The King's Speech
Royal address impediment
A 2010 British historical drama film about King George VI's struggle to overcome his stammer with the help of an unorthodox speech therapist.
The film won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor.
More broadly, any formal address by a reigning monarch, particularly the annual speech delivered by the British sovereign at the State Opening of Parliament, outlining the government's legislative agenda.
- stammerSpeak with involuntary repetitions
- stutterInvoluntary speech repetition
- GeorgeTraditional male name
- royalOf monarchs
- royal familyReigning monarch's relatives
coronation · therapy · Bertie · monarch · eloquence · microphone · radio · broadcast · fireside chat · wartime · World War II · hesitation · tongue · impediment · confidence · palace · throne · address
- biopicsbiopic, biopics, Lincoln, Gandhi, biographical drama
- historical dramasBridgerton, Downton Abbey, Poldark, The Crown, Victoria
- Oscar WinnersTitanic, Forrest Gump, The Godfather, Gladiator, Schindler's List
- Political ThrillersThe Manchurian Candidate, No Way Out, The Pelican Brief, Argo, JFK
- British FilmBFI, British comedy, Alfred Hitchcock, Danny Boyle, Christopher Nolan
- George VIBertie, Duke of York, stammering, abdication, Edward VIII
The King's Speechsilent film
Soundless motion picture
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1977 surrealist horror film
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