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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 King’s Speech is a 2010 non-fiction book about King George VI and how he was treated for a speech impediment by the Australian Lionel Logue. Their unlikely friendship is credited for saving the British monarchy during a difficult time in world history.
The true story of the journey of King George VI to the throne and his reign as he develops a friendship with a therapist who helps him overcome his speech impairment to help him in life and all of his duties in the British Monarch while he is king.
Complete plot summary of The King's Speech, written by specialists and reviewed by film experts.
Dec 15, 2010 · Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter. "The King's Speech" tells the story of a man compelled to speak to the world with a stammer. It must be painful enough for one who stammers to speak to another person. To face a radio microphone and know the British Empire is listening must be terrifying.
Review: The King's Speech. “In the past, all a king had to do was look good in uniform,” observes King George V (Michael Gambon)—the first British monarch to address his subjects via radio—early on in Tom Hooper’s splendid period drama The King’s Speech.
Go behind the scenes of The King's Speech. Plot summary, analysis, themes, quotes, trivia, and more, written by experts and film scholars.
