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Director Roland Emmerich takes a break from his long string of big-budget disaster films with Anonymous, a historical drama that suggests Shakespeare was a fraud. Edward de Vere (Rhys Ifans) is an aristocrat who yearns to write poetry and plays, but due to social and political constraints, he is forced to use a front for his political-minded works because they subtly encourage Queen Elizabeth to alter her plan for succession in a way that is in direct opposition to her most-trusted political advisers. When drunken, illiterate, fame-hungry actor William Shakespeare (Rafe Spall) passes off the plays as his own, de Vere finds his man, but eventually he is blackmailed when the morally dubious thespian wants more and more. Anonymous screened at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
Product Notes
Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, Anonymous speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds such as Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and Sigmund Freud, namely: who actually created the body of work credited to William Shakespeare? Experts have debated, books have been written, and scholars have devoted their lives to protecting or debunking theories surrounding the authorship of the most renowned works in English literature. Anonymous poses one possible answer, focusing on a time when scandalous political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles lusting for the power of the throne were brought to light in the most unlikely of places: the London stage.
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7 February 2012 |
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SONY HOME PICTURES ENT. ( CLTS ) |
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130 |
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1: USA, Canada |
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2.35:1 (Cinemascope), Color, Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV |
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English, French, Spanish |
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Dolby Digital 5.1, English, French, Spanish |
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Discs:1 ~ Format:Ntsc ~ Region:1 |
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Eng Fre Spa |
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View Cast For Anonymous |
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Art Director:Bryce Tibbey, Art Director:Kim Fredericksen, Art Director:Sabine Engelberg, Art Director:Stefan Speth, Casting:Leo Davis, Casting:Lissy Holm, Choreography:Gabriela Dumitrescu, Cinematographer:Anna Foerster, Co-producer:Charlie Woebcken, Co-producer:Christoph Fisser, Co-producer:Henning Molfenter, Co-producer:Kirstin Winkler, Composer (Music Score):Harald Kloser, Composer (Music Score):Thomas Wander, Director:Roland Emmerich, Executive Producer:John Orloff, Executive Producer:Marc Weigert, Executive Producer:Volker Engel, Producer:Larry Franco, Producer:Robert Leger, Producer:Roland Emmerich, Screenwriter:John Orloff |
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