link with picture of the actress playing Elizabeth II:
North American Premiere of Frears' "The Queen" To Open 2006 New York Film Festival
another link with a picture:
Frears Pic to Open NYFF
...First of all, its title -- The Queen -- is just vague enough to be intriguing: The movie could be about anyone from, like, Isabel of Spain to Liberace. So there's some built-in suspense there.
...the film is set within England's royal family immediately after the death of Princess Diana, which could potentially be incredibly interesting. Finally and most importantly, it stars Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II. Actually, just that would sell me -- Mirren is a staggeringly talented actress who gets more interesting and more impressive as she gets older...