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Anonymous
2011
A political thriller about who actually wrote the plays of William Shakespeare-- Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford-- set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her. Read more
| Starring | Xavier Samuel, Rhys Ifans, Jamie Campbell Bower, Vanessa Redgrave |
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| Director | Roland Emmerich |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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Anonymous
A political thriller about who actually wrote the plays of William Shakespeare-- Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford-- set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.
| Starring | Xavier Samuel, Rhys Ifans, Jamie Campbell Bower, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis, Joely Richardson, Rafe Spall, Derek Jacobi, Tom Wlaschiha, Edward Hogg |
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| Director | Roland Emmerich |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 10 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 10 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | April - Action/Thriller, Gripping Thrillers, UK top 50 weekly chart |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 2011 To Rent: DVD: 02 Apr 2012 Blu-ray: 02 Apr 2012 To Buy: DVD: 05 Mar 2012 Blu-ray: 05 Mar 2012 |
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Gadzooks! Roland Emmerich, the master of multiplex mayhem, takes time out from destroying the world to concoct this... read more on Time Out
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- Tom Huddleston
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Counterfactual history
It doesn't matter whether it is true or not, counterfactual histories are a genre in their own right and this is a rather good one with an intelligent ... read more »
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Great entertainment
Great entertainment value. Whether or not Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 150 sonnets or so, is not the main question of this film. It is a story about a man who... read more »
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I enjoyed this (and I didn’t mean to)
I don’t know why I ever watched this. It was only because it was a new film that I bothered to put it in the DVD player. Therefore I had absolutely no ... read more »
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Must See? Maybe Not!
I usually enjoy films of this ilk and I'm interested in the Tudor period and Shakespeare so it all added up to a 'must see ' on paper but sadly it ... read more »
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- CaptainBella
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Anonymous sweeps German Film Awards
- WENN Newsdesk
- 29 Apr 2012
Director Roland Emmerich has scooped six awards in his native Germany for his William Shakespeare movie Anonymous. The film, which starred Vanessa Redgrave and Rhys Ifans, took home six 'Lolas' at the German Film Awards, including trophies for cinematography and costume design. Emmerich's movie, which questions whether the famed playwright was the true author of his classic works, was the first he has shot in his home country for more than 20 years. The director has carved out a career in... Read more
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Director Roland Emmerich explores the mystery surrounding William Shakespeare in this period drama set in Elizabethan England, when tightly-guarded political secrets were often exposed on the stages of London's most prominent theatres. For centuries, historians have searched for clues as to who ...
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