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Mary, Queen of Scots By Marshall Fine
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.
Academy Awards
Mary, Queen of Scots received Academy Awards
nominations for Actress (Vanessa Redgrave), Art Direction/Set Decoration
(Terence Marsh - Art Direction, Robert Cartwright - Art Direction, Peter
Howitt - Set Decoration), Costume Design (Margaret Furse), Music Scoring
Awards (Best Original Dramatic Score; John Barry) and Sound (Bob Jones,
John Aldred). |
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| | Director: Charles Jarrott
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| | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan, Timothy Dalton, Nigel Davenport, Trevor Howard, Daniel Massey, Ian Holm
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| | Released: February 2, 1971
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