The King's Speech
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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 men become friends as they work together, and after his brother abdicates the throne, the new king relies on Logue to help him make his first wartime radio broadcast upon Britain's declaration of war on Germany in 1939.
British theatrical release poster
Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter as the Duke and Duchess of York
The film's producers broke etiquette by hand-delivering Geoffrey Rush the script. Rush eventually produced the film as well as performed in it.
Colin Firth's performance earned him a BAFTA and an Academy Award, among other accolades
Tom Hooper
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Thomas George Hooper is a British-Australian film director. Known for his work in film and television he has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards.
Hooper at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival
Hooper at the 2010 Hamptons International Film Festival
Hooper with Colin Firth in January 2011
Hooper adopted a style of framing actors at the extreme edge of a scene in both The Damned United (top) and The King's Speech (bottom)