Mary, Queen of Scots DVD, 1971

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MovieMail's Review

Nominated for 5 Oscars and starring Vanessa Redgrave in the lead role, this all-star drama makes a very welcome debut on DVD. Alex Davidson revists the historical epic.

After making the hugely successful Anne of the Thousand Days (about Anne Boleyn), director Charles Jarrott chose two more queens for his infinitely more enjoyable follow-up, Mary Queen of Scots. Spicing up what could have been a standard, stuffy history lesson with melodrama and action – this was about two women wishing each other dead to claim the throne, after all - his highly entertaining film amounts to a battle of wits between the beautiful, feisty Mary (an Oscar-nominated Vanessa Redgrave) and her shrewish but wiser cousin, Elizabeth I (Glenda Jackson).

What sets this picture apart is the vivid characterisation - Timothy Dalton deserves mention as Mary’s hissably wicked husband, a foppish bisexual eager to engage in treason at every opportunity. Ian Holm is also memorable as Mary’s ill-fated friend (and alleged lover) David Rizzio. But this is an actresses’ showcase, and Redgrave and Jackson do not disappoint. In reality the two women never met, but in Jarrott’s film we witness two electrifying confrontations which are worth the asking price alone. Excellent production values and a marvellous score round off a superior historical epic.

Alex Davidson on 27th January 2010
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Film Information

Director - Charles Jarrott

Produced - 1971

Main Language - English

Countries & Regions - British Film

Cast - Patrick McGoohan, Timothy Dalton, Ian Holm, Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Nigel Davenport

DVD Details

Certificate:	12	Publisher:	Second Sight	Region:	0
Length:	126 mins	Aspect:	2.35:1	Cat No:	2NDVD3173
Format:	DVD Colour	Subtitles:	English HOH

DVD Extras

Isolated John Barry Music Track
Commentary by Film Historians Nick Redman and Jon Burlingame
Overture and Intermission Music
Promotional Featurette.

Film Description

Nominated for 5 Oscars and described as 'one of the great lost movies of the 1970s' this all-star historical drama sees a briliiant Vanessa Redgrave take the lead role of Mary, Queen of Scots.

In the wake of the Protestant Reformation, Mary Stuart becomes enmeshed in a labyrinthine power struggle to determine the fate of the British throne. Heads roll and dynasties crumble when Mary, her unctuous husband Lord Darnley (Timothy Dalton), her jealous half-brother James Stuart (McGoohan), Scotland's rebellious nobility, the Church of England, the Pope, and England's "Virgin Queen" Elizabeth I (Glenda Jackson) all vie for control of the crown.