Young Victoria [Blu-ray]

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée Jean-Marc Vallée

Overview

Director Jean-Marc Vall?e takes the helm for this look at the turbulent early years of Queen Victoria (Emily Blunt), who was crowned at the age of 18, and whose ill-fated marriage to Prince Albert (Rupert Friend) would later prompt her into a life of mournful seclusion. Graham King and Martin Scorsese produce a film penned by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/20/2010
UPC:	0043396349933
Original Release:	2009
Rating:	PG
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00
Sales rank:	6,421

Special Features

Deleted & Extended Scenes; Making of The Young Victoria Featurette; The Real Queen Victoria Featurette; The Coronation Featurette; The Wedding Featurette; Lavish History: A Look at the Costumes and Locations

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Emily Blunt	Queen Victoria
Rupert Friend	Prince Albert
Paul Bettany	Lord Melbourne
Miranda Richardson	Duchess of Kent
Jim Broadbent	King William
Mark Strong	Sir John Conroy
Harriet Walter	Queen Adelaide
Thomas Kretschmann	King Leopold
Julian Glover	Duke of Wellington,Duchess of Montrose
Rachael Stirling	Duchess of Sutherland
Michael Maloney	Sir Robert Peel
Genevieve O'Reilly	Lady Flora Hastings
Jeanette Hain	Baroness Lehzen
Morven Christie	Watson
Michiel Huisman	Ernest
Josef Altin	Edward Oxford
Tom Brooke	Lord Chamberlain
Michaela Brooks	Young Victoria Age 11
Sophie Roberts	Lady Portman
Charlie Clarke	The Newsboy
Robert Cambrinus	Kammerrher Turner
Tom Fisher	Lord Chamberlain
Sean Dingwall	Footman,Footman
David Horovitch	Sir James Clark
Jo Hartley	Landlady
Bernard Lloyd	Archbishop of Canterbury
Johnny Lyne-Perkins	Earl of Derby
Iain Mitchell	Speaker
David Robb	Whig Member
Malcolm Sinclair	Charles Kemble
Thomas Michael Voss	Dancing Master
Julie McDonnell	Lady in Waiting
Liam Scott	Duke of Sussex
Richard Quine	Actor
Nick Chopping	Footman
Rowley Irlam	Footman
Kelly Dent	Riding Double 'Victoria'
Mark Henson	Falling Bishop
Dominic Preece	Officer of Escort
Lenny Woodcock	Pedestrian
Chad Hobson	Actor
Celia Graham	Actor
Jesper Christensen	Baron Stockmar
John Pirkis	Earl of Derby
Grace Smith	Young Victoria Age 5
Julia St. John	Marchioness of Hastings
Mark Beesley	Opera Singer
C.C. Smiff	Riding Double 'Albert'
Peter White	Apprehending Pedestrian
Ilan Eshkeri	Composer

Technical Credits

Julian Fellowes

Jean-Marc Vallée	Director
Julian Fellowes	Screenwriter
Colin Vaines	Executive Producer,Producer
Sarah Ferguson	Producer
Graham King	Producer
Martin Scorsese	Producer
Tim Headington	Producer
Elisabeth-Ann Gimber	Producer
Denis O'Sullivan	Producer
Anita Overland	Producer
Marie-Hélène Panisset	Producer
Daniel Bisson	Sound Effects
Michelle Cloutier	Sound Effects
Gavin Fernandes	Sound Effects
Martin Pinsonnault	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Handsomely mounted historical dramas about the great kings and queens in world history are about as durable and long-lasting a genre as filmmaking has ever known. And people who like that kind of thing will find The Young Victoria to be the kind of thing they like. The teenage Victoria (Emily Blunt) ascends to England's throne after the death of her uncle, King William (Jim Broadbent). Because she is unmarried, her choice for a groom has international implications. She's inundated with a steady stream of advice from her mother (Miranda Richardson), her closest political aide (Paul Bettany), and from many other self-serving members of court. The young queen wants to think for herself, however, and even though she has no desire to marry, takes a shine to Prince Albert (Rupert Friend) and allows him to begin courting her from afar. Although her people celebrate her grandly at the beginning of her reign, Victoria begins to lose the goodwill of her subjects due to an amateur understanding of politics, and soon comes to believe that Albert may be the only person she can fully trust. Director Jean-Marc Vallée, with the help of outstanding costume design and art direction, serves up sumptuous visual splendor in just about every frame -- this is the kind of movie that deservingly wins a boatload of the coffee-table Oscars. However, if The Young Victoria were nothing more than a series of pretty postcards, it wouldn't be worth watching. Thankfully, Emily Blunt effortlessly and gracefully displays the charm required to make Victoria a heroine worth cheering -- she may be naïve, but she's never dumb. Her growth over the course of the movie is subtle -- this is not a character who undergoes a sweeping change, but rather one who slowly but surely figures out what she wants, and then goes about getting it. Granted, there are no surprises, per se, especially if you're familiar with the actual historical events that are being played out. But fans of well-acted, elaborately ornate movies about palace intrigue and romance will find much to enjoy.