A scene from The Queen directed by Stephen Frears. Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II Michael Sheen as Tony Blair Helen McCrory as Cherie Blair Roger Allam as Robin Janvrin
Mr sheen doesn't exactly look like Tony Blair, but he smashed this performance, right down to the voice like sheet metal and the weird physical ticks and expressions.
@@johncswheatley indeed you couldnt find better casting. I remember at the time people were totally struck by the likeness in terms of performance and appearance.
The royal family is definitely a tradition or whatever one would like to call it that should go away. There's nothing special about any of the individuals, and we should not be fooled into believing they are. They're basically a more posh and upmarket Kardashian family. I wish they would just go away, but they're rich so they'll always be in the spotlight
God no! I can't believe this. Victoria Wood, Caroline Aherne and now this news. Thank you Helen for giving us this rendition of a key figure in our greatest years, 1997 to 2007.
A very not so subtle way of saying you are a noob. I've been Queen longer than you have been alive........ I Will remain all the throne when you are but a memory.
It's the same with everyone who holds the job. There are two types of prime ministers: those who have been voted out by the party or electorate, and those who will be.
mike live High hopes for socialists... I didn't like him from the beginning. The UK was in a good place, things were moving forward nicely and people who were willing to graft could make plenty of money. The socialists came in and decided that everything should look good and sound good even if it was a pile of crap. As long as you ticked the right boxes, you could get ahead, work ethic counts for nothing these days and it's the companies that have the upper hand in employment and in the services they offer because you don't have a choice on where to get your services.
You have to understand the reasons for all the formality shown in this scene. For the Brits, it's a way of honoring the living representative of an institution that goes back at least 1000 years.
+ElectricJohnny They said that about the British Monarchy in 1900. 117 years later, it is still extremely popular, and has seen the rise and fall of nearly 30 "post-capitalist" nations. The British monarchy was around prior to that little upstart Marx, and will be around when Marx's little pipe dream is finally discredited forever.
It won't happen, think about this statement: The Monarchy brings in a lot of money from tourism. The Monarch saves the British taxpayer up to £2. Coming from a Republic that produced Trump, Obama, and Bush, you do not want a republic. In fact far more republics have fallen to dictatorships, than Constitutional Monarchies. Hitler became Chancellor in a Republican system and did things without check and balances against his authority after he combined the offices of President and Prime Minister. Look at the majority of the countries that have gotten rid of Elizabeth II. A prime example being Uganda. The Crown is the largest property holder in the land. What happens to that? Does the government steal from a private corporation, or does large parts of the country suddenly become privately owned. What happens if a Hitler-like character comes along and decides to do what Hitler did after Hindenburg died. In fact, Britain was a republic between 1650 and 1660 and it rapidly descended into a military dictatorship. The British Monarchy survived the tumultous changes of the 1700s, 1800s, and 1900s. Whilst other European monarchies such as France, Russia, Austria, Germany, etc... disappeared, the British Monarchy continued. People like you in the past have come up and said exactly what you have said in the previous centuries, and the Monarchy is still here.
Never been able to put my finger on who Roger Allam reminds me, and of course... you've nailed it. Ha ha. Ever seen The Thick of It? He is absolutely fantastic in that as Peter Mannion.
I loved this film and I bought it. I use it to teach English and British culture in my classes because I'm an English teacher. With this film I also improve my own English language.I learned a lot about vocabulary,English culture such as the protocol with the Queen and about Her Majesty. I love England,the Queen,the language and the culture. I hope to go to England some day.Thanks for this opportunity.
It’s interesting to hear that you found it useful as a teaching aid. Trying to look at it from a foreign person’s point of view, I can understand why you did that now.
Its quite easy to do so nowadays, actually. Make your way to France, then just find yourself a good reliable dingy. You will likely find yourself escorted in and put up in one of our many wonderful hotels.
Watching this scene after The Crown, where she tells Blair about Winston being her first PM, i automatically pictured Claire Foye, I know its based on real life but tue whole thing felt so natural and seamless lol
The British people elect the PARTY and then, the leader became the PM.... And the Queen is the Head of State, so, she IS the boss... You're welcome! (this was an "Margaret Thatcher" minute....)
VC YT lol That’s quite the contortion to get to the idea that Blair done anything other than win every election he was part of. And this is a conservative voter saying this.
I’ve said this before in the comments for another video but I can’t help it, I would’ve loved to have seen Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep play opposite of each other in a movie about the relationship between Margaret Thatcher and the Queen. I know we’re going to see that in season four of the crown, but I don’t think it will be as good as it would’ve been with the two greatest actresses of all time.
"You are my tenth prime minister; the first of course was Winston Churchill." When he was on his way, Tony Blair was talking about how he was going to show the Queen off. Those few words showed him the Queen is boss and reminded him no matter what he does, he will forever be in the shadow of one of history's greatest orators and leaders.
