The Young Victoria

Emily Blunt Director: Jean-Marc Vallée Jean-Marc Vallée

Overview

Director Jean-Marc Vallée 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:	0043396334106
Original Release:	2009
Rating:	PG
Source:	Sony Pictures
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Time:	1:45:00
Sales rank:	6,333

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

Technical Credits

Julian Fellowes

Jean-Marc Vallée	Director
Kate Benton	Makeup
Jill Bilcock	Editor
Hagen Bogdanski	Cinematographer
Stuart Brisdon	Special Effects Supervisor
Chris Lowe	Art Director
Marc Cote	Special Effects Supervisor
Maureen Crowe	Musical Direction/Supervision
Ilan Eshkeri	Score Composer
Julian Fellowes	Screenwriter
Sarah Ferguson	Producer
Susie Figgis	Casting
Matt Garner	Editor
Tim Headington	Producer
Julie Kendrick	Makeup
Graham King	Producer
Jack Murphy	Choreography
Denis O'Sullivan	Co-producer
Anita Overland	Co-producer
Martin Pinsonnault	Sound/Sound Designer
Sandy Powell	Costumes/Costume Designer
Deborah Saban	Asst. Director
Martin Scorsese	Producer
Jenny Shircore	Makeup
Colin Vaines	Executive Producer
Patrice Vermette	Production Designer
Alexandra Walker	Art Director

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Young Victoria
1. Scene 1 [4:48]
2. Scene 2 [2:40]
3. Scene 3 [4:06]
4. Scene 4 [2:57]
5. Scene 5 [5:08]
6. Scene 6 [4:18]
7. Scene 7 [4:37]
8. Scene 8 [2:42]
9. Scene 9 [3:29]
10. Scene 10 [3:30]
11. Scene 11 [1:57]
12. Scene 12 [4:24]
13. Scene 13 [4:04]
14. Scene 14 [2:57]
15. Scene 15 [2:56]
16. Scene 16 [3:11]
17. Scene 17 [1:47]
18. Scene 18 [3:17]
19. Scene 19 [3:45]
20. Scene 20 [3:31]
21. Scene 21 [3:48]
22. Scene 22 [3:18]
23. Scene 23 [2:02]
24. Scene 24 [3:39]
25. Scene 25 [3:07]
26. Scene 26 [:23]
27. Scene 27 [3:11]
28. Scene 28 [3:47]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Young Victoria
   Play Movie
   Subtitles
      English*
      English SDH
      Subtitles: Off
   Scene Selections
   Special Features
      Deleted and Extended Scenes
         Play All
         Lady Flora & Baroness Lehzen Talk in Hallway
         The Coronation - Extended
         Just After Coronation
         When Victoria is Queen
         Victoria Is Sworn In
         Albert Goes to England - Extended
         Albert at the Coronation
         Victoria Finishes Dressing
         Sir Conroy's Influence On Victoria - Extended
         "She Needs Me"
         Lady Flora is Pregnant
         Lady Flora on Death Bed
         Just Married - Extended
         Albert and Victoria Talk in Bed - Extended
         Albert is Concerned About Newspaper Sketches
         Police Storm Mr. Oxford's House
         News
      Making of The Young Victoria
      Lavish History: A Look at the Costumes and Locations
      The Coronation
      The Wedding
      The Real Queen Victoria
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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.

All Movie Guide - Perry Seibert