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''Anne of the Thousand Days'' is a 1969 British costume drama made by Hal Wallis Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Charles Jarrott and produced by Hal B. Wallis. The film tells the story of Anne Boleyn. The screenplay is an adaptation by Bridget Boland, John Hale and Richard Sokolove of the 1948 play by Maxwell Anderson; Anderson's blank verse format was retained for only portions of the screenplay, such as Anne's soliloquy in the Tower of London, but then again, Anderson did not use blank verse throughout the play either, only in portions of it. The opening of the play was also changed, with Thomas Cromwell telling Henry VIII the outcome of the trial and Henry then recalling his marriage to Anne, rather than Anne speaking first and then Henry remembering in flashback.〔(Anne of the Thousand Days ), ''Google books'', accessed 15 April 2012〕 The film stars Richard Burton as King Henry VIII and Geneviève Bujold as Anne Boleyn. Elizabeth Taylor makes a brief, uncredited appearance. Irene Papas plays Catherine of Aragon. Others in the cast include Anthony Quayle, John Colicos, Michael Hordern, Katharine Blake, Peter Jeffrey, Joseph O'Conor, William Squire, Vernon Dobtcheff, Denis Quilley, Esmond Knight and T. P. McKenna, who would later go on to play Henry VIII in ''Monarch''. Despite receiving some negative reviews〔"''Anne of the Thousand Days'' seems to have been made for one person: the Queen of England", ''Time'' Magazine〕 and a mixed, but complimentary review from the ''New York Times'' and one from Pauline Kael,〔http://www.geocities.ws/paulinekaelreviews/a5.html〕 the film was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won the award for best costumes. Geneviève Bujold's portrayal of Anne, her first in an English-speaking film, was, however, very highly praised, even by ''Time'' magazine, which otherwise skewered the movie. According to the Academy Awards exposé ''Inside Oscar'', an expensive advertising campaign was mounted by Universal Studios that included serving champagne and filet mignon to members of the Academy following each screening.〔''Inside Oscar'', Mason Wiley and Damien Boa, Ballantine Books (1986) pg. 434〕 ==Background and production== The play ''Anne of the Thousand Days'', the film's basis, was first enacted on Broadway in the Shubert Theatre on 8 December 1948; staged by H. C. Potter, with Rex Harrison and Joyce Redman as Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn respectively, running 288 performances; Harrison won a Tony Award for his performance. Cinematically, ''Anne of the Thousand Days'' took twenty years to reach the screen because its themes – adultery, illegitimacy, incest – were then unacceptable to the US motion picture production code. The film was made on such locations as Penshurst Place and Hever Castle,〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064030/locations〕 and at Pinewood and Shepperton Studios. Hever Castle was one of the main settings for the film; it was also the childhood home of Anne Boleyn. The stunning formal Tudor gardens provided the perfect setting for the film.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://kentfilmoffice.co.uk/1969/01/anne-of-a-thousand-days-1969/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anne of the Thousand Days」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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