He was a war monger who never allowed or wanted peace, even when hitler proposed it several times, he never wanted war with Britain and felt bad about it, Churchill wanted war. ALthough Germany was expansionist, Soviet Union also invaded Poland too. there is a lot more to all of this. Aside from this, Churchill was an asshole who chose Soviet bolshevism that hated the western way of life aka what Britain had, over Fascist Germany, which purposefully avoided war with Britain due to the respect towards them. Churchill was nothing more than a pawn and if he really cared about "global freedom", he wouldn't have been such a war monger. There is very little freedom today, and this nation lost everything after the war. Its nice to think of him as the greatest prime minister, but he did everything in his power to ruin the UK, not save it.
I take it you have not seen Darkest Hour. I will grant that Churchill was a hawk among a parliament of doves, but a hawk is exactly what Britain needed if it was going to survive. A German peace at this time was nothing more than a Pax romana, which is not a true peace, but the destruction of everything. As Churchill said in the film, "When will the lesson be learned that you cannot negotiate with a tiger when your head is in its mouth!"
The idea if having a long serving monarch who can give some continuity and wisdom learned thru experience to each new PM is actually quite a smart one. Old fashioned but not without its merits.
When Henry Campbell-Bannerman died, Edward VII was on holiday in Biarritz. HH Asquith, the new PM, travelled to Biarritz and kissed hands in the hotel.
I’m quite sure Margaret Thatcher’s meeting with the queen was much more graceful than this. Blair was so greasy and wanting to do things against tradition, but the queen put him in his place.
Lots of crticism that he had to kneel. A British Monarch represents the country like the US flag does for the USA. He is not kneeling before her as a woman, he is kneeling to show his loyalty to the country. It's just the way it works. Bit like the Americans putting their hands on their hearts when they sing their national anthem maybe? Hard to explain. Basically, if the Monarch was a donkey - he still would have kneeled! The Monarch = Britain. Forget the person. It's loyalty to the country that matters and as she is the country, then we are loyal to her. Anyone still awake?
The beautiful couch in the scene at Prime Minister Tony Blair's residence was hand-made and I have a piece of the fabric used..I have it as a valance on a back window at my residence...
I remember seeing this movie in my early teens by the strong-willed request of my mom. The movie was entirely dull, except for Tony Blair. Now knowing PM Blair was played by Michael Sheen, there's little reason why; he has incredible presence.
Steven Barclay I think he will unfortunately. Young people in the UK are becoming more and more comfortable with semi socialism by the day. If the conservatives don't bring in New young bloods to be the next PM then JC will be the next PM.
implying that corbyn being in power instead of that hopeless nutcase may is a bad thing. we had two democratic socialists wilson and attlee. they were our two best pms. our best tory pm was macmillan and he was centre left
Goodness Michael Sheen must be Tony Blair’s long lost twin How did he nail the character like that?? Michael Sheen is such a talented actor After watching The Queen he became my favourite actor
After a recent trip to London, a friend of mine asked me if the ladies in London were as beautiful as his father remembered from 1971. I replied "possibly, but as they were all veiled from head to toe, I can't say for certain." Great job Labour!
I don't think that will be possible because Michael Sheen would be a bit too old to play Tony Blair again. It's likely that there are rumours that Andrew Scott will be playing Tony Blair in series 5 of The Crown.
i meant personal presence, like in her house having tea. she has to seem like the perfect woman in the public eye when in fact she is just a woman with flaws like anyone else. i think Mirren portrayed that beautifully.
Oh I am sure she does have flaws but in this she was all stuck up and pompous and rude and she may have her faults but she does not ring a little bell and interrupt people or roll her eyes when you speak.
+Jacob Snell She is a stupid old hag who just so happened to inherit most of the nation's wealth. The monarchy is a symbol of oppression and suffering. Fucking ass clown.
1) She is very intelligent, not stupid. She speaks three languages, is a very powerful writer and public speaker, she is known as one of the only three people in Her Government (other two are the Prime Minister, and Secretary of the Treasury) to know everything about it. 2) She is old, but many of the most powerful leaders in the history of the world have been. 3) She is more dignified than you will ever be. 4) She didn't just happen to, the Monarchy was established by Divine Right of the Blessed Ordinance of God. 5) She is actually not rich by any means, everything she has is given by her position as Queen. She doesn't actually make money. 6) England was always the least oppressive place in the world. It was a safe haven for people, because the Monarchy developed principles that were believed nowhere else in all of Europe (ie. freedom of speech in the Parliament, freedom to protest the Government, and a person was not killed for being a religion other than that of the Monarchy). Also, use proper English cursing is not a way of expressing yourself like an adult.
