Author: Peter Morgan 

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Pages: 144

Publisher: Hyperion

ISBN: 1401309038 
  
 
    

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The screenplay for the acclaimed Miramax film of the same name, providing an intimate behind-the-scenes glimpse of the Royal Family in the aftermath of Princess Diana's death.

"What's most daring about it isn't that it's a satire. It's a story that dares to paint people in power as complex, rounded, conflicted human beings just like you and me."
--Peter Morgan

In the days following the death of Princess Diana, Great Britain exploded in a paroxysm of public grief that shocked the tightly contained, tradition-bound world of the Queen of England. The grieving nation was desperate for comfort from its beloved queen, and for many days it did not come. Elizabeth II, stunned by the unexpected depth of the public emotion at Diana's passing and the vitriol of the British media toward her for not joining in, was forced to realize that her people felt abandoned and were in danger of abandoning her. This is the story told in The Queen, directed by Stephen Frears and starring Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, and James Cromwell.

Peter Morgan's screenplay, drawn from extensive interviews, devoted research, discreet sources, and informed imagination, shows us one of the modern world's last great monarchs as she has never been seen before -- as a vulnerable human being in her darkest hour, struggling to preserve all she holds most dear.

1997年，当戴妃意外在巴黎身亡的讯息传出之后，英国公民极度震惊与悲哀。但稍后，他们却被愤怒的情绪浪潮所吞没。他们迟迟等不到他们爱戴的女皇公开对戴妃的死表示哀悼。英国人民不能理解，甚至在祭悼戴妃的花束上写上对女皇不谅解的咒骂。

《The Queen》细腻地展现了女皇在面对这个皇室危机时的心境转变。先是惊讶英国人民对戴妃的如此盛情，后是不解与无助，而最终是毅然选择在自己守候多年的传统价值观中退让。在看似冷酷的表象之下，其实掩藏着女皇的伟大之处。