TY - ADVS AU - Lanthimos,Yorgos AU - Dempsey,Ceci AU - Guiney,Ed AU - Magiday,Lee AU - Davis,Deborah AU - McNamara,Tony AU - Colman,Olivia AU - Stone,Emma AU - Weisz,Rachel AU - Gatiss,Mark AU - Hoult,Nicholas AU - Alwyn,Joe ED - Fox Searchlight Pictures, ED - FilmFour (Firm), ED - Waypoint Entertainment (Firm), ED - Element Pictures (Firm), ED - Scarlet Films (Firm), ED - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., TI - The favourite PY - 2019///] CY - Beverly Hills, CA PB - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment KW - Anne, KW - Marlborough, Sarah Jennings Churchill, KW - Masham, Abigail, KW - Female friendship KW - Drama KW - Triangles (Interpersonal relations) KW - Ambition KW - Favorites, Royal KW - Great Britain KW - Nobility KW - England KW - Social life and customs KW - 18th century KW - History KW - Anne, 1702-1714 KW - Politics and government KW - 1702-1714 KW - Court and courtiers KW - Biographical films KW - lcgft KW - Feature films KW - Fiction films KW - Historical films KW - Dark comedy films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - Video recordings for people with visual disabilities N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 2018; Wide screen (1.85:1); Special features: deleted scenes ; The favourite: unstitching the costume drama; Director of photography, Robbie Ryan ; editor, Yorgos Mavropsaridis ; line producer, Cáit Collins ; sound designer, Johnnie Burn ; hair & makeup design, Nadia Stacey ; production designer, Fiona Crombie ; costume designer, Sandy Powell; Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Mark Gatiss, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn; MPAA rating: R; for strong sexual content, nudity and language N2 - Early eighteenth-century England is at war with the French. A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne, and her friend Lady Sarah tends to her ill health. When a new servant Abigail arrives, Sarah takes her under her wing, and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become time-consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps in to fill in as the Queen's companion. Their growing friendship gives her a chance to fulfill her ambitions, and no one will stand in her way ER -