Anonymous

2011 film by Roland Emmerich

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6.4

Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.

Released: 2011-10-21130 minDir: Roland EmmerichDrama, History, ThrillerBudget: $30.0MBox office: $15.4M

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Cast

Jamie Campbell Bower as Young Earl of Oxford
Rhys Ifans as Edward de Vere
David Thewlis as William Cecil
Joely Richardson as Princess Elizabeth Tudor
Vanessa Redgrave as Queen Elizabeth I
Sebastian Armesto as Ben Jonson

Themes

anonymity
politics
poet
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false history
16th century
secrecy

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Ratings

IMDb

6.8/10

42,730 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

47%

Metacritic

50/100

Year: 2011
Runtime: 130 min
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Rated: PG-13
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 12 nominations total

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Key facts

Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Written by: John Orloff
Produced by: Roland Emmerich Larry Franco Robert Leger
Starring: Rhys Ifans Vanessa Redgrave Joely Richardson David Thewlis Xavier Samuel Sebastian Armesto Rafe Spall Edward Hogg Jamie Campbell Bower Derek Jacobi
Cinematography: Anna Foerster
Edited by: Peter R. Adam
Music by: Thomas Wander Harald Kloser
Production companies: Columbia Pictures Relativity Media Centropolis Entertainment Studio Babelsberg
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Releasing
Release dates: September 11, 2011 ( 2011-09-11 ) ( TIFF ) October 28, 2011 ( 2011-10-28 ) (United States) November 10, 2011 ( 2011-11-10 ) (Germany)
Running time: 130 minutes
Countries: Germany United States
Language: English
Budget: $30 million
Box office: $15.4 million

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Wikidata facts

Duration: 131
FilmAffinity ID: 780335
Official website: www.anonymous-movie.com

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publication date: 2020-12-11
title: Anonymous
review score: 50/100

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Anonymous is a 2011 period drama film directed by Roland Emmerich and written by John Orloff. The film is a fictionalized version of the life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, an Elizabethan courtier, playwright, poet and patron of the arts, and suggests he was the actual author of William Shakespeare's plays. It stars Rhys Ifans as de Vere and Vanessa Redgrave as Queen Elizabeth I of England.

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2011. Produced by Centropolis Entertainment and Studio Babelsberg and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing through its Columbia Pictures label, Anonymous was released on October 28, 2011 in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, expanding to theatres around the world in the following weeks. The film performed poorly at the box office and received mixed reviews from critics for praising its performances and visual achievements, but criticising the film's time-jumping format, factual errors, and promotion of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship.