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The Queen [digital videodisc] / Miramax Films, Pathé Productions and Granada present, in association with Pathé, Renn Production, BIM Distribuzione, France 3 Cinema and Canal+ ; a Granada production ; a Stephen Frears film ; producers, Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward ; written by Peter Morgan ; director, Stephen Frears.

Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, [2014]

Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022 -- Drama.

Diana, Princess of Wales, 1961-1997 -- Death and burial -- Drama.

Blair, Tony, 1953- -- Drama.

Funeral rites and ceremonies -- England -- Drama.

Mourning customs -- England -- Drama.

Public relations and politics -- England -- Drama.

Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952-2022 -- Drama.

1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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.

MPAA rating: PG-13; brief strong language.

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