Anonymous [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures presents in association with Relativity Media a Centropolis Entertainment production ; in association with Studio Babelsberg ; written by John Orloff ; produced by Roland Emmerich, Larry Franco, Robert Leger ; directed by Roland Emmerich.
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FilmPublisher number: 39434 | Columbia TriStar Home EntertainmentCTV639667002 | Columbia TriStar Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: Chinese, English, French, Spanish Publication details: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia Pictures, 2012.Description: 1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits: - Music, Thomas Wander, Harold Kloser ; editor, Peter R. Adam ; director of photography, Anna J. Foerster.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | DRAMA Anonymou | Available | 33111007379643 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Director Roland Emmerich takes a break from his long string of big-budget disaster films with Anonymous, a historical drama that suggests Shakespeare was a fraud. Edward de Vere (Rhys Ifans) is an aristocrat who yearns to write poetry and plays, but due to social and political constraints, he is forced to use a front for his political-minded works because they subtly encourage Queen Elizabeth to alter her plan for succession in a way that is in direct opposition to her most-trusted political advisers. When drunken, illiterate, fame-hungry actor William Shakespeare (Rafe Spall) passes off the plays as his own, de Vere finds his man, but eventually he is blackmailed when the morally dubious thespian wants more and more. Anonymous screened at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
Special features: Commentary with director Roland Emmerich and writer John Orloff ; deleted scenes ; who is the real William Shakespeare?
Music, Thomas Wander, Harold Kloser ; editor, Peter R. Adam ; director of photography, Anna J. Foerster.
Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis, Edward Hogg, Rafe Spall,Sebastian Armesto, Xavier Samuel.
Was Shakespeare a fraud? Who really wrote about cloak-and-dagger political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles hungry for the power of the throne? Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, intrigue and suspense advance the theory that it was really Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays.
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence and sexual content. CHV rating: PG; for sexual content and violence. OFRB rating: PG; for sexual content, violence, and language that may offend.
DVD ; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish, with optional subtitles in English, Mandarin, French or Spanish. Closed-captioned. Optional descriptive audio in English for the visually impaired.