The Queen [multimedia document] / Frears Stephen ; Morgan Peter ; Harries Andy ; Langan Christine ; Seaward Tracey ; Mirren Helen ; Sheen Michael ; Cromwell James ; McCrory Helen ; Jennings Alex ; Allam, Roger ; Syms Sylvia ; Miramax Films ; Pathe Entertainment ; Granada Films ; Renn Productions ; BIM Distribuzione ; France 3 cinema (Firm ; Studio Canal+ ; Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm ; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm . - [London] : Granada Screen Ltd., [2007] . - 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. Originally produced 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" Abstract: | 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. | Record link: | http://libsearch.siu.ac.th/siu/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=19042 |
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