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Alternative titles (from Letterboxd): 王者之聲：宣戰時刻, The King's Speech - Die Rede des Königs, O Discurso do Rei, Речта на краля, El discurso del Rey, 킹스 스피치, Le discours du roi
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Directer: Tom Hooper
Screenplay: David Seidler
Starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Derek Jacobi, Michael Gambon
Music: Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography: Danny Cohen
Edited by Tariq Anwar
Production companies: UK Film Council, Momentum Pictures, Aegis Film Fund, Molinare, London, FilmNation Entertainment, See-Saw Films, Bedlam Productions
Distributed by Momentum Pictures, The Weinstein Company
Release date: 6 September 2010 (Telluride Film Festival), 23 December 2010 (Australia), 7 January 2011 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 119 minutes
Budget: $15 million
Box office: $424 million
The King’s Speech Plot from IMDb: “The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.”
The King’s Speech Soundtrack:
Lionel and Bertie
The King's Speech
My Kingdom, My Rules
The King Is Dead
Memories of Childhood
King George VI
The Royal Household
Queen Elizabeth
Fear and Suspicion
The Rehearsal
The Threat of War
Speaking Unto Nations
Epilogue
The King’s Speech Filming Locations:
Elland Road Stadium, Leeds, West Yorkshire
33 Portland Place, Marylebone (exterior: home of Duke and Duchess of York/interior: Lionel Logue's consulting rooms and Palace nursery and staircase hall)
Avenue Garden, Regent's Park
Grattan Stadium, Odsal, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Knebworth House, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (Balmoral Castle - interiors)
Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Queen Street Mill Textile Museum, Burnley, Lancashire
Halton House, Halton, Wendover, Buckinghamshire
Battersea Power Station, Battersea
Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Lancaster House, The Mall, St. James's
Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire (Sandringham House - interiors)
Draper's Hall, Throgmorton Avenue, Broadgate (Buckingham Palace - King's speech)
Wendover Woods, Buckinghamshire
Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK
The King’s Speech Cast and Characters:
Colin Firth King George VI
Helena Bonham Carter Queen Elizabeth
Derek Jacobi Archbishop Cosmo Lang
Robert Portal Equerry
Richard Dixon
Paul Trussell
Adrian Scarborough
Andrew Havill Robert Wood
Charles Armstrong BBC Technician
Roger Hammond Dr Blandine Bentham
Geoffrey Rush Lionel Logue
Calum Gittins Laurie Logue
Jennifer Ehle Myrtle Logue
Dominic Applewhite Valentine Logue
Ben Wimsett Anthony Logue
Freya Wilson Princess Elizabeth
Ramona Marquez Princess Margaret
David Bamber
Jake Hathaway Willie
Michael Gambon King George V
Guy Pearce King Edward VIII
Patrick Ryecart Lord Wigram
Teresa Gallagher
Simon Chandler Lord Dawson
Claire Bloom Queen Mary
Orlando Wells Duke of Kent
Tim Downie Duke of Gloucester
Dick Ward
Eve Best Wallis Simpson
John Albasiny
imothy Spall Winston Churchill
Danny Emes
Anthony Andrews Stanley Baldwin
John Warnaby
Roger Parrott Neville Chamberlain
Sarah Molkenthin
Dean Ambridge
Mike Archer
Mihai Arsene
Max Callum
James Currie
Graham Curry
Filippo Delaunay
Julie Eagleton
Tony Earnshaw
Adam Eveson
Jensen Freeman
Salo Gardner
Benjamin Haller
Adolf Hitler
Martyn Moore
Abbie Murison
Pete Noakes
Billy Peter Robinson
Produced by Paul Brett, Iain Canning, Charlie Dorfman, Simon Egan, Mark Foligno, Peter Heslop, Phil Hope, Geoffrey Rush, Lisbeth Savill, Emile Sherman, Deepak Sikka, Tim Smith, Gareth Unwin, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography by Danny Cohen (director of photography)
Film Editing by Tariq Anwar
Casting By Nina Gold
Production Design by Eve Stewart
Art Direction: David Hindle, Leon McCarthy
Set Decoration: Judy Farr
Costume Design: Jenny Beavan