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Anonymous [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures presents ; in association with Relativity Media ; a Centropolis Entertainment production ; in association with Studio Babelsberg ; screenplay, John Orloff ; producers, Roland Emmerich, Larry Franco, Robert Leger ; director, Roland Emmerich.

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [California] : Columbia Pictures Industries, c2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.
Title from container.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Music by Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander ; cinematography, Anna Foerster ; edited by Peter R. Adam.
Participant or Performer Note:
Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis, Edward Hogg, Rafe Spall, Sebastian Armesto, Xavier Samuel.
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.
System Details Note:
DVD, anamorphic widescreen presentation (2.35:1) aspect ratio, 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
English, French or Spanish dialogue; English, Mandarin, French or Spanish subtitles.
Subject: Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 > Fiction.
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1566-1601 > Fiction.
Oxford, Edward De Vere, Earl of, 1550-1604 > Fiction.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Authorship > Fiction.
Dramatists, English > Early modern, 1500-1700 > Fiction.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Great Britain > Court and courtiers > History > 16th century > Fiction.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1485-1603 > Fiction.

Summary: 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.

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