The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

Director:

Justin Chadwick

Writers:

Peter Morgan (screenplay)
Philippa Gregory (novel)

Release Date:

29 febrero 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | Romance

Frase comercial:

The only thing that could come between these sisters... is a kingdom.

Plot:

Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.

Plot Keywords:

Elizabeth I | Queen Of England | Death Sentence | 1530s | Boleyn

Awards:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

intense, dramatic and highly enjoyable, recommended!

Cast

Natalie Portman	...	Anne Boleyn
Scarlett Johansson	...	Mary Boleyn
Eric Bana	...	Henry Tudor
Jim Sturgess	...	George Boleyn
Mark Rylance	...	Sir Thomas Boleyn
Kristin Scott Thomas	...	Lady Elizabeth Boleyn
David Morrissey	...	Thomas Howard - Duke of Norfolk
Benedict Cumberbatch	...	William Carey
Oliver Coleman	...	Henry Percy
Ana Torrent	...	Katherine of Aragon
Eddie Redmayne	...	William Stafford
Tom Cox	...	Rider
Michael Smiley	...	Physician
Montserrat Roig de Puig	...	Lady in Waiting
Juno Temple	...	Jane Parker

También conocida como:

Otra, La (Argentina) [es]
hermanas Bolena, Las (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, sexual content and some violent images.

Duración:

115 min

País:

UK | USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Clasificación:

Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Taiwan:PG-12 | Finland:K-7 | Canada:G (Québec) | Ireland:15A | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | New Zealand:M | Singapore:NC-16 | Brazil:14 | France:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43291) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | UK:U | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Bath, Somerset, England, UK

Company:

BBC Films

Trivialidades:

It is never revealed in the film that George Boleyn is a homosexual, but in interviews, Jim Sturgess says that he's more like a girl because he not only is rather catty, but he also is repulsed by marriage of a woman or sleeping with a woman. That explains why he was so afraid of sleeping with Anne, besides the fact of treachery and incest.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Although Mary is referred to in the film as the younger sister, most historians today are convinced that she was the eldest girl. Her date of birth is circa 1499, while Anne is believed to have been born in the early 1500s (historians continually debate between 1501 and 1507). The book that the film is based on was written with Mary as the younger sister, so the film itself makes no mistake in this arrangement.

Quotes:

Katherine of Aragon: [to the mid-wife, after the birth of her still-born child] Was it a boy?
[to her daughter, Mary]
Katherine of Aragon: No brother for you, to make this country safe.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Saturday Night Live: Ellen Page/Wilco (#33.6)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Westron Wynde

intense, dramatic and highly enjoyable, recommended!

I went to a screening expecting to be disappointed. I wasn't.

first, the script is fairly decent. I'd even say it's reasonably accurate for a Hollywood version of historic events - meaning it's a collection of factoids, selected and often distorted for dramatic purposes. something in the lines of "Shakespeare in Love" without the comedy and random invented persons, heavy on drama instead.

the opening minutes had some slightly cheesy moments and what I thought were faltering accents, but I soon got too caught up in the unfolding events to notice or mind. I know how the story goes of course, but they'd managed to make watching it all roll out very exciting. even though some of the minor characters sound like "exposure, exposure, exposure" whenever they open their mouths, the script works and the pace is good as well - the 2 hours just flew by. (in fact it is almost too fast at times, I think they could have given more background details here and there.) and it is so not just a fancy costume vehicle for starlets du jour that I feared it to be, as both Portman and Johansson do a fabulous job, without being upstaged by their outfits (khm, Cate Blanchett in The Golden Age). Kristin Scott Thomas as their mother and Ana Torrent as queen Catherine are remarkable as well. I also felt for Jim Sturgess as the hapless George Boleyn. the rest of the men, not so much, although Eric Bana was fun to watch in the seduction scenes.

looks-wise, it's decent as well, even if it's probably not the most gorgeous-looking historic drama I've ever seen. the occasional CGI landscape/castle-scape shots are so-so, plus some of the period menswear looks ludicrous, but the dresses are certainly stunning and there's more than you can count.