In the 68th annual golden globe awards the king s speech emerged quite successfully garnering seven nominations and winning the best actor award for colin firth s performance as the main character prince albert.
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Directed by tom hooper.
The greek orator demosthenes was said to treat his speech impediment by talking with pebbles in his mouth and shouting above the roar of the ocean waves.
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With colin firth geoffrey rush helena bonham carter derek jacobi.
The king s speech is a 2010 british historical drama film directed by tom hooper and written by david seidler.
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The king s speech synopsis.
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England s prince albert colin firth must ascend the throne as king george vi but he has a speech impediment.
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.
The king s speech summary.
On the surface the king s speech is a film about how prince albert colin firth hamstrung with a lifelong affliction of stuttering inherits the fateful role of spokesperson for the free world.
The film opens in england in 1925 as albert speaks at the empire exhibition at wembley stadium with great difficulty.