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- 130 Minutes
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Language English
- Country UK
- Rated:
- Format: 2.35:1
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- Directed by Roland Emmerich
- Written by John Orloff
- Starring David Thewlis, Derek Jacobi, Edward Hogg, Edward Samuel, Jamie Campbell Bower, Jolely Richardson, Rafe Spall, Rhys Ifans, Sebastian Armesto, Vanessa Redgrave, Xavier Samuel
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Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, ANONYMOUS speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds ranging from Mark Twain and Charles Dickens to Henry James and Sigmund Freud, namely: who was the author of the plays credited to William Shakespeare? Experts have debated, books have been written, and scholars have devoted their lives to protecting or debunking theories surrounding the authorship of the most renowned works in English literature. ANONYMOUS poses one possible answer, focusing on a time when cloak-and-dagger political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles hungry for the power of the throne were exposed in the most unlikely of places: the London stage.
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Nominated: Best Achievement in Costume Design, 2012 Academy Awards
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London -- from its world of theater to its class divides -- comes to life exquisitely on screen. -- Betsy Sharkey, LOS ANGELES TIMES
- More on Anonymous:
- Official Web site
- Interview with director Roland Emmerich