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2003 (USA) moreTagline:
It takes a traitor and a hero...Plot:
A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I. | add synopsisAwards:
3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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(From WENN. 13 September 2004)
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Period...More So moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Tim Roth | ... | Oliver Cromwell | |
| Dougray Scott | ... | Sir Thomas Fairfax | |
| Olivia Williams | ... | Lady Anne Fairfax | |
| James Bolam | ... | Denzil Holles | |
| Corin Redgrave | ... | Lord de Vere | |
| Finbar Lynch | ... | Cousin Henry | |
| Julian Rhind-Tutt | ... | James | |
| Adrian Scarborough | ... | Sergeant Joyce | |
| Jeremy Swift | ... | Earl of Whitby | |
| Rupert Everett | ... | King Charles I | |
| Steven Webb | ... | Boy at Naseby | |
| Jake Nightingale | ... | Colonel Pride | |
| Leonard Woodcock | ... | Young Royalist prisoner | |
| Thomas Arnold | ... | Messenger at Naseby | |
| Sam Spruell | ... | King's guard |
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I read a review of the movie to the effect that it wasn't historically accurate and it had a comment (the writer must have known it was coming...) that some would argue that it was only a film (thus artistic license was sure to be taken).
What that viewer failed to see was that this film was spot on where it truly mattered - that both sides (Charles I and Cromwell) were equally and totally convinced of their 'mandate from God'.
The result for Charles was that his inability to concede any power cost him his life, the cost for Cromwell was that his 'Republic' lasted only two years after his death (although some of his decisions are still felt now especially in Ulster.)
So, if what you need is for Cromwell to have a broad West Country accent, don't go...if you enjoy films that have some intellectual depth to them, then I'd recommend it.