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| name = The Other Boleyn Girl |
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| image = Other boleyn girl post.jpg |
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| family = '''Mother''' Gloria Tribbiani <br /> '''Father''' Joseph Tribbiani Sr. <br /> '''Sisters''' Gina, Dina, Mary Angela, Mary Therese, Veronica, Cookie, Tina Tribbiani. <br /> '''Nephew''' Michael Tribbiani| image = [[Image:Friendsjoey.jpg|225px]] |
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| caption = Original poster |
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| caption = Joey at [[Monica Geller|Monica]] and [[Chandler Bing|Chandler]]'s wedding reception |
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| director = [[Justin Chadwick]] |
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| first = [[The Pilot (Friends)|The Pilot]] ([[Friends]]) |
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| producer = [[Alison Owen]] |
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| last = [[Joey and the Wedding]] ([[Joey (TV series)|Joey]]) and [[The Last One (Friends)|The Last One]] ([[Friends]]) |
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| writer = [[Peter Morgan]]<br>Based on the novel by [[Philippa Gregory]] |
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| cause = End of Series |
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| starring = [[Natalie Portman]]<br>[[Scarlett Johansson]]<br>[[Eric Bana]]<br>[[Jim Sturgess]]<br>[[Mark Rylance]]<br>[[Kristin Scott Thomas]]<br>[[Ana Torrent]] |
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| occupation = Actor |
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| music = [[Paul Cantelon]] |
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| alias = Ken Adams, Dr Drake Ramoray |
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|cinematography = [[Kieran McGuigan]] |
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| age = 40 |
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|editing = [[Paul Knight]]<br>[[Carol Littleton]] |
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| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] |
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| episode = 236 (''Friends'')/46 (''Joey'') |
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| released = [[February 29]], [[2008 in film|2008]] {{USA}}<br>[[March 7]], [[2008 in film|2008]] {{UK}} |
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| portrayer = [[Matt LeBlanc]] |
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| runtime = 115 minutes |
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| creator = [[David Crane]]<br /> |
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| country = [[United Kingdom|UK]] |
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| notable roles = ''Dr. Drake Ramoray'' on ''Days of our lives'' and ''Langdon Powder'' on ''Deep Powder'' |
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| language = [[English language|English]] |
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| budget = $35 million |
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| gross = $72,336,463 (Worldwide) |
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| website = http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/theotherboleyngirl/ |
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| amg_id = 1:353424 |
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| imdb_id = 0467200 |
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'''''The Other Boleyn Girl''''' is the [[2008 in film|2008]] [[United Kingdom|British]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Justin Chadwick]]. The screenplay by [[Peter Morgan (screenwriter)|Peter Morgan]] was adapted from the [[The Other Boleyn Girl|2001 novel of the same name]] by [[Philippa Gregory]]. It is a romanticized account of the lives of 16th-century [[aristocrat]]s [[Mary Boleyn]], one-time mistress of [[Henry VIII of England|King Henry VIII]], and her sister [[Anne Boleyn|Anne]], who became the monarch's ill-fated second wife. |
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'''Joseph Francis "Joey" Tribbiani, Jr.''' (born January 9, 1968) is a [[fictional character]] on the popular [[United States|US]] [[television program|television]] [[situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Friends]]'' (1994–2004), and the title character in the [[spin-off]], ''[[Joey (TV series)|Joey]]'' (2004–2006), and is played by [[Matt LeBlanc]].<ref>[http://www.mattleblanc.net/ Matt Leblanc Fan Site<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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==Plot== |
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When [[Catherine of Aragon]] fails to produce a male heir to the English throne, the [[Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk|Duke of Norfolk]] and his brother in law [[Sir Thomas Boleyn|Thomas Boleyn]] scheme to install the latter's elder daughter Anne in the court of Henry VIII as the king's mistress and potential mother of his son, thereby furthering their own political ambitions. Their plan backfires when Henry, injured in a hunting accident indirectly precipitated by Anne, is nursed by her sister Mary and becomes smitten with her. With great reluctance, the recently married Mary and her husband [[William Carey (courtier)|William Carey]] agree to accept positions in the court, knowing full well what will be expected of her. Separated from her spouse, who is sent away on an assignment by the king, Mary finds herself falling in love with Henry. |