I get the viewpoint of anti-monarchists like Mrs. Blair, but her subtle mocking of the curtsy and the backing towards the door was just childish and unprofessional. Grow up, damn.🙄
had to come see this scene again after i watched this in theaters 16 years ago.... :> This scene totally give me the vibes of "no one lives forever" with Cate Archer:d
i've read a lot of comments about getting rid of the monarchy everyone keeps saying what a waste etc. Its old, its useless. But the British monarchy is part of British Identiy. Imagine how drab britain would be without the pomp and ceremony. Its the same line of thought that the soviets did, removing everything old (religion, Art, Culture). At the end they ended up with from a hollow identity. Things like architechture , culture, music all felt drab during the soviet era since they abando
Mat Ona Imagine in 200 years, after gradually democracy had been put into place, people in Saudi Arabia "honor" the descendants of today's Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, who is committing war crimes in Yemen. "Oh tradition" they might say "let's honor that very honorable history, oh isn't monarchy just cute?"
Got the tone right where New Labour started as an apology, the Blairs not fully understanding that they have more of a right, rite even than Liz does to being there. Most Tory MPs these days would revel in that kind of ritual.
It is amazing how highly you seem to estimate the wit of your own comment and its importance to all of TH-cam, seeing how you have posted it under both uploads of this video.
Wow! He makes my skin crawl like it's the man himself. What an actor. I heard sheen based his Blair on Nero, an equally insane bastard has never since crawled the earth.
Trucker oh by all means-- compare Tony Blair to Nero! You leftists can't learn, can you? You demonized both Bushes; you trashed Thatcher and Reagan back in the day, and you called wolf every time a conservative was elected in Britain or America! Now America has President Donald Trump-- and you guys are trashing him. Difference is, he fights back-- and the US economy is surging. But what you said about Blair and Nero-- lol, THAT was typical leftist overreaction!
ayy mao the leftists hated Blair. Why? Because he allied himself with George W Bush and joined the war in Iraq. Was everything Blair did OK? No. Should he be compared to Nero? NO WAY.
Deer Slayer Slabaugh Blair was the leader of the Labour (leftie) party. He is an absolute wanker who tried to destroy any pride we British have in our nation. Under his rule he altered history lessons in schools to teach our history as shameful, he tried to declare the Union Flag as a racist symbol and openly admitted his wish to remove our monarchy. There are a lot more examples of his betrayal of the UK. In short, he was prime minister of a country he despised. He's now trying to overthrow the Brexit vote by prostituting himself to his EU masters and spouting more lies on TV. The man is truly evil, a bastard grinning devil.
Forlorn Dream I don't agree with all of his policies and I didn't agree with the Iraq war. I'm a Trump supporter; however, when I see liberals comparing Bush, Blair, or Trump to Nero it hacks me off. Blair was far from perfect; does he deserve to be compared to Nero? NO!
Wednesday 17th November 2021. R.I.P Helen McCrory aka Mrs Blair. Michael Sheen has a big grin as Tony Blair. Helen Mirren is wonderful as Her Majesty, The Queen. :) Virginia Clark.?! :) :( :) 😀💖🌍🌈❄
Well former excellency Prime Minister has four children now not 3 right fellow Queen film fans because, I check Wikipedia he has a fourth child called Leo Blair now just to let you know if that’s all right to say!
The queen has clearly the upper hand in this meeting and controls the situation. Shouldn't be that way in a constitutional monarchy. I guess it was age and experience that did it. I don't think she was innocent in mentioning her Churchill and Victoria. It's like what could I say about England to someone who dealt face to face with Winston Churchill and Queen Victoria?
@@martinsullivan8949 You're right! I didn't even bother to check those facts. I'm not British,by the way, and don't live in the UK. But being over 55, and remembering seeing the queen as someone old even when I was a kid, one assumes she must be 130 by now.
As an American I find it funny how the British hate Tony Blair now but we love him as much as Churchill and Thatcher. Post WW2 the Zenith of British influence and power was during the Blair years. It was Blair who warned the world of Saddam Hussein and the Bath Party years before Bush Jr. could even find the country on a map. The British press label him as a lap dog to America but everyone forgets it was Blair who forced Bush Jr. to go thru the UN and we lost by ONE vote due to France. Years from now the British people are going to look back on "Cool Britannia" .
I respect the customs and traditions of the brits, there is a reason they became the number 1 suporpower of their age and had another superpower that was a former colony
Dear "auburnchick", I think you are not going to believe but I'm an English teacher in São Paulo- Brazil.Thank you for your answer. I'd also like to go to the USA, specially Washington DC . Hugs.
Poor Queen Elizabeth! I guess when she did first meet Tony she wondered because she thought that the position of the court jester had been disestablished long ago and than had to learn that Tony was not supposed to be the novel court jester but the new Prime Minister. This must have been quite a shock to her as Churchill was her first Prime Minister; though of course there had been a steady decline and after Major things couldn’t get much worse but Tony proved that assumption wrong.
Tony’s thinking “Hmmm, now how do I abolish this shit? Damn, there must a way to make it bloody politically feasible. This is nonsense, utter bloody nonsense.”
