{"id":8112,"date":"2010-03-16T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=8112"},"modified":"2010-03-25T07:22:10","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T07:22:10","slug":"blu-ray-elizabeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2010\/03\/16\/blu-ray-elizabeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Blu-ray: Elizabeth"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n [ad]<\/p>\n Aside from reinvigorating the British historical drama, Elizabeth<\/a><\/strong> (1998) also helped launch Cate Blanchett as a major actress.<\/p>\n Exploring the early reign of Elizabeth I<\/a> (Cate Blanchett<\/a>), it depicts the intrigue and betrayals that shaped her early years: the failure of Queen Mary I<\/a> (Kathy Burke<\/a>) to restore Catholicism<\/a> to England; her duty to political allies Walsingham<\/a> (Geoffrey Rush<\/a>) and Cecil<\/a> (Richard Attenborough<\/a>) and her love for childhood sweetheart Dudley<\/a> (Joseph Fiennes<\/a>).<\/p>\n It also depicts the plotting of Catholic conspirators who want to kill her, such as the Duke of Norfolk<\/a> (Christopher Eccleston<\/a>) and a Vatican spy (Daniel Craig<\/a>).<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n