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Joey comes from an [[Italian American]]<ref>In the episode, of ''Friends'', titled "[[The One Where They All Turn Thirty]]", Joey reveals that he is 1/16th [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]]</ref> family of 8 children, of which he is the only male. Joey is from, and presumably born in, [[Queens, New York|Queens]]. As a child, he was extremely accident prone.<ref>"[[The One with the Boob Job]]"</ref> He also had an imaginary friend, Maurice, who was a space cowboy. He is one of the "Friends" who moved home the most number of times, having changed [[apartment]]s three times in the series (and only beaten by [[Rachel Greene|Rachel]], with five moves, and [[Ross Geller|Ross]] with equal moves): once, when he and [[Chandler Bing|Chandler]] moved into what is usually Monica's apartment after winning it from her in a game in "[[The One with the Embryos]]" and then moved back with Chandler into his own apartment; another time, he moved to his own lavish apartment away from Chandler, with whom the psychotic Eddie moved in, but moved back soon afterward. Joey is a "stereotypical" actor: oversexed, under-educated and constantly looking for work. He was ordained a minister in [[The One with the Truth About London]], and officiated at both Monica and Chandler and Phoebe and Mike's weddings. It is revealed in [[The One After "I Do"]] that Joey has a size seven foot, which he is secretive and defensive about. He also has a soft toy penguin named Hugsy (his "bedtime penguin pal") of which he is very fond, and does not like to share. |
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Rebellious Anne secretly marries betrothed nobleman [[Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland|Henry Percy]] and confides in her brother [[George Boleyn|George]], who tells Mary about the elopement. Concerned that Anne will ruin her reputation by marrying a nobleman without the King's consent, she alerts her father and uncle of the union. They confront Anne, who argues that the marriage has been consummated and what is done before God cannot be undone, and she is [[exile]]d to [[France]] in disgrace. |
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==Personality== |
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The Boleyn family's fortunes seem to be secured when Mary becomes pregnant. When she nearly suffers a [[miscarriage]], she is confined to bed for the remainder of her pregnancy, and Norfolk recalls Anne to England to keep Henry's attention from wandering to another rival, particularly [[Jane Seymour]]. Anne successfully embarks on a campaign to seduce Henry, revealing herself to be more sophisticated and accomplished than she was prior to her exile. By withholding her sexual favors, she ensures the king's continued interest, finally making him promise never to bed his wife or speak to her sister in exchange for her giving him hope of eventually possessing her. Anne exacts this promise just after Mary gives birth to the much-anticipated son, making Mary's triumph hollow. |
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The character of Joey is known for his simple-mindedness, trouble with understanding negative criticism of his acting (even once believing a description of his performance as "abysmal" was positive), and love of food. He particularly loves meatball sub [[sandwich]]es. In ''The One with the Ride Along'' he appears to be saving Ross from a supposed gunshot, when it was actually his meatball sandwich that he was trying to save, it was just near Ross. He also loves the "Joey Special"... two pizzas. However, he is something of an [[idiot savant]] in matters of romance, which generated the popular catchphrase "How ''you'' doin'?" (his pickup line). This is directly alluded to in the episode "[[The One Where Ross Dates a Student]]", when [[Chandler Bing|Chandler]], referring to Joey, says "A hot girl's at stake and suddenly he's [[Rain Man]]." In another example, Joey made up an anecdote referred to as the "Europe story" or the "magic story"; apparently, anyone who hears it will immediately want to have sex with the teller. ("[[The One with the Videotape]]") Joey was not initially as dumb. He progressively becomes more and more dumb after Season 1. He even used to know and use bigger words such as "reluctant" or "rambunctious" in that of season 1 along with understanding entire conversations of the gang with no confusion. One of his idols was Chris Spedding. |
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The ambitious Anne encourages Henry to break from the [[Roman Catholic Church]] when [[Clement VII|Pope Clement VII]] refuses to annul his marriage to Catherine. Henry succumbs to Anne's demands, declares himself the [[Supreme Governor of the Church of England]], and divorces his wife. The scandal of Anne's brief, secret marriage to Henry Percy threatens her forthcoming marriage to the king until Mary, out of loyalty to her family, returns to court and lies on Anne's behalf, assuring Henry her union with Percy never was consummated. Anne weds Henry and becomes Queen of England. The sisters reach a reconciliation and Mary stays by Anne's side at court. |
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==Acting career== |
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Joey has a [[career]] in [[acting]] that has been marked by both success and humiliating failure. His roles varied from [[neurosurgeon]] on a popular soap opera to being the headshot in a public health poster for [[Sexually transmitted infection|VD]]. |
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Despite the birth of a healthy daughter, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth]], Henry is unhappy with Anne's failure to deliver a son and legitimate male heir to the throne. After she miscarries their second child, a now desperate Anne asks her brother George to try to impregnate her. Although he ultimately refuses to grant her request, his neglected wife [[Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford|Jane]] witnesses enough of their encounter to become suspicious. Her testimony leads to the arrest, trial, and execution of both George and Anne. Mary returns to court to plead for her sister's life, but Henry refuses to intercede. He warns Mary never to come to court again, because her family's disgrace could result in danger to her as well. Mary fulfills her last promise to Anne and takes care of her infant daughter. |
