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The King's Speech

United Kingdom, United States, Australia

2010

111 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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DIR Tom Hooper

EXEC Tim Smith, Mark Foligno, Paul Brett, Geoffrey Rush, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein

PROD Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin

SCR David Seidler

DP Danny Cohen

CAST Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Michael Gambon, Timothy Spall, Jennifer Ehle, Derek Jacobi, Anthony Andrews, Roger Parrott, Claire Bloom, Eve Best, Freya Wilson, Callum Gittins

ED Tariq Anwar

PROD DES Eve Stewart

MUSIC Alexandre Desplat

SOUND John Midgley

Telluride, Toronto (Gala): People's Choice Award, London (Galas & Special Screenings), AFI FEST (Gala), Rotterdam (Closing Night), Berlinale (Berlinale Special), Göteborg (Gala), Mill Valley (Opening Night): Audience Favorite Award

Synopsis

The King’s Speech tells the story of the man who would become King George VI, the father of the current Queen, Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ‘Bertie’ VI (Colin Firth) reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded nervous stammer and considered unfit to be King, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush). Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war. —TIFF

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Tom Hooper

Thomas George “Tom” Hooper (born 1972) is a British film and television director of English and Australian heritage. Hooper began making short films at the age of 13, and had his first professional short, Painted Faces, broadcast on Channel 4 in 1992. At Oxford University Hooper directed plays and television commercials. After graduating, he directed episodes of Quayside, Byker Grove, EastEnders and Cold Feet.

Into the 2000s, Hooper directed the major BBC costume dramas Love in a Cold Climate (2001) and Daniel Deronda (2002), and was selected to helm the 2003 revival of ITV’s Prime Suspect series, starring Helen Mirren. Hooper made his feature film debut with Red Dust (2004), a South African drama starring Hilary Swank and Chiwetel Ejiofor, before directing Helen Mirren again in the Company Pictures/HBO Films historical drama Elizabeth I (2005). This began an association between Hooper and… read more

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Rian Fajartama

17Apr12

Behind a legendary king

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Steve Pulaski

8Apr12

It's hard to imitate a stutter, and it's a bit difficult to do a convincing British accent. Combining them must've been a nightmare, but Firth nails it.

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Gayoung Lee

5Apr12

impeccable soundtrack and performance

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Riccardo Maffioli

25Feb12

Un film fatto bene. Bravo l'attore protagonista. Tentativo di umanizzare la monarchia. Da vedere se si può.

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A mesmerising masterpiece

By Henrik Schunk on January 14, 2012

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