An extraordinary tale of sex, passion and royal intrigue. This is the little-known story of Mary Boleyn who was mistress to King Henry VIII before he married her older sister, Anne. Inspired by Philippa Gregory's novel of the same name, this film is about great families jockeying for position and using their daughters as pawns .. Read more
| Starring | Yolanda Vasquez, Jared Harris, Natascha McElhone, Steven Mackintosh |
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| Director | Phillipa Lowthorpe |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
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An extraordinary tale of sex, passion and royal intrigue. This is the little-known story of Mary Boleyn who was mistress to King Henry VIII before he married her older sister, Anne. Inspired by Philippa Gregory's novel of the same name, this film is about great families jockeying for position and using their daughters as pawns in a deadly game. Set during one of the most notorious periods in British regal history, it is a powerful narrative and at its heart is the relationship between two rivals - the Boleyn sisters.
| Starring | Yolanda Vasquez, Jared Harris, Natascha McElhone, Steven Mackintosh, Jodhi May |
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| Director | Phillipa Lowthorpe |
| Studio | 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 30 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2003 To Rent: DVD: 06 Oct 2008 |
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Drab dramatisation of a colourful novel
This British, small-screen, and first, dramatisation of Phillipa Gregory's best-selling novel was originally shown as part of the BBC's Xmas and New ... read more »
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Quite Dull.
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The Other Boleyn Girl
Have read all of Philipa Gregory's novels and her books on the Tudors have opened up a most fascinating period of English History. I think the problem with ... read more »
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Surprising in a bad way
What an utterly weird film!
I rented it with no idea that it was based on a novel and found the setup of the film very bizarre. Imagining it to be a ... read more »
Anne (Natalie Portman) we've all heard of, her sister Mary (Scarlett Johansson), not so much. But it was Mary who first slept with Henry VIII (Eric Bana), and (according to Philippa Gregory's best-selling historical novel at any rate) she even bore him a son. In one of the more risible scenes in what is for the most part a brisk but decorous melodrama, Henry is distracted from the birth by Anne's peevish promise that, yes, his love will be reciprocated, if only he will make a decent woman of... Read more
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