The King's Speech won the top awards at last night's Academy Awards!
Best Picture, Best Director - Tom Hooper , Best Original Screenplay - David Seidler and Best Actor - Colin Firth
Colin Firth Oscar 2011 Acceptance Spech:
Tom Hooper -Best Director 83rd Academy Awards [Oscar Awards 2011]
Actor Colin Firth, star of The King's Speech and A Single Man, discusses his childhood, films and career in this Life in Pictures interview via BAFTA
http://bcove.me/v2fuhu9z
Congratulations to all the winners last night but especially to Colin Firth and Tom Hooper and David Seidler. Well done!!
It's a shame the Academy Awards show isn't broadcast on terrestrial tv here. I did see a bit of the show via streaming on the internet but it didn't work very well. I learned most of what was happening on the show via Twitter. It was actually quite entertaining to read some of the funny tweets about the show!
What did you think of the show? Were you pleased with the results?
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The King's Speech - movie review
BAFTA: The King's Speech won seven awards!
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
BAFTA: The King's Speech won seven awards!
2011 Orange British Academy Film Awards BAFTA
I'm so pleased that The King's Speech won seven awards, including best film and best British film - and Colin Firth won best leading actor!
Colin Firth's charming acceptance speech:
The King's Speech won Baftas for:
Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Leading Actor - Colin Firth, Supporting Actress - Helena Bonham Carter, Supporting Actor - Geoffrey Rush, Original Music, and Original Screenplay - David Seidler
I was a bit surprised that Tom Hooper didn't win Best Director for The King's Speech. That award went to David Fincher for The Social Network.
Other highlights of the awards ceremony included Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema in 2011 - The Harry Potter Films. Stephen Fry presented the award after making a lovely and very witty speech.
The show ended with a touching tribute to the actor Sir Christopher Lee, honouring him with the Academy Fellowship, a lifetime achievement award, which is the highest honour the Academy can bestow.
Orange British Academy Film Awards 2011
I thought the BAFTA show was very entertaining and enjoyed watching it. Did you watch it? What did you think of the winners? Were you pleased or disappointed with any of the results?
I haven't seen many of the nominated films but I do know that The King's Speech is superb and I think it deserved to win in the categories that it did. If you haven't seen it yet, do go. I promise you won't be disappointed!
I'm so pleased that The King's Speech won seven awards, including best film and best British film - and Colin Firth won best leading actor!
Colin Firth's charming acceptance speech:
The King's Speech won Baftas for:
Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Leading Actor - Colin Firth, Supporting Actress - Helena Bonham Carter, Supporting Actor - Geoffrey Rush, Original Music, and Original Screenplay - David Seidler
I was a bit surprised that Tom Hooper didn't win Best Director for The King's Speech. That award went to David Fincher for The Social Network.
Other highlights of the awards ceremony included Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema in 2011 - The Harry Potter Films. Stephen Fry presented the award after making a lovely and very witty speech.
The show ended with a touching tribute to the actor Sir Christopher Lee, honouring him with the Academy Fellowship, a lifetime achievement award, which is the highest honour the Academy can bestow.
Orange British Academy Film Awards 2011
I thought the BAFTA show was very entertaining and enjoyed watching it. Did you watch it? What did you think of the winners? Were you pleased or disappointed with any of the results?
I haven't seen many of the nominated films but I do know that The King's Speech is superb and I think it deserved to win in the categories that it did. If you haven't seen it yet, do go. I promise you won't be disappointed!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Hollywood consider censoring The King's Speech
Hollywood considering censoring The King's Speech
Hollywood is considering re-editing "The King's Speech," the British film nominated for 12 Oscars, in order to remove coarse language for US audiences.
(link via telegraph.co.uk)
I've seen The King's Speech and yes, there is some "coarse" language in the film but it is an important part of the storyline about the stammering Duke of York (who eventually becomes King George VI) when he is treated by the unconventional speech therapist, Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush). The expletives are uttered by Prince Albert, the Duke of York (Colin Firth) to show how he doesn't stammer when he swears.
Apparently, the reason the film might be re-edited for US audiences is so that the rating can be changed. In the USA, The King's Speech was given an 'R' rating (Restricted) because of the swearing. The restricted rating means anyone under 17 has to be accompanied by an adult to see it. This means the audience numbers aren't as high as they could be if the rating was less restricted. By contrast, The King's Speech is rated 12A in UK cinemas.
I think if the expetives are removed, it would take away a vital part of the story and also would remove one of the funniest scenes from the film!
What do you think? Have you seen The King's Speech? Were you offended by the swearing? If you haven't seen the film yet, are you bothered by the fact that it contains swearing? Do you think the film should be censored in the USA?
Related link from my blog:
The King's Speech - movie review
Hollywood is considering re-editing "The King's Speech," the British film nominated for 12 Oscars, in order to remove coarse language for US audiences.
(link via telegraph.co.uk)
I've seen The King's Speech and yes, there is some "coarse" language in the film but it is an important part of the storyline about the stammering Duke of York (who eventually becomes King George VI) when he is treated by the unconventional speech therapist, Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush). The expletives are uttered by Prince Albert, the Duke of York (Colin Firth) to show how he doesn't stammer when he swears.
