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In 1863, two years after the death of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria remains in seclusion. Her household calls on John Brown, a Scottish servant who had attended the late Prince Consort, to draw the Queen gently back into public life. He treats her plainly, addressing her as "woman" and ignoring court protocol, and she comes to depend on his company and his direction of her daily routine. Sir Henry Ponsonby, the Prince of Wales and other members of the royal family watch his standing rise with unease, while the press and politicians take note of the servant who appears to hold such influence over the monarch.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Mrs Brown (1997)
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- The moniker "Mrs Brown", used both at the time and in the film, implied an improper and perhaps sexual relationship. The film does not address those suspicions directly, but shows cartoons from the satirical magazine Punch being passed around in Parliament, one of them an empty throne with the sceptre lying unhanded across it.
- 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, but Miramax acquired it and released it to unexpected success, earning more than $13.2 million worldwide.
- Judi Dench won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama, and the BAFTA for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and was nominated for the Academy Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award, losing both to Helen Hunt for As Good as It Gets.
- Mrs Brown was Gerard Butler's film debut, in a cast that also included Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer and Antony Sher.
