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The King's Speech

The King's Speech

The King's Speech is a 2010 historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. Colin Firth plays the future King George VI who, to cope with a stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an Australian speech and language therapist played by Geoffrey Rush. The men become friends as they work together, and after his brother abdicates the throne, the new king relies on Logue to help him make his first wartime radio broadcast upon Britain's declaration of war on Germany in 1939.

Plot

At the official closing of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Stadium, Prince Albert "Bertie", Duke of York, the second son of King George V, addresses the crowd with a strong stammer. His search for treatment has been discouraging, but his wife, Elizabeth, persuades him to see Australian-born Lionel Logue, a non-medically trained Harley Street speech defects therapist. Bertie believes the first session is not going well, but Lionel has him recite Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" soliloquy while listening to classical music over a pair of headphones. Bertie is frustrated but Lionel gives him the acetate recording that he has made of the reading as a souvenir.

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    award Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Film European Film Award for Best Actor European Film Award for Best Editor European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
    contentLocation Balmoral Castle London
    director Tom Hooper
    editor Tariq Anwar
    events George VI stuttering
    genre drama historical
    keywords 1952 acetate recording archbishop of canterbury australia british empire british empire exhibition broadcast buckingham palace church classical music coronation coronation of king george vi and queen elizabeth cosmo gordon lang death and state funeral of george v death and state funeral of george vi declaration of war on nazi germany edward viii abdication crisis elizabeth empire george v dies in 1936 good king great war hamlet high treason in the united kingdom king edward decides to abdicate king edward\'s chair king edward viii king george v lionel logue listen lung cancer nazi germany neville chamberlain prime minister prince albert queen elizabeth the queen mother read record royal christmas message royal family royal victorian order speak speech defects therapist stammer stanley baldwin stone of scone stutter summon supreme governor of the church of england talk the king the king\'s death title card train treason united kingdom declaration of war on germany wallis simpson wembley stadium westminster abbey winston churchill
    musicBy Alexandre Desplat
    nomination Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay European Film Award for Best Actor European Film Award for Best Composer European Film Award for Best Editor European Film Award for Best Film European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film
    producer Emile Sherman Gareth Unwin Iain Canning
    productionCompany Aegis Film Fund Bedlam Productions FilmNation Entertainment Molinare, London Momentum Pictures See-Saw Films UK Film Council
    publisher Momentum Pictures The Weinstein Company
    recordedAt Battersea Power Station Cumberland Lodge Drapers' Hall Elland Road Elstree Studios Ely Cathedral Englefield House Halton House Harley Street Hatfield House Knebworth House Lancaster House London Odsal Stadium Old Royal Naval College Portland Place Pullens buildings Queen Street Mill Shubra El-Kheima Wendover Woods
    theme biographical biographical drama independent