennifer Lambert	....	construction nurse
Stacy Mann	....	unit publicist
Jill McCullough	....	dialect coach: Clive Owen
Damian Mitchell	....	supervising armorer
Steve Morphew	....	stand-in: Geoffrey Rush
Clive Noakes	....	laboratory contact
Peter Norcliffe	....	armour maker: Robert Allsopp and Associates
Emma Olrich-Smith	....	assets administrator
Roger Phillips	....	titles
Justin Pollard	....	senior research consultant
Stephanie G. Pollard	....	translation consultant
Rebecca Rae	....	assistant coordinator
Rajesh Rajilal	....	production assistant
James Richardson	....	first assistant accountant
Maria Ryan	....	assistant: Jonathan Cavendish
Dave Shaw	....	diving coordinator
Roy Squires	....	fire safety
Michele Tandy	....	financial controller
Kevin Tuffley	....	fire safety
Angela Wharton	....	script supervisor
Dan Whitty	....	assistant location manager
Clare Williams	....	assistant: Shekhar Kapur
Michael Wilson	....	production coordinator: Scotland unit
Gareth Lewis	....	set production assistant: dailies (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures (presents)
• Studio Canal (in association with)
• Working Title Films (in association with)

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Finnkino (2007) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Solar Films (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Toho-Towa (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Nordic (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (HD-DVD)

Special Effects

• Moving Picture Company (MPC) (visual effects)
• Machine (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• VooDooDog  end titles
• 2020 Casting  extras casting
• ARRI Media  camera equipment provided by
• Access Bookings  accommodation
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  score recorded and mixed at (as Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London)
• Angels the Costumiers  costumiers
• Aqua Films  on screen and camera vessels
• Arion Facilities  dailies telecine transfers
• Arion Facilities  rushes transfer
• Arte e Costumi  costumiers
• Bapty and Co.  weapons supplied by
• Bapty and Co.  weapons
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Cato Purnell Partners  front title sequence
• Cornejo  costumiers
• Cosprop  costumiers
• Costumi d'Arte  costumiers (as Costumi d'Arte Rome)
• Creation Workshops  prop makers
• Cutting Edge  negative cutting
• Dakota Music Services  music preparation
• Di Valeria Percossi Papa (DPP)  jewellery
• Dick George Associates  prop makers
• E. Rancati  costumiers
• Goldcrest Post Production London  post-production facilities (as Goldcrest Post, London)
• K&D  shoes
• L.A.B.A. S.r.l.  jewellery
• L.C.P. di Pompei  shoes (as Pompei)
• Lee Lighting  lighting equipment
• Lofty's Lab  stills processing
• Marshall/Plumb Research Associates  legal research
• Media Safety  health & safety
• Metro Voices  choir
• Midnight Transfer  post-production facilities
• Movie Lot, The  security
• Moving Picture Company, The  digital film mastering
• R&S Dent  horses and carriages
• Right Music  music consultant
• Scion Films  production services
• Shepperton Film Studios  studios
• Soundfirm  foley recorded at (as Soundfirm Australia)
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Stunt Dogs  animals supplied by (as Action Stunt Dogs)
• Technicolor Creative Services  film scanning
• Tirelli Costumi  costumes by
• Tirelli Costumi  costumiers (as Tirelli Costumi Roma)
• Turk Film Services Ltd.  marine services
• Twickenham Film Studios  sound re-recorded at
• UCJ  soundtrack
• Wavevend Communications  walkie talkies (as Wavevend)
• Wilshire Stages, The  ADR recording facility

Also Known As:

Elizabeth - Das goldene Königreich (Germany)
Elizabeth - L'âge d'or (France)
The Golden Age (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

UK | France | Germany

Language:

English | Spanish | Swedish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

UK:12A | Canada:14A | Germany:12 | South Korea:12 | Finland:K-13 | Ireland:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43467) | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Taiwan:R-12 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | France:Unrated | Hong Kong:IIA | South Africa:13V | Brazil:14 | Malaysia:U | Australia:M | Sweden:15 | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) | Argentina:13 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England, UK

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

The director, Shekhar Kapur, felt that color should reveal the internal life of the characters. Alexandra Byrne (costume designer) did not want to use blue on Elizabeth since it was not a color of that period. But Shekhar insisted because he felt that blue was the color of yearning and aspiring and he wanted to portray Elizabeth as yearning to be divine and immortal. Likewise, he conveyed the close relationship of Elizabeth and Bess by showing them in similar colors/gown styles and as their relationship separates, the colors are contrasting and even clashing.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The execution of Mary Stuart (Mary, Queen of Scots) is shown with a single, swift ax stroke. Historically, it was far worse, actually taking at least two strokes - the first hitting Mary in the back of the head (reportedly prompting her to cry out, "Sweet Jesus") and the second severing all of her neck save some sinew, which the executioner then cut through by using the ax as a saw. Some reports say the execution in fact required a third stroke as well.

Quotes:

Queen Elizabeth I: Go back to your rathole! Tell Philip I fear neither him, nor his priests, nor his armies. Tell him if he wants to shake his little fist at us, we're ready to give him such a bite he'll wish he'd kept his hands in his pockets!
Spanish Minister: You see a leaf fall, and you think you know which way the wind blows. Well, there is a wind coming, Madame, that will sweep away your pride.
[turns to leave with his ministers]
Queen Elizabeth I: I, too, can command the wind, sir! I have a hurricane in me that will strip Spain bare when you dare to try me!

Movie Connections:

Featured in 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Love Theme - Arrest

Cate Blanchett is wonderful

This movie approaches the brink of becoming another corny, hokey Hollywood travesty but recovers to become an incredibly powerful and unique portrayal of Elizabeth I and her closest advisers and the political situation in Western Europe in the late 16th century. Cate Blanchett offers a masterful, powerful and provocative portrayal of the Virgin Queen which unlike most Hollywood portrayals of historical personages does not devolve into a laughable caricature. Elizabeth has feelings too and cares about ALL of her people, not just those who are of her religious persuasion. Also, the movie offers a credible portrayal of Elizabeth's relationship with her cousin Mary as well as a credible and comprehensible explanation of King Philip's decision to go to war against England. Whether Spain in 1585 was the most powerful country in the world as the movie purports is a matter for debate but the fact that there was a time in history when Spain actually wanted to invade England is amazing and is a story in itself. This movie is worth watching.