Anne of the Thousand Days Mary, Queen of Scots

Buy This Item Anne of the Thousand Days Mary, Queen of Scots by Universal Studios  Available from Amazon  $14.99  on 11-3-2008     As costume dramas go, this is a passionate and feisty one, keyed by the ever-luminous Vanessa Redgrave in the title role and the sharp-edged Glenda Jackson as her jealous cousin, Queen Elizabeth I (who knew a thing or two about palace intrigue). Mary, who was raised in France as a Catholic, claims the Scottish crown from her mother upon her death. But she runs up against religious prejudice, both from the Protestant Elizabeth (who had encountered anti-Protestant bias before she took the throne) and from Mary's Protestant half-brother James Stuart (Patrick McGoohan). Elizabeth, whose own reign is shaky (given a strong Catholic presence in her country), is nervous about her Catholic cousin--and made more so by Mary's seeming inability to appreciate the political niceties of the period. Redgrave received an Oscar nomination for her performance. <I>--Marshall Fine</I> Reader Reviews Anne of a 1000 days was great ... great acting ... Mary Queen of Scots was not as good ... it seemed much more like a stage production than a movie ... I didn't care for the format and I found the story hard to follow. Not as enjoyable.

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