Imagine in 200 years, after gradually democracy had been put into place, people in Saudi Arabia "honor" the descendants of today's Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, who is committing war crimes in Yemen. "Oh tradition" they might say "let's honor that very honorable history, oh isn't monarchy just cute?"
Well I'm assuming those descendents are different people who are not responsible for the crimes commited by their anscestors. I'm sure your ancestors and mie commited horrible acts, does that make us responisble for them? No.
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Mr sheen doesn't exactly look like Tony Blair, but he smashed this performance, right down to the voice like sheet metal and the weird physical ticks and expressions.
He looks pretty similar though
You think he doesn’t look like him. I think he’s almost a double.
@@johncswheatley indeed you couldnt find better casting. I remember at the time people were totally struck by the likeness in terms of performance and appearance.
Jackjude I think he looked more like in that TV movie about his relationship with Gordon Brown but this is still pretty good.
You should be lucky to have such a voice
Michael Sheen should play the role of Tony Blair on The Crown's Season 5!
Andrew Scott and Pheobe Waller Bridge will play PM Tony and Cherie Blair
@@inigobantok1579 Andrew Scott will play John Major not Blair
@@lukacsgergelics1339 Jonny Lee Miller will play major mate
@@inigobantok1579 oh wait. You are rightl I got confused for a second. I humbly apologize
Bertie Carvel will be playing Blair
I imagine it must be a rather awkward situation for any modern politician. A clashing of the contemporary with tradition.
Some traditions can be done away with. Like kneeling or not turning your back. It's inefficient and doesn't add anything.
Cool name.
Not turning your back is a good rule: The queen is quite the shot and half the PMs ever elected... :P
Yep fuck tradition and all these tax payer funded narcissist. Throw them a normal days job and they will squirm
The royal family is definitely a tradition or whatever one would like to call it that should go away. There's nothing special about any of the individuals, and we should not be fooled into believing they are. They're basically a more posh and upmarket Kardashian family. I wish they would just go away, but they're rich so they'll always be in the spotlight
Dame Helen definitely deserved her Oscar win, but Michael Sheen at least deserved a nomination
he did get nominated...., didn't he? :O
@@mariebellucci6572 bafta nomination, yes
No.
"Have they shown you how to start a nuclear war, yet?" LOL what a great line.
I love how she discreetly rolls her eyes at 2:35
RIP Helen McCrory who played Cherie Blair in that scene of The Queen.
Peaky Blinders... Rest in Peace Helen
God no! I can't believe this. Victoria Wood, Caroline Aherne and now this news. Thank you Helen for giving us this rendition of a key figure in our greatest years, 1997 to 2007.
I didn’t know about it, neither that she had cancer. I remember first sawing her in Harry Potter movies. Very sad.
@@LifeInPink999 she was way way way too young too. Only 52 :(. Rest in peace.
Narcissa Malfoy RIP
Who’s back here after 08.09.22? RIP Your Majesty
love the Winston Churchill name drop
and that actually happened! if u readTony Blair's autobiog...
A very not so subtle way of saying you are a noob. I've been Queen longer than you have been alive........ I Will remain all the throne when you are but a memory.
way to make the guy feel like a little boy without pubic hair
The real Queen Elizabeth does that too, I imagine, to impress the newly elected prime ministers.
Such a shame it all turned sour for Mr Blair, he started off with such high hopes.
It's the same with everyone who holds the job. There are two types of prime ministers: those who have been voted out by the party or electorate, and those who will be.
funny but what about Mr Cameron?
Tony Blair was not voted out. He was able to choose when he wanted to resign. No other PM in recent history has had that privilege.
Cameron felt he had to go because of the referendum. TB only went because of his agreement with Gordon Brown many years before.
mike live High hopes for socialists... I didn't like him from the beginning.
The UK was in a good place, things were moving forward nicely and people who were willing to graft could make plenty of money. The socialists came in and decided that everything should look good and sound good even if it was a pile of crap.
As long as you ticked the right boxes, you could get ahead, work ethic counts for nothing these days and it's the companies that have the upper hand in employment and in the services they offer because you don't have a choice on where to get your services.
You have to understand the reasons for all the formality shown in this scene. For the Brits, it's a way of honoring the living representative of an institution that goes back at least 1000 years.
ElectricJohnny
No we won't be.
Nah im British and I won't honour a institution based on oppression and inequality.
+ElectricJohnny They said that about the British Monarchy in 1900. 117 years later, it is still extremely popular, and has seen the rise and fall of nearly 30 "post-capitalist" nations.
The British monarchy was around prior to that little upstart Marx, and will be around when Marx's little pipe dream is finally discredited forever.
It won't happen, think about this statement:
The Monarchy brings in a lot of money from tourism.
The Monarch saves the British taxpayer up to £2.
