La historia del rey Jorge VI, su ascenso improvisado al trono del Imperio Británico en 1936, y del logopeda que ayudó al monarca inseguro a superar su tartamudeo.La historia del rey Jorge VI, su ascenso improvisado al trono del Imperio Británico en 1936, y del logopeda que ayudó al monarca inseguro a superar su tartamudeo.La historia del rey Jorge VI, su ascenso improvisado al trono del Imperio Británico en 1936, y del logopeda que ayudó al monarca inseguro a superar su tartamudeo.
- Ganó 4 premios Óscar
- 109 premios y 206 nominaciones en total
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- CuriosidadesNine weeks before filming began, Lionel Logue's grandson, Mark Logue, discovered a large box in his attic that contained his grandfather's personal papers. The box held Lionel Logue's diary, his appointment book, notes from his speech therapy sessions with King George VI, and over 100 personal letters to Logue from the King. It also contained what is believed to be the actual copy of the speech used by George VI in his 1939 radio broadcast announcing the declaration of war with Germany. Mark Logue turned his grandfather's papers, letters, and diary over to director Tom Hooper and screenwriter David Seidler, who used them to flesh out the relationship between Logue and the King. Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth also read through the material for insight into their characters. The exchange in this movie between Logue and King George VI following his radio speech ("You still stammered on the 'W'." / "Well, I had to throw in a few so they knew it was me.") was taken directly from Logue's diary. Firth insisted that it should be included in the movie.
- PifiasIn the final speech, King George VI has one blue eye and one brown eye. Colin Firth had lost a contact lens.
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King George VI: All that... work... down the drain. My own... b... brother, I couldn't say a single w-word to him in reply.
Lionel Logue: Why do you stammer so much more with David than you ever do with me?
King George VI: 'Cos you're b... bloody well paid to listen.
Lionel Logue: Bertie, I'm not a geisha girl.
King George VI: Stop trying to be so bloody clever.
Lionel Logue: What is it about David that stops you speaking?
King George VI: What is it about you that bloody well makes you want to go on about it the whole bloody time?
Lionel Logue: Vulgar, but fluent; you don't stammer when you swear.
King George VI: Oh, bugger off!
Lionel Logue: Is that the best you can do?
King George VI: [like an elocution lesson] Well... bloody bugger to you, you beastly bastard.
Lionel Logue: Oh, a public school prig could do better than that.
King George VI: Shit. Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit!
Lionel Logue: Yes!
King George VI: Shit!
Lionel Logue: Defecation flows trippingly from the tongue!
King George VI: Because I'm angry!
Lionel Logue: Do you know the f-word?
King George VI: F... f... fornication?
Lionel Logue: Oh, Bertie.
King George VI: Fuck. Fuck! Fuck, fuck, fuck and fuck! Fuck, fuck and bugger! Bugger, bugger, buggerty buggerty buggerty, fuck, fuck, arse!
Lionel Logue: Yes...
King George VI: Balls, balls...
Lionel Logue: ...you see, not a hesitation!
King George VI: ...fuckity, shit, shit, fuck and willy. Willy, shit and fuck and... tits.
- Créditos adicionalesIn the end credit roll, Philip Clements is listed twice as Assistant Sound Editor.
- ConexionesFeatured in Breakfast: Episodio fechado 22 octubre 2010 (2010)
- Banda sonoraLe nozze di Figaro Overture
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
[During the first therapy session when King's voice is being recorded]
I think this is one of the best films ever made. It will tear at your guts. And that is where Collin Firth comes in. Mr. Firth gives one of the most poignant and affective performances ever by a male movie star. Where, inside himself, an actor goes for a performance like this, is beyond my comprehension.
In the movie, "A Single Man", Colin Firth served notice that he was an actor of depth and subtlety, the surface of which he had only just begun to scratch. Now, he's more than scratched that surface. He's gouged a chasm through it. He plays the tormented, soon to be King of England, George VI, and does so in a way that very early in the movie buries his hooks in you and doesn't let go. I can not ever recall, while watching a film, having to choke back tears for over an hour and a half. The suffering portrayed by Firth as George VI is subtle at times. In your face at others. But painfully present always. When Firth bellows, "I am a King" I nearly lost it in a very quiet, and stunned, theater. If you've already seen this film you know what this refers to.
As an American I find the concept of a monarchy bewildering. Why is one person more privileged than another just because of the womb he or she sprang from? That being said, I do find the stories of those trapped in this anachronistic time warp fascinating at times. This would be one of those times. This film is the intersection of great personal pain, international upheaval, and a family that is ceremoniously dysfunctional to it's core.
Above this chaos, confusion, and unrest, rises a weak shell of a man to greatness. Colin Firth is the vessel for that transformation and if he doesn't win an Oscar for this performance it will tarnish the Academy forever in my humble opinion. This is the kind of performance, and film overall, that you leave thinking to yourself that you've just seen the greatest movie ever. Maybe later you'll see another brilliant film and think that "this one" is the best ever, but for now "The King's Speech" has no equal.
- hughman55
- 1 ene 2011
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- Títulos en diferentes países
- El discurs del rei
- Localizaciones del rodaje
- Elland Road Football Stadium, Elland Road, Beeston, Leeds, Yorkshire del Oeste, Inglaterra, Reino Unido(as Wembley Stadium at start of film)
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- Presupuesto
- 15.000.000 US$ (estimación)
- Recaudación en Estados Unidos y Canadá
- 138.797.449 US$
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- 355.450 US$
- 28 nov 2010
- Recaudación en todo el mundo
- 472.088.310 US$
- Duración1 hora 58 minutos
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- Relación de aspecto
- 1.85 : 1