Michael Hirst

Elizabeth: The Golden Age -- Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush star in this thrilling tale of a queen's crusade to control her love, destroy her enemies and secure her position as a beloved icon of the western world.

Set in post-WW I Ireland, the aristocratic Quinton Family is shocked into the real world from their sheltered economic and political travails when one of their workers is ritualistically murdered. This is but one more bloody chapter in the ongoing struggle between the IRA and the British Army. Previously noncommittal, the Quintons are thrust into the middle of the struggle. After a deadly confrontation in which most of his loved ones are killed, young Willie Quinton (Ian Glen "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider," "Resident Evil: Extinction") vows revenge. He briefly forgets his new purpose in life during a romantic liaison with his cousin Marianne (Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominee Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio "The Color of Money," "Scarface"), but a renewed cycle of tragedy galvanizes Willie into disastrous action. It is difficult to sort out the heroes and villains in this crime drama; it is a certainty, however, that the true victims are the innocent.

Academy Award® winners Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush join Academy Award® nominee Clive Owen in a gripping historical thriller full of suspense, intrigue and adventure! When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd advisor must act to safeguard to the lives of her people. But when a dashing seafarer, Walter Raleigh, captures her heart, she is forced to make her most tragic sacrifice for the good of her country. Elizabeth: The Golden Age tells the thrilling tale of one woman's crusade to control her love, destroy her enemies and secure her position as a beloved icon of the western world.

Political and sexual intrigues at the royal court, an assassination plot. and a massive armada of Spanish warships bearing down on England all play a part in the story of Queen Elizabeth. With Geoffrey Rush.

Political and sexual intrigues at the royal court, an assassination plot. and a massive armada of Spanish warships bearing down on England all play a part in the story of Queen Elizabeth. With Geoffrey Rush.

Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush star in this thrilling tale of a queen's crusade to control her love, destroy her enemies and secure her position as a beloved icon of the western world.

Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush star in this thrilling tale of a queen's crusade to control her love, destroy her enemies and secure her position as a beloved icon of the western world.

The Golden Age finds Queen Elizabeth I facing blood lust for her throne and familial betrayal. Growing keenly aware of the changing religious and political tides of late, Elizabeth finds her rule openly challenged by the Spanish King Philip II.

Everything is set for the rehearsal. Nothing can go wrong. Then, in the grandest of entrances, she walks in. She is international star Karin Anderson (Glenn Close). Her arrival adds to conductor Zoltan Szanto's daily damage control within Opera Europa ("where you can be misunderstood in six different languages"). She and the married maestro soon begin a passionate affair. Life may imitate art. But love and the lunacy it inspires have no rehearsals. Karin and frazzled Zoltan (Niels Arestrup) must figure things out as they go. David Puttnam (Chariots of Fire) produces, Istva´n Szabo´ (Mephisto) directs and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's singing voice adorns this comedy of life, love, art and happiness - pursued not in that order but all at once. Romantic comedy at its finest, Meeting Venus is destined for curtain calls!

Everything is set for the rehearsal. Nothing can go wrong. Then, in the grandest of entrances, she walks in. She is international star Karin Anderson (Glenn Close). Her arrival adds to conductor Zoltan Szanto's daily damage control within Opera Europa (where you can be misunderstood in six different languages). She and the married maestro soon begin a passionate affair. Life may imitate art. But love and the lunacy it inspires have no rehearsals. Karin and frazzled Zoltan (Niels Arestrup) must figure things out as they go. David Puttnam (Chariots of Fire) produces, Istvan Szabo (Mephisto) directs and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's singing voice adorns this comedy of life, love, art and happiness pursued not in that order but all at once. Romantic comedy at its finest, Meeting Venus is destined for curtain calls!

Reprising the roles they originated in Elizabeth, Academy Award -winners Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush return for a gripping historical thriller laced with treachery and romance. Joining them in the epic is Academy Award -nominee Clive Owen as Sir Walter Raleigh, a dashing seafarer and newfound temptation for Elizabeth. The Golden Age finds Queen Elizabeth I facing bloodlust for her throne and familial betrayal. Growing keenly aware of the changing religious and political tides of late 16th century Europe, Elizabeth finds her rule openly challenged by the Spanish King Philip II with his powerful army and sea-dominating armada determined to restore England to Catholicism.