Coming from a Republic that produced Trump, Obama, and Bush, you do not want a republic. In fact far more republics have fallen to dictatorships, than Constitutional Monarchies.
Hitler became Chancellor in a Republican system and did things without check and balances against his authority after he combined the offices of President and Prime Minister.
Look at the majority of the countries that have gotten rid of Elizabeth II. A prime example being Uganda.
The Crown is the largest property holder in the land. What happens to that? Does the government steal from a private corporation, or does large parts of the country suddenly become privately owned.
What happens if a Hitler-like character comes along and decides to do what Hitler did after Hindenburg died.
In fact, Britain was a republic between 1650 and 1660 and it rapidly descended into a military dictatorship.
The British Monarchy survived the tumultous changes of the 1700s, 1800s, and 1900s. Whilst other European monarchies such as France, Russia, Austria, Germany, etc... disappeared, the British Monarchy continued.
People like you in the past have come up and said exactly what you have said in the previous centuries, and the Monarchy is still here.
Not to mention, the financial vacuum from losing the profits from the Crown Estate.
The meeting is like A level.
What a great scene, Helen Mirren is a national treasure.
That moment when Christopher Hitchens came in through the back door.
Timrath ladies and gentlemen, brother and sisters, comrades and friends....and your majesty.
Never been able to put my finger on who Roger Allam reminds me, and of course... you've nailed it. Ha ha.
Ever seen The Thick of It? He is absolutely fantastic in that as Peter Mannion.
Moonshake Design peter man-yum
@@jimmy2k4o I'm bored of this, I'm GOING FOR A TWIX
1:30 What a way to start a conversation. THATS a real Queen!
I love the scene when Helen McCory is just sitting there and smiles becuase she does not know what to say
Cherie Blair did not once say "Your Majesty" or "Ma'am".
He's much prettier than the real thing.
Not by much
"Do you run into him at parties?"
"I try to, but he keeps jumping out of the way of my car."
😂🙏
I loved this film and I bought it. I use it to teach English and British culture in my classes because I'm an English teacher. With this film I also improve my own English language.I learned a lot about vocabulary,English culture such as the protocol with the Queen and about Her Majesty. I love England,the Queen,the language and the culture. I hope to go to England some day.Thanks for this opportunity.
did you ever go to england?
I bet you’re an American
It’s interesting to hear that you found it useful as a teaching aid. Trying to look at it from a foreign person’s point of view, I can understand why you did that now.
Its quite easy to do so nowadays, actually.
Make your way to France, then just find yourself a good reliable dingy.
You will likely find yourself escorted in and put up in one of our many wonderful hotels.
It is a wonderful country.
Holy crap, Tony Blair married Narcissa Malfoy?
Nah. He married Polly Shelby. Far worse :-)
Pay attention to what she said from @2:00 onwards, she began referring herself with the royal we.
Watching this scene after The Crown, where she tells Blair about Winston being her first PM, i automatically pictured Claire Foye, I know its based on real life but tue whole thing felt so natural and seamless lol
I return to this after “The Crown” episode with Lord Altringham talking to the Queen about how she needs to keep up with the time.
Michael Sheen and Helen Mirren have Tony Blair and the Queen off to a tee!!
I love it when she says:"Is he alive? Draco, is he alive?"
It's called 'showing who's boss'.
The 'boss' is the British people who elect the PM, whose party make laws.
his party an legacy were thrown out in 2010 an 2015.
The British people elect the PARTY and then, the leader became the PM.... And the Queen is the Head of State, so, she IS the boss... You're welcome! (this was an "Margaret Thatcher" minute....)
She's technically not a head of state, because she is the state and thus cannot also be the head of it lol
VC YT lol
That’s quite the contortion to get to the idea that Blair done anything other than win every election he was part of.
And this is a conservative voter saying this.
jimmy2k4o it’s rather a pity that Blair does not get his credit for finally ending The Troubles
I’ve said this before in the comments for another video but I can’t help it, I would’ve loved to have seen Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep play opposite of each other in a movie about the relationship between Margaret Thatcher and the Queen. I know we’re going to see that in season four of the crown, but I don’t think it will be as good as it would’ve been with the two greatest actresses of all time.
@antmagor What did you think of season 4 though??
Gillian was shit and Olivia was shitter
The Brit’s are free to decide their relationship with king Charlie. But monarchy, and bowing to same, strikes me as utterly disgraceful.
"You are my tenth prime minister; the first of course was Winston Churchill." When he was on his way, Tony Blair was talking about how he was going to show the Queen off. Those few words showed him the Queen is boss and reminded him no matter what he does, he will forever be in the shadow of one of history's greatest orators and leaders.
"one of history's greatest orators and leaders" you sure about that mate
For the UK, who else held off against the greatest threat to global freedom and inspired a nation to stand their ground?
