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. Seidler read about George VI's life after learning to manage a stuttering condition he developed during his own youth. He started writing about the relationship between the therapist and his royal patient as early as the 1980s, but at the request of the King's widow, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, postponed work until her death in 2002. He later rewrote his screenplay for the stage to focus on the essential relationship between the two protagonists. Wikipedia
Director | Tom Hooper |
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Produced by | Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin |
Writer(s) | David Seidler |
Starring | Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Derek Jacobi, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Gambon |
Music | Alexandre Desplat |
Cinematography | Danny Cohen |
Edited by | Tariq Anwar |
Production, company | UK Film Council, Momentum Pictures, Aegis Film Fund, Molinare, London, FilmNation Entertainment, See-Saw Films, Bedlam Productions |
Distributed by | Momentum Pictures (United Kingdom), Paramount Pictures, Transmission Films (Australia) |
Released | September 6, 2010 (Telluride Film Festival), December 23, 2010 (Australia), January 7, 2011 (United Kingdom) |
Running time | 119 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom, Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | $15 million |
Box office | $427.4 million |