The King's Speech won the Oscar for best film in 2010 and Colin Firth won the Oscar for best actor. Firth portrays King George VI. He had a bad temper, which was mostly brought on by his stuttering. He had tried public speaking and failed miserably. The movie is about his speech teacher, who works with him, overcoming his stuttering which was based on some childhood experience with one of his nannies. Geoffrey Rush portrays the teacher, Lionel Logue.
This movie has a great cast as it brings back Pride and Prejudice actors and Harry Potter actors. Jennifer Ehle portrays the wife of of the teacher. Helena Bonham Carter portrays The King's wife Queen Elizabeth. It was she who found and arranged for the teacher. Their daughter who would become Queen Elizabeth and reign for 70 years is portrayed as a teenager. Michael Gambon portrays George V, Timothy Spall Winston Churchill. Lastly, King George's older brother is portrayed by Guy Pearce. The older brother was king for a short time but relinqushed his claim to the throne so he could marry a commoner.
I was very moved by this film. I thing that makes it work is the relationship between The Duke who became the king and the speech teacher. It shows the courage of the king to face his weakness and fight for it to become not quite such a problem. The movie ends with his giving a Christmas speech via radio after he had become king.
This film is based on a true story. Because of his temper the King must have used the F word in the film enough to garner an R rating. However currently there is a PG!# version available on BYUtv.
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