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Anonymous is a 2011 drama film directed by Roland Emmerich, who also produced the work alongside Larry J. Franco and John Orloff. The screenplay was written by Orloff, with music composed by Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander. The cast includes Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, and David Thewlis, while Derek Jacobi serves as the narrator. The film was produced by Columbia Pictures, Centropolis Entertainment, Relativity Media, and Babelsberg Studio, with distribution handled by Columbia Pictures and Netflix.
The movie originated in Germany and the United Kingdom, with filming taking place in Germany and the narrative set in London. It has a runtime of 130 minutes and was rated PG-13. The plot addresses themes of incest, plagiarism, and the order of succession, exploring the question of whether Shakespeare was a fraud. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design and received various review scores, including a 45% rating and a 5.5 out of 10 average.
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6.4Set 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.
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
- duringcreditsstinger
- 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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- order of succession
- Director
- Roland Emmerich
- Screenwriter
- John Orloff
- Cast member
- Alex Hassell
- Composer
- Thomas Wander
- Producer
- John Orloff
- Production company
- Babelsberg Studio
- Cinematographer
- Anna Foerster
- Narrative location
- London
- Filming location
- Germany
- Duration
- 131
- FilmAffinity ID
- 780335
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.anonymous-movie.com
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- publication date
- 2020-12-11
- title
- Anonymous
- narrator
- Derek Jacobi
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Costume Design
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Peter R. Adam
- different from
- Anonymous
- review score
- 50/100
- has works in the collection
- National Palace Museum
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Available in 29 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 日本語
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Basque
- Belarusian
- Bulgarian
- Catalan
- Danish
- Egyptian Arabic
- Fiji Hindi
- Finnish
- Latin
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