# Directors: Tom Hooper
# Rating: NOT RATED
# Release Date: 22 April 2006 (USA)
# Studio: Hbo Home Video
# DVD Release Date: August 22, 2006
# Run Time: 211 minutes

# Actors: Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons, Patrick Malahide, Toby Jones, Hugh Dancy

Elizabeth and Essex (UK) (working title)

Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons star in Elizabeth I a two-part HBO Films miniseries event that explores the intersection of the private and public life of Elizabeth I (Mirren) in the latter half of her reign offering a personal look at her allies her enemies and her suitors as she struggles to survive in a male-dominated world. Part 1 explores Elizabeth’s tempestuous relationship with the Earl of Leicester (Irons) as it survives a French suitor war treason and illness. Part 2 follows Elizabeth through her later years during which she had an equally passionate affair with the young ambitious Earl of Essex (Hugh Dancy) who had been raised ironically by his stepfather Leicester. In the end Elizabeth I sheds light on one of the most popular members of the monarchy who held absolute power over everything… except her heart.

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