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Geoffrey Rush: Academy Award
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Academy Award® winners Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush join Academy Award® nominee Clive Owen in a gripping historical thriller full of suspense, intrigue and adventure! When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd advisor must act to safeguard to the lives of her people. But when a dashing seafarer, Walter Raleigh, captures her heart, she is forced to make her most tragic sacrifice for the good of her country. Elizabeth: The Golden Age tells the thrilling tale of one woman's crusade to control her love, destroy her enemies and secure her position as a beloved icon of the western world.
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From All Movie Guide: One of Australia's most popular and distinguished actors, Geoffrey Rush came to the attention of the international community in 1996 with his performance as pianist David Helfgott in Shine (1996). Rush won an Academy Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe, and Australian Film Institute Award for his work, and he subsequently began appearing in films that would further make him known to audiences all over the world.
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Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett and Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush reprise the roles they originated in seven-time Academy Award®-nominated Elizabeth in Elizabeth La Edad de Oro – a gripping historical thriller laced with treachery and romance. Clive Owen joins the cast of Elizabeth La Edad de Oro as dashing seafarer and Elizabeth’s new found temptation.
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Geoffrey Rush rocketed to success in 1996 with his brilliant Oscar award winning performance as Pianist David Helfgott in the critically acclaimed film Shine. Since then he has had an amazing string of performances acting with Cate Blanchett, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp and a little clown fish called Nemo.
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Geoffrey played Inspector Javert in Les Miserables, directed by Bille August, and Walsingham in Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth, for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He played Henslowe in Shakespeare in Love, directed by John Madden, for which received a BAFTA Award, an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 1999, Geoffrey played Casanova in Mystery Men for Universal Pictures and Steven B. Price in House on Haunted Hill, directed by William Malone. In 2000, he portrayed The Marquis in Quills, directed by Phillip Kaufman, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He portrayed Harry Pendel in The Tailor of Panama directed by John Boorman and Superintendent Hare in Gregor Jordan's Ned Kelly alongside Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom.
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As she charts her course abroad, her trusted advisor, Sir Francis Walsingham (Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush), continues his masterful puppetry of Elizabeth’s court at home and her campaign to solidify absolute power. He uncovers an assassination plot that could topple the throne and unmasks traitors that may include Elizabeth’s own cousin Mary Stuart (Samantha Morton).
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