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Joey's most famous acting [[role]] (and longest lasting) was as Dr. Drake Ramoray on the serial [[drama]] ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''. However, when he claimed in an interview that he wrote many of his own lines, the writers of the show became annoyed and killed him off a few episodes later (he fell down an [[elevator]] shaft). His character later returned to ''Days of Our Lives'' in a bizarre plot line which resurrected him, after blowing an opportunity to become Dr. Drake Ramoray's twin brother Stryker. The plot line which brought him back is never fully explained, except that a female character's brain is transplanted into Ramoray's body, effectively forcing Joey to play a woman with a dominant personality; however, later on other characters refer to him as Drake, while still alluding he has the woman character's brain, and following that he appears to completely be Drake again. In Season 7 of ''Friends'', Joey was up for a Soapie for Best Returning Male Character. He lost, so he tried to steal one. Joey's agent was [[List of recurring characters in Friends#Estelle Leonard|Estelle Leonard]]. |
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The closing captions reveal that perhaps the king should not have been concerned about his failure to produce a legitimate male heir, because, ironically, his daughter Elizabeth served her country well for forty-five years. |
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Other known roles of Joey's during the run of ''Friends'' include a spot in a commercial for "Lipstick for Men" that only aired in Japan; An infomercial for a device that lets you pour milk out of milk cartons; a leading role in the World War I period film "Over There"; and a starring role in a very short-lived cop show called "Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E." In terms of stage work, he appeared in a play called ''Boxing Day'' in which his character of "Victor" goes to outer space, and Monica and Chandler once discussed having seen Joey in a version of Macbeth. |
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==Production== |
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In one episode, Joey was up for a starring roll in a film in which he had to play a Catholic immigrant. The film called for a nude sex scene, but Joey didn't realize until after he landed a casting call that he lacked an [[foreskin|essential piece of equipment]] for the role. When Monica explained the situation to him, they frantically tried to artificially create one using luncheon meats. All seemed to go well until Joey stripped nude at the casting call and his 'foreskin' fell off, prompting him to respond "Well that's never happened before." |
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In ''Translating Henry to the Screen'', a bonus feature on the [[DVD]] release of the film, screenwriter Peter Morgan discusses the dilemma he faced in adapting Philippa Gregory's 600-page novel for the screen. He ultimately decided to use it as a broad guideline for his script, which Gregory felt perfectly captured the essence of her book. Morgan says he never thought of either Anne or Mary as the "other" Boleyn girl, since the epithet applied to both at different phases of the story. |
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[[Image:ElyCathedral asFilmSet.jpg|thumb|left|Ely Cathedral, which served as one of the settings for the film]] Gregory was employed as an historical consultant for the film. She was impressed by Scarlett Johansson's commitment to the historical accuracy of her role. She recalled, "When I got on set it was like a reading group. The whole cast and set were reading not just ''The Other Boleyn Girl'' but the rest of my Tudor novels, too. Scarlett's copy of the book is broken-backed and it's marked on every page. She's continually going to the writer and director and saying, 'Let's look at this, let's do it this way.'" <ref>[http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/scarlett-johansson-committed-to-accuracy-on-the-other-boleyn-girl-set_10025369.html ''Thaindian News'', March 8, 2008]</ref> |
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In addition to the quick cancellation of "Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E.", Joey also had some other remarkably bad luck in terms of his acting career. He filmed a role in a ''[[Law & Order]]'' episode that was cut from the completed episode -- Joey was only "seen" as a corpse in a body bag. He was also cast in the independent film ''Shutter Speed'', but that film shut down before photography began. As well, he was fired from a [[Burger King]] commercial. Later, on the spin-off show ''Joey'', Joey turned down a role in a sitcom called "Nurses" to star in a different series pilot; his pilot did not get picked up, while "Nurses" became a huge hit. |
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Filming locations included [[Berkeley Castle]] in [[Gloucestershire]]; [[Bude]] in [[Cornwall]]; [[Penshurst Place]], [[Knole House]] and [[Dover Castle]] in [[Kent]]; [[Ely Cathedral]] in [[Cambridgeshire]]; [[Haddon Hall]] in [[Derbyshire]]; and [[Lacock Abbey]] in [[Wiltshire]]. Interiors were shot in [[Elstree Studios]] in [[Hertfordshire]] and [[Pinewood Studios]] in [[Buckinghamshire]]. |
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However, it's not all bad. In ''Joey'', it is revealed that Joey's character of Dr Ramoray died again on ''Days of Our Lives'' when a nurse stabbed him while he was operating on her husband ("[[Joey and the Wrong Name]]"). He won a Daytime Soap Award for "Best Death Scene". In later ''Joey'' episodes, Joey landed a starring role on the prime time soap ''Deep Powder''; when he got fired from that job, he almost immediately bounced back by snagging a leading role in the big-budget action picture ''Captured''. |
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The costumes were designed by [[Academy Award]]-winner [[Sandy Powell (costume designer)|Sandy Powell]], and [[John Paul Kelly]] served as the [[production designer]]. |
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Joey briefly mentions to the gang that [[Al Pacino]] is his idol. In ''Friends'', Joey has the poster for the 1983 Al Pacino film ''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'' in his apartment room. The same poster is seen in his house in ''Joey''. In one episode, Joey was hired as Al Pacino's "butt double" - a role he later lost due to overacting. He also mentioned his favorite movie is ''[[Die Hard]]''. |
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"Nara" by [[E.S. Posthumus]], the music used in the [[film trailer]]s, is the main theme of the American [[television]] [[Dramatic programming|drama series]] ''[[Cold Case (TV series)|Cold Case]]''. |