He was a war monger who never allowed or wanted peace, even when hitler proposed it several times, he never wanted war with Britain and felt bad about it, Churchill wanted war. ALthough Germany was expansionist, Soviet Union also invaded Poland too. there is a lot more to all of this. Aside from this, Churchill was an asshole who chose Soviet bolshevism that hated the western way of life aka what Britain had, over Fascist Germany, which purposefully avoided war with Britain due to the respect towards them. Churchill was nothing more than a pawn and if he really cared about "global freedom", he wouldn't have been such a war monger. There is very little freedom today, and this nation lost everything after the war. Its nice to think of him as the greatest prime minister, but he did everything in his power to ruin the UK, not save it.
I take it you have not seen Darkest Hour. I will grant that Churchill was a hawk among a parliament of doves, but a hawk is exactly what Britain needed if it was going to survive. A German peace at this time was nothing more than a Pax romana, which is not a true peace, but the destruction of everything. As Churchill said in the film, "When will the lesson be learned that you cannot negotiate with a tiger when your head is in its mouth!"
@@joshuawells835 A film really should not be taken as an accurate representation of history
I can't imagine jeremy corbyn doing this
Don't worry. That's not going to happen. It might happen with Sir Keir Starmer.
@@scsutton1 Hoppfully
They said the same about Wilson lol
Neither could the electorate
Seems your imagination was correct.
Why didn’t you warn us about Covid though??
I really enjoyed this scene when my teacher showed us this video to teach us ceremonial power of the queen
The idea if having a long serving monarch who can give some continuity and wisdom learned thru experience to each new PM is actually quite a smart one. Old fashioned but not without its merits.
Must be so intimidating - i guess the Royal Servant at the end was instructed to come after 15min... LOL
Much of a Miranda Priestly Moment 🤭😂
He made a mistake : he shook her hand BEFORE bowing, not the opposite as the guide instructed him to do.
Rip Helen, what an amazing, talented, glorious person. 😔😔
She.. isn't dead?
@@fyivid she passed away last Friday 😔
@@eviesproat Hang on a second. Are we taking about Helen Mirren? Because she is alive and well.
@@fyivid Helen McCrory died last week
@@alfoix haha, makes sense. Didn't who that was. RIP
Helen McCrory stole this scene with her sarcastic grin walking up the stairs.
Love Mrs. Blair's curtsey!! 💚 O+
Helen did such a great job
Mrs. Blair's curtsy wasn't at all awkward.
When Henry Campbell-Bannerman died, Edward VII was on holiday in Biarritz. HH Asquith, the new PM, travelled to Biarritz and kissed hands in the hotel.
Her Majesty meets His Tonyness.
RIP.
god, i feel like it's an insult to say that michael sheen does a good job as tony blair, but... michael sheen does a good job as tony blair.
I’m quite sure Margaret Thatcher’s meeting with the queen was much more graceful than this. Blair was so greasy and wanting to do things against tradition, but the queen put him in his place.
Worst thing that happened to the UK.
Lots of crticism that he had to kneel. A British Monarch represents the country like the US flag does for the USA. He is not kneeling before her as a woman, he is kneeling to show his loyalty to the country. It's just the way it works. Bit like the Americans putting their hands on their hearts when they sing their national anthem maybe? Hard to explain. Basically, if the Monarch was a donkey - he still would have kneeled! The Monarch = Britain. Forget the person. It's loyalty to the country that matters and as she is the country, then we are loyal to her. Anyone still awake?
Pathetic.
The beautiful couch in the scene at Prime Minister Tony Blair's residence was hand-made and I have a piece of the fabric used..I have it as a valance on a back window at my residence...
God Bless HM
OMG, Crown season 5 spoiler alert.
There's the Cheshire cat grin
@SuperKing604 True. As if the queen's presence is not intimidating enough already. lol
I remember seeing this movie in my early teens by the strong-willed request of my mom. The movie was entirely dull, except for Tony Blair. Now knowing PM Blair was played by Michael Sheen, there's little reason why; he has incredible presence.
I can't see Jeremy corbyn doing this without some inter struggle that is to say if it happens
hilarious
Please God he doesn't have that as an issue
Can you imagine having to bow to her it would kill me couldnt do it
Steven Barclay I think he will unfortunately. Young people in the UK are becoming more and more comfortable with semi socialism by the day. If the conservatives don't bring in New young bloods to be the next PM then JC will be the next PM.
implying that corbyn being in power instead of that hopeless nutcase may is a bad thing. we had two democratic socialists wilson and attlee. they were our two best pms. our best tory pm was macmillan and he was centre left
Goodness
Michael Sheen must be Tony Blair’s long lost twin
How did he nail the character like that??
Michael Sheen is such a talented actor
After watching The Queen he became my favourite actor
After a recent trip to London, a friend of mine asked me if the ladies in London were as beautiful as his father remembered from 1971. I replied "possibly, but as they were all veiled from head to toe, I can't say for certain." Great job Labour!
