Regal At her 18th birthday party, Princess Isabelle gives a speech damning the Monarchy and calling for a republic. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. [4] The earliest summaries of the plot placed the focus of the series on a woman who is working undercover at Buckingham Palace with the intent of writing an exposé of the King's life. [10], After the first episode aired, Nancy Banks-Smith said in The Guardian that The Palace "is the TV equivalent of balloon modelling. Produced by … [3], The film received negative reviews. Don't have an account? The series was filmed on location in Lithuania in 2007 and broadcast from 14 January to 3 March 2008. It feels like being shot to death with popcorn." Produced by Company Pictures for the ITV network, it was created by Tom Grieves and follows a fictional British Royal Family in the aftermath of the death of King James III and the succession of his 24-year-old son, King Richard IV, played by Rupert Evans. Her Private Secretary, Major Simon Brooks (David Harewood), helps her in trying to discredit the new king. SEE DETAILS, The Personal History of David Copperfield. In that respect it is believable: the real palace undoubtedly does, too. As Katie spends time in the castle and with the king, she and Alex begin to develop feelings for each other and ultimately fall in love. Zhou holds the screen very well, turning an initially daft personality into an angsty but stoical heroine. Cinemark The woman (later named "Abigail") "goes native" and cancels her book because she falls for the King. "[11] Andrew Billen said in The Times "I am delighted that, as with The Palace, the channel is setting before us something other than a grim regional detective or a comedy drama about suburban adultery. TV Shows. The two girls Off-street parking is available on our premises, up the front stairs, goodbye boredom. Coming Soon. This page was last edited on 5 October 2020, at 16:07. Patrick Jephson, the former private secretary to Diana, Princess of Wales, was consulted extensively during production, working with the writing team for over a year. Other countries built palaces for royalty; in the United States we built them to watch movies. Movie Reviews; Star Wars Guide; Awards Watch; Indie Movie Guide; Family Guide; … Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. Lord St John of Fawsley called it "very near to the bone" and Penny Junor, the biographer of Charles, Prince of Wales, suggested ITV is exploiting the royal family by presenting fiction as fact. Sets were designed by Taff Batley. Princess Eleanor tells the Archbishop of Canterbury, who will be crowning the King, that Queen Charlotte had an affair 25 years ago, which might question Richard’s paternity. Liuli (now played by Zhao Liying) sweet-talks Chenxiang (Zhou Dongyu, “Under the Hawthorn Tree”) into joining her on the night shift. Chenxiang’s gift for summoning butterflies sets his heart aflutter, as it reminds him of his late mother, Concubine Min (Eva Huang). After the birth of Alice, his daughter, he has a revelation: he will build a palace to turn her into a princess. [5][6], https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Palace_(2013_film)&oldid=975136079, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 August 2020, at 22:30. The film is most gripping in its first act, which depicts a tough rite of passage for Chenxiang (Zhang Zifeng), daughter of a minor Manchurian official. Screen Reader Users: To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our Flixster.com website, which has the same tickets as our Fandango.com and MovieTickets.com websites. [5][6], The series was written by Grieves, Chris Lang, Charlotte Jones and Toby Whitehouse. The percentage of users who rated this 3.5 stars or higher. On the sudden death of King James III, his 24-year-old elder son, Richard IV, inherits the throne.