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==Other jobs== |
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Joey was also employed (briefly) at [[Central Perk]] as a waiter. Facing a dry spell in his career as an actor, Joey was persuaded by [[Gunther (Friends character)|Gunther]] to take a job serving coffee. At first Joey tried to hide the fact of his new job from his friends, but they eventually figured it out. He did not like the work but, true to his nature, soon found a way to use his position to meet and ingratiate himself to attractive women by giving them free food, a practice to which Gunther quickly put a stop. He didn't take his job very seriously and spent a lot of his working hours sitting and talking to his friends. Eventually he was fired for closing the coffee house in the middle of the day to go to an audition while Gunther was running a personal errand. Rachel later persuaded Gunther to give Joey back his job, but once he found more steady acting jobs he eventually just stopped showing up. His absence was barely noticed, with a later episode having a closing scene where Joey realizes he forgot to tell Gunther he quit, and Gunther saying he would've eventually fired him anyway. |
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The film premiered at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]]. It premiered in [[London]] on February 19, 2008 but did not go into theatrical release in that country until March 7. On February 29, it opened on 1,166 screens in the US, earning $8,203,061 and ranking #4 on its opening weekend. It ultimately grossed $26,814,957 in the US and $45,521,506 in foreign markets for a total worldwide box office of $72,336,463 <ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=otherboleyngirl.htm BoxOfficeMojo.com]</ref>. |
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As well as his acting career, Ross persuaded Joey to write a film to branch out on his film career. After penning a few words he gave up after Chandler's game 'Fire Ball' distracted him. Joey soon lost interested in screenwriting. |
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==Cast== |
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Another one of Joey's careers when he was low on money was a sperm donor. He was donating for an experiment a hospital was having and as payment at the end of 2 weeks the hospital would give any donors a 700 dollar check. This was later mentioned when [[Monica Geller|Monica]] was trying to get over her break up with Richard Burke. She decided that she wanted a baby so she was looking for sperm donors and realized that one of the applicants was Joey. Joey was later very offended when he learned that his sperm had not been very popular. |
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*[[Natalie Portman]] ..... Anne Boleyn |
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*[[Scarlett Johansson]] ..... Mary Boleyn |
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*[[Eric Bana]] ..... Henry VIII |
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*[[David Morrissey]] ..... Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk |
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*[[Mark Rylance]] ..... Thomas Boleyn |
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*[[Jim Sturgess]] ..... George Boleyn |
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*[[Kristin Scott Thomas]] ..... [[Elizabeth Boleyn]] |
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*[[Benedict Cumberbatch]] ..... William Carey |
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*[[Oliver Coleman]] ..... Henry Percy |
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*[[Ana Torrent]] ..... Catherine of Aragon |
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*[[Eddie Redmayne]] ..... [[William Stafford (1500-1556)|William Stafford]] |
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*[[Juno Temple]] ..... Jane Boleyn |
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*[[Iain Mitchell]] ..... [[Thomas Cromwell]] |
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*[[Andrew Garfield]] ..... [[Francis Weston]] |
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*[[Corinne Galloway]] ..... Jane Seymour |
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*[[Bill Wallis]] ..... [[Thomas Cranmer|Archbishop Cranmer]] |
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==Critical reception== |
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Some of Joey's other jobs have included selling Christmas trees, dressing as Santa Claus and a Christmas elf, a tour guide at the natural History museum where Ross works and offering perfume samples to customers at a department store. |
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Veteran academic and broadcaster [[David Starkey]], author of several best-selling factual accounts of the Tudor royals, was among those who criticized the casting of an American (Johansson), an [[Israel]]i-American (Portman) and an [[Australia]]n (Bana) as historical British figures. Johansson responded that her only reservations about the filming concerned the [[melodrama]]tic storyline <ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/columnists/article-403137/Scarletts-Royal-scandal.html ''Daily Mail'', September 1, 2006]</ref>. |
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The film received mixed reviews. [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported that 40% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 90 reviews <ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/other_boleyn_girl/ RottenTomatoes.com]</ref>, while [[Metacritic]] reported the film had an average score of 51 out of 100, based on 32 reviews <ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/otherboleyngirl Metacritic. com]</ref>. |
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He also worked at the restaurant called "Alessandro's" where Monica was head chef. He was given the job so that Monica could fire him to intimidate the other employees who pay Monica no respect, but he made a lot of tips and backed out only to realize how important him getting fired was to Monica so he got fired the next day. |
