3 films about the first Queen Elizabeth: The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Elizabeth, and Elizabeth The Golden Age

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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex - 106 minutes - includes Featurette Elizabeth and Essex: Battle Royale and Leonard Maltin hosts Warner Night At The Movies 1939

-directed by Michael Curtiz, screenplay by Aeneas MacKenzie and Norman Reilly Raine, music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, costumes by Orry-Kelly, cinematography by Sol Polito and Howard Greene, edited by Owen Marks, makeup by Perc Westmore, art direction by Anton Grof, Sound by Nathan Levinson, Effects by Levinson and Byron Haskin

-with Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp, Vincent Price, Alan Hale, Henry Stephenson, Henry Daniell, James Stephenson, Nanette Fabrey, Ralph Forbes, Leo G. Carroll, Robert Warwick, Guy Bellio, Forrester Harvey, Holmes Herbert, I. Stanford Jolley, Doris Lloyd, Rosella Towne, John Sutton, Maris Wrixon, Katherine Yorke

-Academy Award nominations - music, cinematography, art direction, sound, effects


Elizabeth - 124 minutes - includes Director Commentary, The Making of Elizabeth, Elizabeth featurette, trailer and teaser, more

-directed by Shekhar Kapur, written by Michael Hirst, music by David Hirschfelder, cinematography by Remi Adefarasin, edited by Jill Bilcock, makeup and hair by Jenny Shircore, costumes by Alexandra Byrne, art direction by John Myhre, set decoration by Peter Howitt

-with Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough, James Frain, John Gielgud, Edward Hardwicke, Fanny Ardant, Jamie Foreman, Daniel Craig, Terence Rigsby, George Yiasoumi (Antoni), Amanda Ryan, Emily Mortimer, Kelly Macdonald, Eric Cantona, Kenny Doughty, Joseph O’Conor, Brendan O’Hea, Edward Highmore, Ben Mars

-also with Alfie Allen, Daisy Bevan, Sara Owen, Vincent Cassel, Viviane Home, Nick Smallmann, Lily Allen, Sally Gray, Kate Loustau, Erika Gibbs, Joe White, Matt Andrews, Liam Foley, Lewis Jones, Michael Beint, Jeremy Hawk, Angus Deayton, Matthew Rhys, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Daniel Moynihan, Hayley Burroughs, Ben Frain, James Rowe, Donald Palmear, Tim Bevan, Vladimir Vega

-Academy Award nominations - actress (Blanchett), Motion Picture, Cinematography, Costumes, Art/Set Decoration, Music

-BAFTA Awards - Alexander Korda Award, Actress (Blanchett), Music, Makeup/Hair, Cinematography

-BAFTA nominations - Best Film, Director, Supporting Actor (Rush), Production Design, Costume Design, Editing

-SAG nomination - Blanchett

-Golden Globe - Actress (Blanchett )

-Golden Globe Nominations - Motion Picture, Director


Elizabeth The Golden Age - 115 minutes - includes The Reign Continues: Making Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Commanding the Winds: Creating the Armada, Inside Elizabeth’s World, Towers and Courts and Cathedrals, More

-directed by Shekhar Kapur, written by Michael Hirst and William Nicholson, cinematography by Remi Adefarasin, edited by Jill Bilcock, art direction by David Allday, Set Decoration by Richard Roberts, Production Design by Guy Hendrix Dyaus, Costume Design by Alexandra Byrne, Makeup/Hair by Jenny Shircore, music by A. R. Rahman and Craig Armstrong

-with Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Geoffrey Rush, Abbie Cornish, Susan Lynch, Samantha Morton, Rhys Ifans. Tom Hollander, David Threlfall, John Shrapnel, Stuart McLoughlin, Adrian Scarborough, William Houston, Sam Spruell, Adam Godley, George Innes, Eddie Redmayne, Laurence Fox

-also with Steven Robertson, Robert Cambrinus, Christian Brassington, Kelly Hunter, Tim Pierce, Vidal Sancho, David Sterne, David Robb, Kate Fleetwood, Jonathan Bailey, Kitty Fox, Kate Lindesay, Katherine Templar, Hayley Burroughs, Kirsty McCay, Jordi Molia, Penelope McGhie, Alex Giannini, Joe Ferrara, David Armand, Martin Baron, Coral Beed, Steven Coton, Robert Styles, Rosalind Halstead, Elise McCave, Aimee King, Kristen Smith, Robert Cambrinus, Benjamin May, Glenn Doherty, Chris Brailsford, Anthony Carrick, Dave Legano, John Atterbury

-Academy Award - Costume Design

-Academy Award nomination - Actress (Blanchett)

-BAFTA nominations - Actress (Blanchett), Production Design, Cinematography, Costume Design, Makeup/Hair

-Golden Globe nomination - Actress (Blanchett)

-SAG nomination - Actress (Blanchett)