Don't know if you're British or not, but you have the humor down.
Dry and witty...
Not to mention calm in the face of harrowing threats to the nation.
Labour were in govt from 1964-1970.
Krista Apodaca what absolute shit you are talking!!
I’ve been to London three times, and very few of the women I saw wore niqabs or burkas.
This scene is so damn hilarious.
I wonder if they'll get Michael Sheen to come back as Tony Blair for The Crown.
I don't think that will be possible because Michael Sheen would be a bit too old to play Tony Blair again. It's likely that there are rumours that Andrew Scott will be playing Tony Blair in series 5 of The Crown.
Nope it’s Bertie Carvel.
She is on her 14th now.
This portrays her so awfully. And she is such a wonderful person in real life.
Jacob Snell oh? so you've been in her personal presence then i gather?
i meant personal presence, like in her house having tea. she has to seem like the perfect woman in the public eye when in fact she is just a woman with flaws like anyone else. i think Mirren portrayed that beautifully.
Oh I am sure she does have flaws but in this she was all stuck up and pompous and rude and she may have her faults but she does not ring a little bell and interrupt people or roll her eyes when you speak.
+Jacob Snell She is a stupid old hag who just so happened to inherit most of the nation's wealth. The monarchy is a symbol of oppression and suffering. Fucking ass clown.
1) She is very intelligent, not stupid. She speaks three languages, is a very powerful writer and public speaker, she is known as one of the only three people in Her Government (other two are the Prime Minister, and Secretary of the Treasury) to know everything about it.
2) She is old, but many of the most powerful leaders in the history of the world have been.
3) She is more dignified than you will ever be.
4) She didn't just happen to, the Monarchy was established by Divine Right of the Blessed Ordinance of God.
5) She is actually not rich by any means, everything she has is given by her position as Queen. She doesn't actually make money.
6) England was always the least oppressive place in the world. It was a safe haven for people, because the Monarchy developed principles that were believed nowhere else in all of Europe (ie. freedom of speech in the Parliament, freedom to protest the Government, and a person was not killed for being a religion other than that of the Monarchy).
Also, use proper English cursing is not a way of expressing yourself like an adult.
I get the viewpoint of anti-monarchists like Mrs. Blair, but her subtle mocking of the curtsy and the backing towards the door was just childish and unprofessional. Grow up, damn.🙄
had to come see this scene again after i watched this in theaters 16 years ago.... :> This scene totally give me the vibes of "no one lives forever" with Cate Archer:d
In the Netherlands we have to put up with a similar puppet show.
Helen Mirren is truly amazing!! Michael Sheen not far behind
Good movie! Thanks for posting
i've read a lot of comments about getting rid of the monarchy everyone keeps saying what a waste etc. Its old, its useless. But the British monarchy is part of British Identiy. Imagine how drab britain would be without the pomp and ceremony. Its the same line of thought that the soviets did, removing everything old (religion, Art, Culture). At the end they ended up with from a hollow identity. Things like architechture , culture, music all felt drab during the soviet era since they abando
Mat Ona Imagine in 200 years, after gradually democracy had been put into place, people in Saudi Arabia "honor" the descendants of today's Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, who is committing war crimes in Yemen. "Oh tradition" they might say "let's honor that very honorable history, oh isn't monarchy just cute?"
Couldn’t imagine how the meeting of King Charles and Keir Starmer went today!
When it comes to the monarchy, the French had the right idea!
This is why i dont like dramatizations. Life is much more mundane than this.
Got the tone right where New Labour started as an apology, the Blairs not fully understanding that they have more of a right, rite even than Liz does to being there. Most Tory MPs these days would revel in that kind of ritual.
Like they wouldn't know what "presence" means!
When Brian Clough became Prime Minister
If he could lead Nottingham Forest to two European Cups, then PM would have been a piece of cake for Old Big 'Ead.
I would only kneel before God Himself and never before any Human Being - even a Monarch.
Cringe.
Until I watched this film I hadn’t realised just how soon after becoming PM Princess Diana died!
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Tom
It is amazing how highly you seem to estimate the wit of your own comment and its importance to all of TH-cam, seeing how you have posted it under both uploads of this video.
Can’t wait to see this in the crown
Wow! He makes my skin crawl like it's the man himself. What an actor. I heard sheen based his Blair on Nero, an equally insane bastard has never since crawled the earth.
Trucker oh by all means-- compare Tony Blair to Nero! You leftists can't learn, can you? You demonized both Bushes; you trashed Thatcher and Reagan back in the day, and you called wolf every time a conservative was elected in Britain or America! Now America has President Donald Trump-- and you guys are trashing him. Difference is, he fights back-- and the US economy is surging. But what you said about Blair and Nero-- lol, THAT was typical leftist overreaction!
What the fuck Blair wasn't conservative he was a neo-liberal cancer.
ayy mao the leftists hated Blair. Why? Because he allied himself with George W Bush and joined the war in Iraq. Was everything Blair did OK? No. Should he be compared to Nero? NO WAY.