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Manohla Dargis of the ''[[New York Times]]'' called the film "more slog than romp" and an "oddly plotted and frantically paced pastiche." She added, "The film is both underwritten and overedited. Many of the scenes seem to have been whittled down to the nub, which at times turns it into a succession of wordless gestures and poses. Given the generally risible dialogue, this isn’t a bad thing." <ref>[http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/movies/29bole.html ''New York Times'', February 29, 2008]</ref> |
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==Relationships== |
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Joey was originally shunned by Chandler when he came in for a roommate interview, and Joey thought Chandler was gay. However, Mr Heckles, another building resident, interferes with Chandler's originally selected roommate, allowing Joey to move in. Joey's first couple days involved a brief, mutual attraction with Monica. This subdued and Chandler and Joey began to grow close and into best friends, as Joey's relaxing lifestyle began to grow on Chandler. Together they buy a chick and a duck later on in the series. A long-running gag depicted Joey and Chandler occasionally fighting with each other like an old married couple, with Chandler often assuming the wife role while Joey assumed the husband role- this eventually ended when Chandler became permanently paired with Monica. Joey moved out temporarily when he found success as Dr. Drake Ramoray, but soon moved back in together. Chandler and Monica made it clear to Joey that their new home would have a specially designated room over the garage where he could grow old. |
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[[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' said, "This in an enjoyable movie with an entertaining angle on a hard-to-resist period of history ... Portman's performance, which shows a range and depth unlike anything she's done before, is the No. 1 element that tips ''The Other Boleyn Girl'' in the direction of a recommendation ... [She] won't get the credit she deserves for this, simply because the movie isn't substantial enough to warrant proper attention." <ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/29/DD29V9PFR.DTL ''San Francisco Chronicle'', February 29, 2008]</ref> |
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When Chandler moved out to pursue a relationship with [[Monica Geller|Monica]], Joey was joined by Janine ([[Elle MacPherson]]). He formed a stronger bond with [[Rachel Green]] during her pregnancy by [[Ross Geller]]. He eventually fell in love with Rachel and dated her for a time; however, nothing came of it due to their inability to get past the fact that it was the other touching them, and the two returned to being just good friends. By the series' finale, Rachel and Ross resumed their romance. |
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[[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' stated, "The film moves in frustrating herks and jerks. What works is the combustible teaming of Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson, who give the Boleyn hotties a tough core of intelligence and wit, swinging the film's sixteenth-century protofeminist issues handily into this one." <ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/14584631/review/18947849/other_boleyn_girl ''Rolling Stone'', March 20, 2008]</ref> |
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He also offered to stand up for Ross and Chandler when they were being [[bullying|bullied]] at [[Central Perk]], and he allowed Monica to hire and fire him so as to prove to her employees that she was not a pushover. When he discovered that Monica and Chandler had developed a romantic relationship, he agreed to keep it a secret until the two were ready to reveal it to the rest of their group. He also called Chandler moments after suspecting Monica of having an affair with a mystery male he had heard in her apartment. He is also the only one that knew that Chandler is afraid of dogs and that Ross doesn't like ice cream. |
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Peter Bradshaw of ''[[The Guardian]]'' awarded the film three out of five stars, describing it as a "flashy, silly, undeniably entertaining Tudor romp" and adding, "It is absurd yet enjoyable, and playing fast and loose with English history is a refreshing alternative to slow and tight solemnity; the effect is genial, even mildly subversive ... It is ridiculous, but imagined with humour and gusto: a very diverting gallop through the heritage landscape." <ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/mar/07/drama.romance ''The Guardian'', March 7, 2008]</ref> |
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Joey's relationships with the other Friends have always been very friendly. He is best friends with Chandler, and Ross is a close second. Rachel and the other women on the show have been the object of many [[sexist]] comments on Joey's behalf, especially Monica. Chandler once put it, "Your long-standing offer to have sex with my wife is much appreciated." Notwithstanding this apparent boorishness, however, he always enjoyed a close relationship with Monica, Rachel and Phoebe; LeBlanc once speculated that Joey saw the girls as sisters more than potential romantic interests. |
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Sukhdev Sandhu of ''[[The Telegraph]]'' said, "This is a film for people who prefer their costume dramas to gallop along at a merry old pace rather than get bogged down in historical detail ... Mining relatively familiar material here, and dramatising highly dubious scenarios, [Peter Morgan] is unable to make the set-pieces seem revelatory or tart ... In the end, ''The Other Boleyn Girl'' is more anodyne than it has any right to be. It can't decide whether to be serious or comic. It promises an erotic charge that it never carries off, inducing dismissive laughs from the audience for its soft-focus love scenes soundtracked by swooning violins. It is tasteful, but unappetising." <ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/03/07/bfboleyn107.xml ''The Telegraph'', March 7, 2008]</ref> |
