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May 2 - 8, 2007
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The Queen
HELEN Mirren reigns supreme in The Queen, a witty and ingenious look at a moment that rocked the house of Windsor:

The week that followed the sudden death of Princess Diana in 1997. Diana’s death came at just the same time that Prime Minister Tony Blair (played by the bright Michael Sheen) was settling into his new government—and trying to figure out the delicate relationship between 10 Downing Street and Queen Elizabeth II (Mirren). A large portion of the British population was trying to figure out the Windsors that week, as Elizabeth remained stiff-upper-lip and largely mum about the death of the beloved princess.







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