Director: Stephen Frears Writer: Peter Morgan Starring: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Sylvia Syms Released: December 26, 2006 Rating: Runtime: 103 minutes Websites: Story: THE QUEEN takes audiences behind the scenes of one of the most shocking public events of recent times - providing an illuminating, acidly funny, yet deeply affecting, dramatic glimpse into what happens in the corridors of power when tragedy strikes. The setting for this fictional account of real events is no less than the private chambers of the Royal Family and the British government in the wake of the sudden death of Princess Diana in August of 1997. In the immediate aftermath of the Princess's passing, the tightly contained, tradition-bound world of the Queen of England (DAME HELEN MIRREN) clashes with the slick modernity of the country's brand new, image-conscious Prime Minister, Tony Blair (MICHAEL SHEEN). The result is an intimate, yet thematically epic, battle between private and public, responsibility and emotion, custom and action - as a grieving nation waits to see what its leaders will do. Cast: Helen Mirren HM Queen Elizabeth II Michael Sheen Tony Blair James Cromwell Prince Philip Sylvia Syms HM The Queen Mother Alex Jennings Prince Charles Helen McCrory Cherie Blair Roger Allam Robin Janvrin Tim McMullan Stephen Lamport Douglas Reith Lord Airlie Robin Soans Equerry Lola Peploe Janvrin's Secretary Joyce Henderson Balmoral Maid Pat Laffan Head Ghillie Amanda Hadingue Queen's Dresser John McGlynn Balmoral Head Ghillie