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The Best Period Films You MUST Watch (76 movies items)"King Henry VIII of England and his wife Katherine of Aragon are having marital problems over the inability to sire a male heir. Henry summons the Boleyn family to his court. The Boleyn's original plan is to have Anne be Henry's mistress. After initial misgivings, Anne pursues this liaison as a means for her eventually to marry into royalty on Henry's approval. However, Henry instead sets his sites on the more innocent Mary, despite she already being married to the equally innocent William Carey."
The Seven deadly Sins Lists: Envy (20 movies items)"Two sisters fight for the love of a king. Unfortunately, that king was Henry the eighth and so only one ends up with her head still on her shoulders."
“Risk nothing and you gain nothing.
Apparently the makers of this film risked something when they cast two American actresses - albeit talented - into the roles of two famous British figures in history: Mary and Anne Boleyn. The latter is known for being the ill-fated second wife of King Henry VIII (Bana), while the former, unlike her sister, is hardly mentioned in history books (well, those which I have read, anyway). The film starts off with Sir Thomas Boleyn (Rylance) talking to his wife, Lady Elizabeth Boleyn (Scott Thomas) about the marriage offer of William Carey (Cumberbatch) to their eldest daughter, Anne (Portman). Instead of giving them Anne, he offered his younger daughter, Mary (Johansson) instead. Flash forward to many years later, Mary is getting ready to be married ” read more
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