Elizabeth: The Golden Age

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Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Shekhar Kapur
Written by	William Nicholson Michael Hirst
Produced by	Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Jonathan Cavendish
Starring	Cate Blanchett Geoffrey Rush Clive Owen Rhys Ifans Jordi Mollà Abbie Cornish Samantha Morton
Cinematography	Remi Adefarasin
Edited by	Jill Bilcock
Music by	Craig Armstrong A. R. Rahman
Production companies	StudioCanal Working Title Films
Distributed by	Universal Pictures (international) StudioCanal (France)[1]
Release dates	12 October 2007 (2007-10-12) (United States) 2 November 2007 (2007-11-02) (United Kingdom)
Running time	115 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom France Germany United States India
Language	English
Budget	$55 million
Box office	$75.8 million

Elizabeth: The Golden Age is a 2007 biographical historical drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur and produced by Universal Pictures and Working Title Films. It stars Cate Blanchett in the title role and is a loose but fact-based portrayal of events during the latter part of the reign of Elizabeth I, forming a sequel to Kapur's 1998 film Elizabeth. The film co-stars Geoffrey Rush (reprising his role from the previous film), Clive Owen, Jordi Mollà, Abbie Cornish, and Samantha Morton. The screenplay was written by William Nicholson and Michael Hirst, and the music score was composed by Craig Armstrong and A. R. Rahman. Guy Hendrix Dyas was the film's production designer and co-visual effects supervisor, and the costumes were created by Alexandra Byrne. The film was shot at Shepperton Studios and various locations around the United Kingdom.

The film premiered on 9 September 2007 at the Toronto International Film Festival. It opened in wide release in the United States on 12 October 2007, premiered in London on 23 October 2007, and opened wide on 2 November 2007 throughout the rest of the UK and Republic of Ireland. At the 80th Academy Awards, the film won Best Costume Design and Blanchett received a nomination for Best Actress.