---both from 1998.
Elizabeth (1998) Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Emily Mortimer. I love the story of the young Elizabeth and how she becomes the Icon of the last scenes. Horrible lessons in how to survive, having to be suspicious of everyone around you. Cate and Geoffrey are mesmerizing. Fiennes is good as the one who finally breaks her heart and teaches her that she will never be safe until she rules absolutely. 9/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127536/
Shakespeare In Love (1998) Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Imelda Staunton, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench, Colin Firth. The young Shakespeare falls madly in love with a young woman he sees pretending to be a boy at the theater. The film is wonderful at showing how everyday life for the players and all responsible for making theater in Elizabethan times are intertwined in his plays. I quote:
"Anyone who has done a play knows first hand the pure truth of the lines:
"It will all turn out."
"How will it?"
"I don't know, it's a mystery."
But "turn out" it does and this film is great fun and marvelously acted. 9/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138097/
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