Apparently, the reason the film might be re-edited for US audiences is so that the rating can be changed. In the USA, The King's Speech was given an 'R' rating (Restricted) because of the swearing. The restricted rating means anyone under 17 has to be accompanied by an adult to see it. This means the audience numbers aren't as high as they could be if the rating was less restricted. By contrast, The King's Speech is rated 12A in UK cinemas.
I think if the expetives are removed, it would take away a vital part of the story and also would remove one of the funniest scenes from the film!
What do you think? Have you seen The King's Speech? Were you offended by the swearing? If you haven't seen the film yet, are you bothered by the fact that it contains swearing? Do you think the film should be censored in the USA?
Related link from my blog:
The King's Speech - movie review
Sunday, January 9, 2011
The King's Speech - movie review
My husband and I went to see The King's Speech today. I've been eagerly waiting to see this movie and it has finally (!) opened in the UK. At last I know why everyone who's seen it has been raving about how good it is! It's true. It's simply splendid.
The King's Speech is a wonderful feel-good movie based on a powerful (true) story about how Prince Albert (known as "Bertie" to his family) or the Duke of York, had to overcome his speech impediment (stammering) so he could make all the necessary speeches to the British people, particularly after his brother David abdicated the throne, and he (reluctantly) became King.
Colin Firth is perfect in the title role and IMHO it will be a crime if he doesn't win an Oscar for Best Actor in the 2011 Academy Awards. His portrayal is amazing. His stammer is very realistic, and he shows such raw emotion in every scene that it's hard not to be moved while watching his character struggle to speak. A real class act.
Geoffrey Rush as Lionel Logue, the Australian speech therapist hired to help the Duke of York (and eventual King) is equally as good. I should think he will be nominated for Best Supporting Actor and could quite possibly win it. His acting, as always, was fabulous but he really made this role his own.
Helena Bonham Carter is spot-on as Elizabeth, wife to King George VI. She plays the devoted wife and shows so much emotion in a simple gaze or the way she tilts her head. An outstanding performance.
Jennifer Ehle portrays Myrtle Logue, the wife of Lionel Logue. Most people will remember Jennifer as Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice in which her co-star was Colin Firth. This time Jennifer does an Aussie accent instead of the flawless English accent she did in P & P.
The child actors who portray Princess Elizabeth (Freya Wilson) and Princess Margaret (Ramona Marquez) are also wonderful.
The movie also stars Derek Jacobi as Archbishop Cosmo Lang, Michael Gambon as King George V, Claire Bloom as Queen Mary, Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill, and Anthony Andrews as Stanley Baldwin.
The movie portrays the royals as real human beings and puts an interesting slant on the events that rocked the monarchy when King Edward VIII (David) abdicated the throne so he could marry the American divorcee, Wallis Simpson. Edward VIII (Guy Pearce) is portrayed in the movie as a selfish, weak and immature man, and it's easy to see, if the characterization is true, that he really was unsuited to be King anyway.
At the heart of the movie, is a story about friendship and overcoming adversity.
It really is a fabulous movie. I can't say enough good things about it. Superb acting by all especially by Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush. Go see it.
Related posts:
The King's Speech ruled at the Academy Awards!
BAFTA: The King's Speech won seven awards!
The King's Speech is a wonderful feel-good movie based on a powerful (true) story about how Prince Albert (known as "Bertie" to his family) or the Duke of York, had to overcome his speech impediment (stammering) so he could make all the necessary speeches to the British people, particularly after his brother David abdicated the throne, and he (reluctantly) became King.
Colin Firth is perfect in the title role and IMHO it will be a crime if he doesn't win an Oscar for Best Actor in the 2011 Academy Awards. His portrayal is amazing. His stammer is very realistic, and he shows such raw emotion in every scene that it's hard not to be moved while watching his character struggle to speak. A real class act.
Geoffrey Rush as Lionel Logue, the Australian speech therapist hired to help the Duke of York (and eventual King) is equally as good. I should think he will be nominated for Best Supporting Actor and could quite possibly win it. His acting, as always, was fabulous but he really made this role his own.
Helena Bonham Carter is spot-on as Elizabeth, wife to King George VI. She plays the devoted wife and shows so much emotion in a simple gaze or the way she tilts her head. An outstanding performance.
Jennifer Ehle portrays Myrtle Logue, the wife of Lionel Logue. Most people will remember Jennifer as Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice in which her co-star was Colin Firth. This time Jennifer does an Aussie accent instead of the flawless English accent she did in P & P.
The child actors who portray Princess Elizabeth (Freya Wilson) and Princess Margaret (Ramona Marquez) are also wonderful.
The movie also stars Derek Jacobi as Archbishop Cosmo Lang, Michael Gambon as King George V, Claire Bloom as Queen Mary, Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill, and Anthony Andrews as Stanley Baldwin.
The movie portrays the royals as real human beings and puts an interesting slant on the events that rocked the monarchy when King Edward VIII (David) abdicated the throne so he could marry the American divorcee, Wallis Simpson. Edward VIII (Guy Pearce) is portrayed in the movie as a selfish, weak and immature man, and it's easy to see, if the characterization is true, that he really was unsuited to be King anyway.
At the heart of the movie, is a story about friendship and overcoming adversity.
It really is a fabulous movie. I can't say enough good things about it. Superb acting by all especially by Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush. Go see it.
Related posts:
The King's Speech ruled at the Academy Awards!
BAFTA: The King's Speech won seven awards!
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