The Queen (2006 movie)

The Queen is a 2006 biographical drama movie that shows the events of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales on 31 August 1997 and how it affected Queen Elizabeth II.

The Queen
Directed byStephen Frears
Produced by
Written byPeter Morgan
Starring
Music byAlexandre Desplat
CinematographyAffonso Beato
Edited byLucia Zucchetti
Production
companies
Distributed byPathé Distribution
Release date
  • 2 September 2006 (2006-09-02) (Venice)
  • 15 September 2006 (2006-09-15) (United Kingdom)
  • 18 October 2006 (2006-10-18) (France)
Running time
103 minutes[1]
Country
LanguageEnglish
Budget£9.8 million ($15 million)
Box office£77.9 million ($123.4 million)[2]

The movie was directed by Stephen Frears, written by Peter Morgan, and starred Helen Mirren in the title role of Queen Elizabeth II.[3] The movie had strong positive movie reviews. It has a 96% fresh rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes[4]

References

  1. "THE QUEEN (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 1 September 2006. Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  2. "The Queen". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  3. Bastin, Giselle (Summer 2009). "Filming the Ineffable: Biopics of the British Royal Family". Auto/Biography Studies. 24 (1): 34–52. doi:10.1080/08989575.2009.10846787. S2CID 220313542. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  4. "The Queen". Rotten Tomatoes.