Source: Wikipedia. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 32. Chapters: Anne of the Thousand Days, The Private Life of Henry VIII, Shakespeare in Love, Elizabeth, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, The Other Boleyn Girl, A Man for All Seasons, Anonymous, Elizabeth I, The Sword and the Rose, The Sea Hawk, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Carry On Henry, Orlando, Young Bess, Fire Over England, Lady Jane, The Prince and the Pauper, Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth, Tudor Rose, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, The Execution of Mary Stuart, God´s Outlaw, The Virgin Queen, Anna Boleyn. Excerpt: Elizabeth: The Golden Age is a 2007 sequel to the 1998 film Elizabeth, directed by Shekhar Kapur and produced by Universal Pictures and Working Title Films. It stars Cate Blanchett in the title role and is loosely based on events during the latter part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. The screenplay was written by William Nicholson and Michael Hirst. The music score was composed by A. R. Rahman and Craig Armstrong. It was filmed at Shepperton Studios and various locations around the United Kingdom with an estimated production budget of 50 to 60 million USD. Guy Hendrix Dyas was the film´s production designer and co-visual effects supervisor and the costumes were created by Alexandra Byrne. The film premiered on 9 September 2007 at the Toronto International Film Festival. It opened in wide release in the United States and Canada on October 12, 2007. It premiered in London on 23 October 2007 and is on general release from 2 November 2007 throughout the rest of the UK and Republic of Ireland. It opened in Australia and New Zealand on 15 November 2007. The film won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design and Blanchett received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. In 1558, King Philip II of Spain´s second wife, Queen Mary I of England, died. They had wed in July 1554, a year after Mary´s accession to the English throne, but the English Parliament had refused to grant him much real power as co-monarch of England. On Mary´s death he had then tried unsuccessfully to persuade her sister and successor, Elizabeth I, to marry him, but she would not agree. Phillip decides to take revenge and launches the Spanish Armada, with the blessing of the Pope, to attack England, Protestantism, and Elizabeth herself. Sir Walter Raleigh, whom the Queen loves, marries a ward of her court after he learns she is carrying his child. Elizabeth I has both of them arrested. In 1585, Roman Catholic Spain ruled by King Philip II (Jordi Molla) is the most powerful country in Eu