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In the end of the series, Joey was the only Friend that ended up without a lover or a spouse, even though he is the one that dated the most women. |
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==DVD release== |
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Joey has a close relationship with Rachel, also having been attracted to her twice in the series. Although his affection was unreturned in Season 8, once they actually dated in a later season, but they found themselves unable to go further than kissing without becoming keenly aware of the fact that it was their good friend touching them. |
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The film was released in [[Blu-ray]] and [[DVD]] formats on June 10, 2008. Extras on both editions include an audio commentary with director Justin Chadwick, deleted and extended scenes, character profiles, and featurettes. The Blu-ray version includes BD-Live capability and an additional picture-in-picture track with character descriptions, notes on the original story, and passages from the original book. |
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==References== |
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Joey's closest female friend is Phoebe. When she was a surrogate mother for her brother's triplets, he offered to eat no meat until the babies were born, so that Phoebe could eat that meat instead. Also, when the Friends realize that the group may have to split up, Phoebe and Rachel conspired to form a separate group by themselves, but Phoebe insists that Joey come to their new group as well. Phoebe's loyalty is proved again when she states that she could live in Las Vegas, since it has everything she needs, "Including Joey!" He in turn invites her to live with him in the mansion he expects to own when he becomes rich from having a hand twin. Phoebe also once says to her friends, "When the Revolution comes, I'll have to kill you all." After a moment's pause, she adds, "Not you, Joey." The two also try to meet once a month for dinner in order to discuss the other Friends. When Phoebe was upset because she'd turned thirty-one without having had the perfect kiss, Joey kissed her so that she could cross that off of her list (Also adding that he was one-sixteenth Portuguese when she mentioned that she hadn't met any Portuguese people). In one episode, when Joey believed [[Phoebe Buffay|Phoebe]] to be [[pregnant]], he proposed marriage, claiming the world is too scary for a single mother alone. |
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Joey is also very promiscuous with women. In one episode that takes place early on in the day, Chandler notes that Joey has had a lot of sex, and Joey says, "Today? Some... not a lot." He sleeps with many of the interns and extras on shows that he works on. He has apparently been sexually active for a very long time; when he was nine, he undid a sixteen-year-old girl's bra; slept with his teacher in the seventh grade; and he had a wild spring break when he was thirteen but in Joey, he grows up and begins a committed relationship with Alex. |
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* [http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/theotherboleyngirl/ Official website] |
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Joey's age is not consistently treated. In "[[The One with the Birth]]", which aired on May 11, 1995, Joey says he is 25. In "[[The One Where Joey Moves Out]]", which aired less than a year later in February, 1996, Joey says he is 28. The latter would put his birth in 1967 or early 1968, which allows him to be older than Chandler, which he must be if the events in "[[The One Where They All Turn Thirty]]" are correct. In "[[The One With Russ]]", which aired in January, 1996, Joey says he has been acting for 10 years. This is consistent with birth in 1967 or 1968, assuming he began his acting career at about age 18. In "[[The One with Joey's Fridge]]", Joey refers to his activities during [[spring break]] in 1981 and Monica comments "You were 13", likewise consistent. In "[[The One With Ross's New Girlfriend]]", Joey, confused about whether Franky the tailor did Joey's first suit when he was 15 or 16, asks, "All right, when was 1990?" Joey can't have been 15 or 16 in 1990 and be 28 in 1996. However, it is possible that Joey had simply confused the years or been simply using 1990 as a point of reference. In "[[The One With The Red Sweater]]" (2001) Chandler says that Joey is 32, which would put Joey's year of birth at 1969. In "[[The One with Monica's Thunder]]" (2000), Rachel says Joey is 31, and when telling them he is supposed to play a nineteen-year-old, Chandler comments "So by get up early do you mean 1986?", which is inconsistent with his birth in 1969. By the first season of ''Joey'', Michael reveals that Joey is 35. |
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After the 2003/2004 final season of ''Friends'', Joey Tribbiani became the main character of ''[[Joey (TV series)|Joey]]'', a [[spin-off]] TV series, where he moved to L.A. to polish his acting career. His sister [[Gina Tribbiani]] and her son Michael were two other central characters of the show. Gina is a straightforward woman who proudly dresses in revealing clothing. Michael is a shy science major at [[Cal Tech]] who is not good at socializing with women. Joey becomes good friends with an attractive female attorney named Alex, who, along with her husband, a travelling musician named Eric, is Joey's landlord. Joey hires a new agent named Bobbie Morgenstern, who is herself rather boorish, and not very sympathetic to Joey. Michael, wanting to get out on his own away from his mother, moves in with Joey, though Gina is still a frequent presence at Joey and Michael's apartment (still appearing to do Michael's laundry, for example). |
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[[Lucy Liu]] eventually joins the cast as the executive producer of ''Deep Powder''. Joey also begins a romantic relationship with a neighboring photographer named Sarah ([[Mädchen Amick]]), his first ongoing relationship that lasts more than one episode since his fling with Rachel on ''Friends''. This too, however, ends when Sarah leaves Joey for her new job in Washington, feeling that their relationship wasn't serious enough for her to stay. |
