The King's Speech
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The King's Speech is a 2010 film about King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.
- Directed by Tom Hooper. Written by David Seidler.
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[edit] King George VI
- If I am King, where is my power? Can I declare war? Form a government? Levy a tax? No! And yet I am the seat of all authority because they think that when I speak, I speak for them. But I can't speak.
[edit] Queen Elizabeth
- [to Winston Churchill, on the hold that Wallis Simpson seems to have on Edward VIII] Apparently she has certain skills - acquired at an establishment in Shanghai.
[edit] Dialogue
- Queen Elizabeth: [Using the name "Mrs. Johnson"] My husband, well... he's required to speak publicly.
- Lionel Logue: Perhaps he should change jobs.
- Queen Elizabeth: He can't.
- Lionel Logue: Indentured servitude?
- Queen Elizabeth: Something like that.
- Lionel Logue: What was your earliest memory?
- King George VI: I'm not... here to discuss... p-personal matters.
- Lionel Logue: Why are you here then?
- King George VI: Because I bloody well stammer!
- Lionel Logue: You have a bit of a temper.
- King George VI: One of... m-my many faults.
- Lionel Logue: Do you know any jokes?
- King George VI: ...Timing isn't my strong suit.
- King George VI: [Logue is sitting on the coronation throne] Get up! Y-you can't sit there! GET UP!
- Lionel Logue: Why not? It's a chair.
- King George VI: T-that... that is not "a chair", that is Saint Edward's chair.
- Lionel Logue: People have carved their names on it.
- King George: Y-y-you...
- Lionel Logue: It's held in place by a large rock.
- King George: Th-that is the S-stone of Scone you are t-trivializing...
- Lionel Logue: I don't care how many royal arseholes have sat in this chair.
- King George VI: L-listen to me... listen to me!
- Lionel Logue: Listen to you? By what right?
- King George VI: By divine right, if you must. I am your king!
- Lionel Logue: No, you're not. You just told me you didn't want it.
- King George VI: L-listen to me...
- Lionel Logue: Why should I waste my time listening to you?
- King George VI: Because I have a voice!
- Lionel Logue: [pause] Yes, you do.
- Princess Elizabeth: [watching a clip of Hitler speaking] What's he saying?
- King George VI: I don't know but... he seems to be saying it rather well.
- Myrtle Logue [completely awestruck]: Will... their Majesties be... staying for dinner?
- [Logue and George look panic-stricken. Elizabeth comes to the rescue]
- Queen Elizabeth: We would love to, such a treat, but alas... a previous engagement. What a pity.
- Lionel Logue: [as George is lighting up a cigarette] Please don't do that.
- King George VI: I'm sorry?
- Lionel Logue: I believe sucking smoke into your lungs, well, it'll kill you.
- King George VI: My physicians say it relaxes the throat.
- Lionel Logue: They're idiots.
- King George VI: They've all been knighted.
- Lionel Logue: Makes it official, then.
- King George VI: All that work down the drain. My own brother, I couldn't say a single 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: St... 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: 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: [exasperated] 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.
- King Edward VIII: Sorry, I've been terribly busy.
- King George VI: Doing what?
- King Edward VIII: Kinging.
[edit] Taglines
- It takes leadership to confront a nation's fear. It takes friendship to conquer your own.
- When God couldn't save The King, The Queen turned to someone who could.
[edit] Cast
- Colin Firth - King George VI
- Helena Bonham Carter - Queen Elizabeth
- Geoffrey Rush - Lionel Logue
- Guy Pearce - King Edward VIII/Edward, Duke of Windsor
- Michael Gambon - King George V
- Timothy Spall - Winston Churchill
- Jennifer Ehle - Myrtle Logue
- Derek Jacobi - Cosmo Gordon Lang (Archbishop of Canterbury)
- Anthony Andrews - Stanley Baldwin
- Eve Best - Wallis Simpson
- Freya Wilson - Princess Elizabeth
- Ramona Marquez - Princess Margaret
- Claire Bloom - Queen Mary
[edit] External links
- The King's Speech quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- The King's Speech at Rotten Tomatoes
- The official The King's Speech site
