The king's speech
(DVD)
Contributors
Firth, Colin, 1960- actor.
Rush, Geoffrey, 1951- actor.
Bonham Carter, Helena, 1966- actor.
Pearce, Guy, 1967- actor.
Spall, Timothy, 1957- actor.
Rush, Geoffrey, 1951- actor.
Bonham Carter, Helena, 1966- actor.
Pearce, Guy, 1967- actor.
Spall, Timothy, 1957- actor.
Published
Beverly Hills, CA : Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2011.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Lawson McGhee Library - Feature Films - Media collection
DVD FEATURE KING
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DVD FEATURE KING
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographical films.
Feature films -- Australia.
Feature films -- Great Britain.
Feature films -- United States.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
George -- VI, -- King of Great Britain, -- 1895-1952 -- Drama.
Historical films.
Logue, Lionel, -- 1880-1953 -- Drama.
Speech disorders -- Patients -- Drama.
Speech therapists -- Australia -- Drama.
Speech therapy -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films -- Australia.
Feature films -- Great Britain.
Feature films -- United States.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
George -- VI, -- King of Great Britain, -- 1895-1952 -- Drama.
Historical films.
Logue, Lionel, -- 1880-1953 -- Drama.
Speech disorders -- Patients -- Drama.
Speech therapists -- Australia -- Drama.
Speech therapy -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Published
Beverly Hills, CA : Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2011.
Language
English
UPC
013132313092
Notes
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 2010.
General Note
Special features: Featured commentary with director Tom Hooper ; The king's speech: and inspirational story of an unlikely friendship ; Q & A with the director and cast ; Speeches from the real King George VI ; The real Lionel Logue ; The Stuttering Foundation (Public service announcement)
Creation/Production Credits
Editor, Tariq Anwar ; music, Alexandre Desplat ; director of photography, Danny Cohen.
Participants/Performers
Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Derek Jacobi, Jennifer Ehle, Anthony Andrews, Clair Bloom, Eve Best, Michael Gambon.
Description
The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: R; for some language.
System Details
DVD, anamorphic widescreen 1.78:1, NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Language
In English with optional Spanish subtitles; optionally subtitled in English for the hearing impaired.
Awards
Academy Awards, 2011: Best Motion Picture of the Year ; Best Achievement in Directing (Tom Hooper) ; Best Writing, Original Screenplay (David Seidler) ; Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Colin Firth).
Awards
BAFTA Film Awards, 2011: Best Film ; Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film ; Best Screenplay, Original (David Seidler) ; Best Leading Actor (Colin Firth) ; Best Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush) ; Best Supporting Actress (Helena Bonham Carter) ; Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music (Alexandre Desplat).
Awards
Golden Globes, 2011: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (Colin Firth).
Awards
Independent Spirit Awards, 2011: Best Foreign Film.
Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards, 2011: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Colin Firth) ; Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Firth, C., Rush, G., Bonham Carter, H., Pearce, G., Spall, T., Jacobi, D., Ehle, J., Andrews, A., Bloom, C., Best, E., Gambon, M., Canning, I., Sherman, E., Unwin, G., Seidler, D., Hooper, T., & Desplat, A. (2011). The king's speech . Anchor Bay Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Colin Firth et al.. 2011. The King's Speech. Anchor Bay Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Colin Firth et al.. The King's Speech Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Firth, Colin, et al. The King's Speech Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2011.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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