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Following Sarah's departure, Alex separates from Eric and finds solace in the arms of Joey, but this too does not last. |
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Then, after being killed off ''Deep Powder'', for being too demanding, because he thought "America loves me", Joey got his first real big break on the blockbuster movie ''Captured''.<ref>In the episode, of ''Joey'', titled "Joey and the Big Break (Part 1 and 2)", Joey gets fired from ''Deep Powder'' and gets a leading part in ''Captured''.</ref> |
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He later buys a house that burns down and sees his sister reunited with the father of her child. As the series ends he is in a committed relationship with Alex and watches his sister marry the father of her child creating a new family. |
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Joey's final line was, to Alex, "There it is, you did it".<ref>Joey, ''Joey and the Wedding''</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:12, 10 October 2008
| The Other Boleyn Girl | |
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 Original poster | |
| Directed by | Justin Chadwick |
| Written by | Peter Morgan Based on the novel by Philippa Gregory |
| Produced by | Alison Owen |
| Starring | Natalie Portman Scarlett Johansson Eric Bana Jim Sturgess Mark Rylance Kristin Scott Thomas Ana Torrent |
| Cinematography | Kieran McGuigan |
| Edited by | Paul Knight Carol Littleton |
| Music by | Paul Cantelon |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates | February 29, 2008  United StatesMarch 7, 2008  United Kingdom |
Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35 million |
| Box office | $72,336,463 (Worldwide) |
The Other Boleyn Girl is the 2008 British drama film directed by Justin Chadwick. The screenplay by Peter Morgan was adapted from the 2001 novel of the same name by Philippa Gregory. It is a romanticized account of the lives of 16th-century aristocrats Mary Boleyn, one-time mistress of King Henry VIII, and her sister Anne, who became the monarch's ill-fated second wife.
Plot
When Catherine of Aragon fails to produce a male heir to the English throne, the Duke of Norfolk and his brother in law Thomas Boleyn scheme to install the latter's elder daughter Anne in the court of Henry VIII as the king's mistress and potential mother of his son, thereby furthering their own political ambitions. Their plan backfires when Henry, injured in a hunting accident indirectly precipitated by Anne, is nursed by her sister Mary and becomes smitten with her. With great reluctance, the recently married Mary and her husband William Carey agree to accept positions in the court, knowing full well what will be expected of her. Separated from her spouse, who is sent away on an assignment by the king, Mary finds herself falling in love with Henry.
Rebellious Anne secretly marries betrothed nobleman Henry Percy and confides in her brother George, who tells Mary about the elopement. Concerned that Anne will ruin her reputation by marrying a nobleman without the King's consent, she alerts her father and uncle of the union. They confront Anne, who argues that the marriage has been consummated and what is done before God cannot be undone, and she is exiled to France in disgrace.
The Boleyn family's fortunes seem to be secured when Mary becomes pregnant. When she nearly suffers a miscarriage, she is confined to bed for the remainder of her pregnancy, and Norfolk recalls Anne to England to keep Henry's attention from wandering to another rival, particularly Jane Seymour. Anne successfully embarks on a campaign to seduce Henry, revealing herself to be more sophisticated and accomplished than she was prior to her exile. By withholding her sexual favors, she ensures the king's continued interest, finally making him promise never to bed his wife or speak to her sister in exchange for her giving him hope of eventually possessing her. Anne exacts this promise just after Mary gives birth to the much-anticipated son, making Mary's triumph hollow.
The ambitious Anne encourages Henry to break from the Roman Catholic Church when Pope Clement VII refuses to annul his marriage to Catherine. Henry succumbs to Anne's demands, declares himself the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, and divorces his wife. The scandal of Anne's brief, secret marriage to Henry Percy threatens her forthcoming marriage to the king until Mary, out of loyalty to her family, returns to court and lies on Anne's behalf, assuring Henry her union with Percy never was consummated. Anne weds Henry and becomes Queen of England. The sisters reach a reconciliation and Mary stays by Anne's side at court.
Despite the birth of a healthy daughter, Elizabeth, Henry is unhappy with Anne's failure to deliver a son and legitimate male heir to the throne. After she miscarries their second child, a now desperate Anne asks her brother George to try to impregnate her. Although he ultimately refuses to grant her request, his neglected wife Jane witnesses enough of their encounter to become suspicious. Her testimony leads to the arrest, trial, and execution of both George and Anne. Mary returns to court to plead for her sister's life, but Henry refuses to intercede. He warns Mary never to come to court again, because her family's disgrace could result in danger to her as well. Mary fulfills her last promise to Anne and takes care of her infant daughter.
The closing captions reveal that perhaps the king should not have been concerned about his failure to produce a legitimate male heir, because, ironically, his daughter Elizabeth served her country well for forty-five years.
Production
In Translating Henry to the Screen, a bonus feature on the DVD release of the film, screenwriter Peter Morgan discusses the dilemma he faced in adapting Philippa Gregory's 600-page novel for the screen. He ultimately decided to use it as a broad guideline for his script, which Gregory felt perfectly captured the essence of her book. Morgan says he never thought of either Anne or Mary as the "other" Boleyn girl, since the epithet applied to both at different phases of the story.
