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Mrs. Brown (film)

Mrs Brown
Mrs Brown UK theatrical poster.jpg
Original UK theatrical poster
Directed by John Madden
Produced by Sarah Curtis
Written by Jeremy Brock
Starring
Music by Stephen Warbeck
Cinematography Richard Greatrex
Edited by Robin Sales
Distributed by Buena Vista International (UK)
Miramax (US)
Release date
  • 18 July 1997 (1997-07-18) (United States)
  • 5 September 1997 (1997-09-05) (United Kingdom)
Running time
103 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Box office $9,229,808

Mrs Brown, also theatrically released as Her Majesty, Mrs Brown, is a 1997 British drama film starring Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher, and Gerard Butler in his film debut. It was written by Jeremy Brock and directed by John Madden.

The film was produced by the BBC and Ecosse Films with the intention of being shown on BBC One and on WGBH's Masterpiece Theatre. However, it was acquired by Miramax and released to unexpected success, going on to earn more than $13 million worldwide.

The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. Dench was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, but lost to Helen Hunt for her role in As Good as It Gets.

Several screens of text giving some background are shown before a bust is shown flying over a palace wall and shattering into countless pieces. The film shows the story of a bereaved Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) and her relationship with a Scottish servant, John Brown (Billy Connolly), and the subsequent uproar it provoked. Brown had been a trusted servant of Victoria's then deceased and beloved Prince Consort, Prince Albert; Victoria's Household thought Brown might help to ease an inconsolable Queen since the Prince Consort's death in 1861. In 1863, hoping to subtly coax the Queen toward resuming public life after years of seclusion, Mr Brown is summoned to court.


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