Deer Slayer Slabaugh Blair was the leader of the Labour (leftie) party. He is an absolute wanker who tried to destroy any pride we British have in our nation. Under his rule he altered history lessons in schools to teach our history as shameful, he tried to declare the Union Flag as a racist symbol and openly admitted his wish to remove our monarchy. There are a lot more examples of his betrayal of the UK. In short, he was prime minister of a country he despised.
He's now trying to overthrow the Brexit vote by prostituting himself to his EU masters and spouting more lies on TV. The man is truly evil, a bastard grinning devil.
Forlorn Dream I don't agree with all of his policies and I didn't agree with the Iraq war. I'm a Trump supporter; however, when I see liberals comparing Bush, Blair, or Trump to Nero it hacks me off. Blair was far from perfect; does he deserve to be compared to Nero? NO!
He didn't bow again before shaking her hand,.... He bowed whilst shaking her hand....
Wednesday 17th November 2021. R.I.P Helen McCrory aka Mrs Blair. Michael Sheen has a big grin as Tony Blair. Helen Mirren is wonderful as Her Majesty, The Queen. :) Virginia Clark.?! :) :( :) 😀💖🌍🌈❄
Well former excellency Prime Minister has four children now not 3 right fellow Queen film fans because, I check Wikipedia he has a fourth child called Leo Blair now just to let you know if that’s all right to say!
Rule, Britannia! Long live the Queen!
The queen has clearly the upper hand in this meeting and controls the situation. Shouldn't be that way in a constitutional monarchy. I guess it was age and experience that did it. I don't think she was innocent in mentioning her Churchill and Victoria. It's like what could I say about England to someone who dealt face to face with Winston Churchill and Queen Victoria?
Well Queen Victoria died 25 years before Queen Elizabeth was born so I don't think they were dealing face to face lol
@@martinsullivan8949 You're right! I didn't even bother to check those facts. I'm not British,by the way, and don't live in the UK. But being over 55, and remembering seeing the queen as someone old even when I was a kid, one assumes she must be 130 by now.
As an American I find it funny how the British hate Tony Blair now but we love him as much as Churchill and Thatcher. Post WW2 the Zenith of British influence and power was during the Blair years. It was Blair who warned the world of Saddam Hussein and the Bath Party years before Bush Jr. could even find the country on a map. The British press label him as a lap dog to America but everyone forgets it was Blair who forced Bush Jr. to go thru the UN and we lost by ONE vote due to France. Years from now the British people are going to look back on "Cool Britannia" .
He's despised because he's a pos who declared an illegal war on an innocent country.
I'm an American and I am surprised to find out that we "love" Tony Blair. Any other shocking revelations about myself you'd like to disclose?
I respect the customs and traditions of the brits, there is a reason they became the number 1 suporpower of their age and had another superpower that was a former colony
I think Jesse Eisenberg bears a passing resemblance to young Tony Blair.
Dear "auburnchick",
I think you are not going to believe but I'm an English teacher in São Paulo- Brazil.Thank you for your answer. I'd also like to go to the USA, specially Washington DC . Hugs.
@MarleneXtreme You're welcome, Irene. I bet you also love Helen Mirren.
I wish she was my English teacher 😂😂
I refuse to believe that Tony Blair was so stupid to ask the question himself. He is being deliberately portrayed as a clueless peasant.
It means he was poorly briefed. Protocol guy should have given him the whole story.
Not one of them of late has proved themselves worthy unlike Her majesty.
Poor Queen Elizabeth! I guess when she did first meet Tony she wondered because she thought that the position of the court jester had been disestablished long ago and than had to learn that Tony was not supposed to be the novel court jester but the new Prime Minister. This must have been quite a shock to her as Churchill was her first Prime Minister; though of course there had been a steady decline and after Major things couldn’t get much worse but Tony proved that assumption wrong.
How ridiculous!
When will we abolish all monarchies?
what? The queen is the head of state of HER country!
She played the Queen too charming and expressive. If you look at the Queen she has stoney faced expressions and rarely smiles.
Micheal Heseltine: My interview
Tony’s thinking “Hmmm, now how do I abolish this shit? Damn, there must a way to make it bloody politically feasible. This is nonsense, utter bloody nonsense.”
“Such a blessing, children”
LOL.
Anybody up for walking into the room backwards?
Imagine in 200 years, after gradually democracy had been put into place, people in Saudi Arabia "honor" the descendants of today's Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, who is committing war crimes in Yemen. "Oh tradition" they might say "let's honor that very honorable history, oh isn't monarchy just cute?"
Well I'm assuming those descendents are different people who are not responsible for the crimes commited by their anscestors. I'm sure your ancestors and mie commited horrible acts, does that make us responisble for them? No.
Monarchy is so ridiculous...