Gregory was employed as an historical consultant for the film. She was impressed by Scarlett Johansson's commitment to the historical accuracy of her role. She recalled, "When I got on set it was like a reading group. The whole cast and set were reading not just The Other Boleyn Girl but the rest of my Tudor novels, too. Scarlett's copy of the book is broken-backed and it's marked on every page. She's continually going to the writer and director and saying, 'Let's look at this, let's do it this way.'" [1]
Filming locations included Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire; Bude in Cornwall; Penshurst Place, Knole House and Dover Castle in Kent; Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire; Haddon Hall in Derbyshire; and Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire. Interiors were shot in Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire and Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire.
The costumes were designed by Academy Award-winner Sandy Powell, and John Paul Kelly served as the production designer.
"Nara" by E.S. Posthumus, the music used in the film trailers, is the main theme of the American television drama series Cold Case.
The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival. It premiered in London on February 19, 2008 but did not go into theatrical release in that country until March 7. On February 29, it opened on 1,166 screens in the US, earning $8,203,061 and ranking #4 on its opening weekend. It ultimately grossed $26,814,957 in the US and $45,521,506 in foreign markets for a total worldwide box office of $72,336,463 [2].
Cast
- Natalie Portman ..... Anne Boleyn
- Scarlett Johansson ..... Mary Boleyn
- Eric Bana ..... Henry VIII
- David Morrissey ..... Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk
- Mark Rylance ..... Thomas Boleyn
- Jim Sturgess ..... George Boleyn
- Kristin Scott Thomas ..... Elizabeth Boleyn
- Benedict Cumberbatch ..... William Carey
- Oliver Coleman ..... Henry Percy
- Ana Torrent ..... Catherine of Aragon
- Eddie Redmayne ..... William Stafford
- Juno Temple ..... Jane Boleyn
- Iain Mitchell ..... Thomas Cromwell
- Andrew Garfield ..... Francis Weston
- Corinne Galloway ..... Jane Seymour
- Bill Wallis ..... Archbishop Cranmer
Critical reception
Veteran academic and broadcaster David Starkey, author of several best-selling factual accounts of the Tudor royals, was among those who criticized the casting of an American (Johansson), an Israeli-American (Portman) and an Australian (Bana) as historical British figures. Johansson responded that her only reservations about the filming concerned the melodramatic storyline [3].
The film received mixed reviews. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 40% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 90 reviews [4], while Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 51 out of 100, based on 32 reviews [5].
Manohla Dargis of the New York Times called the film "more slog than romp" and an "oddly plotted and frantically paced pastiche." She added, "The film is both underwritten and overedited. Many of the scenes seem to have been whittled down to the nub, which at times turns it into a succession of wordless gestures and poses. Given the generally risible dialogue, this isn’t a bad thing." [6]
Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle said, "This in an enjoyable movie with an entertaining angle on a hard-to-resist period of history ... Portman's performance, which shows a range and depth unlike anything she's done before, is the No. 1 element that tips The Other Boleyn Girl in the direction of a recommendation ... [She] won't get the credit she deserves for this, simply because the movie isn't substantial enough to warrant proper attention." [7]
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone stated, "The film moves in frustrating herks and jerks. What works is the combustible teaming of Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson, who give the Boleyn hotties a tough core of intelligence and wit, swinging the film's sixteenth-century protofeminist issues handily into this one." [8]
Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian awarded the film three out of five stars, describing it as a "flashy, silly, undeniably entertaining Tudor romp" and adding, "It is absurd yet enjoyable, and playing fast and loose with English history is a refreshing alternative to slow and tight solemnity; the effect is genial, even mildly subversive ... It is ridiculous, but imagined with humour and gusto: a very diverting gallop through the heritage landscape." [9]
Sukhdev Sandhu of The Telegraph said, "This is a film for people who prefer their costume dramas to gallop along at a merry old pace rather than get bogged down in historical detail ... Mining relatively familiar material here, and dramatising highly dubious scenarios, [Peter Morgan] is unable to make the set-pieces seem revelatory or tart ... In the end, The Other Boleyn Girl is more anodyne than it has any right to be. It can't decide whether to be serious or comic. It promises an erotic charge that it never carries off, inducing dismissive laughs from the audience for its soft-focus love scenes soundtracked by swooning violins. It is tasteful, but unappetising." [10]
DVD release
The film was released in Blu-ray and DVD formats on June 10, 2008. Extras on both editions include an audio commentary with director Justin Chadwick, deleted and extended scenes, character profiles, and featurettes. The Blu-ray version includes BD-Live capability and an additional picture-in-picture track with character descriptions, notes on the original story, and passages from the original book.
References
External links
- Official website
- The Other Boleyn Girl at IMDb
- The Other Boleyn Girl at the TCM Movie Database
- The Other Boleyn Girl (film) at AllMovie
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