The King's Speech is a 2010 British historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper, from a script by David Seidler. The film stars Colin Firth as George (both Duke of York and later king), Helena Bonham Carter as his wife Queen Elizabeth, and Geoffrey Rush as the speech therapist Lionel Logue. The film focuses on the attempts by George to overcome his stutter, a process in which Logue was instrumental.
The King's Speech premiered on 6 September 2010 at the Telluride Film Festival in the United States, and was screened at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2010, where it received a standing ovation and won the People's Choice Award. It was eventually released in the UK on 7 January 2011. The film grossed a worldwide total at the box office of over $414 million on a production budget of £8 million ($15 million). After five weeks on UK release, it was identified as the most successful independent British film ever. It appeared in the Top Ten lists of more than twenty reviewers for the best films of 2010.
At the 83rd Academy Awards, the film received a total of twelve award nominations, more than any other film, and won four: Best Picture, Best Director (Hooper), Best Original Screenplay (Seidler), and Best Actor (Firth). At the 68th Golden Globe Awards, the film received seven nominations, more than any other nominee, but only Firth won an award, for Best Actor. Hooper also won for Best Director at the 63rd Directors Guild of America Awards. At the 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards, Firth won the Best Actor award and the cast won Best Ensemble. At the 64th British Academy Film Awards, it won seven awards out of fourteen nominations, more than any other film, consisting of Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Best Actor (Firth), Best Supporting Actor (Rush), Best Supporting Actress (Bonham Carter), Best Original Screenplay (Seidler), and Best Music (Alexandre Desplat).
Accolades
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Academy Awards27 February 2011 Best Picture , Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin Best Director Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Original Screenplay Best Art Direction , Judy Farr Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Film Editing Best Original Score Best Sound Mixing , Martin Jensen, John Midgley Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards 10 January 2011 Best Film Best Original Screenplay Best Ensemble Cast Best Director Best Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actor American Cinema Editors 19 February 2011 Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic American Film Institute Awards 14 January 2011 AFI Special Award American Society of Cinematographers 13 February 2011 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Art Directors Guild 5 February 2011 Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film Austin Film Critics Association 22 December 2010 Best Actor British Academy of Film and Television Arts 13 February 2011Best Film Outstanding British Film Best Direction Best Actor in a Leading Role Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Original Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Production Design , Judy Farr Best Costume Design Best Makeup and Hair Best Film Music Best Editing Best Sound , Lee Walpole, Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen British Independent Film Awards 5 December 2010 Best British Independent Film Best Actor Best Director Best Screenplay Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress The Richard Harris Award Best Technical Achievement – Production Design Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 19 December 2010 Best Film Best Original Screenplay Best Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Director Costume Designers Guild 22 February 2011 Excellence in Period Film Critics' Choice Movie Award 14 January 2011 Best Film Best Acting Ensemble Best Supporting Actress Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Director Best Original Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Art Direction , Judy Farr Best Costume Design Best Score Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 17 December 2010 Best Film Best Director Best Supporting Actress Best Actor Best Supporting Actor David di Donatello 6 May 2011 Best European Film Denver Film Critics Society 28 January 2011 Best Film Best Original Screenplay Best Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actor Detroit Film Critics Society 16 December 2010 Best Film Best Ensemble Best Director Best Supporting Actress Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Directors Guild of America 29 January 2011 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Empire Awards 27 March 2011 Best British Film Best Film Best Actor Best Actress Best Director European Film Awards 3 December 2011 Best Actor Best Composer Best Editor People's Choice Award for Best European Film Evening Standard British Film Awards 7 February 2011 Best Film Best Actor Technical Achievement Award – Costume Design Film Independent Spirit Awards 26 February 2011 Best Foreign Film Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 20 December 2010 Best Actor Golden Eagle Award 27 January 2012 Best Foreign Language Film The King's Speech Golden Globe Awards 16 January 2011 Best Motion Picture – Drama Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Drama Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Drama Best Director Best Screenplay Best Original Score Goya Awards 13 February 2011 Best European Film Hamptons International Film Festival 10 October 2010 Audience Award (Narrative) Hollywood Film Festival 25 October 2010 Best Supporting Actress Houston Film Critics Society 18 December 2010 Best Picture Best Supporting Actress Best Actor Best Supporting Actor International Film Music Critics Association 24 February 2011 Film Score of the Year Best Score for a Drama Film Italian Online Movie Awards 8 May 2011 Best Picture Best Original Screenplay Best Film Editing Best Score Best Director Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Leeds International Film Festival 22 November 2010 Audience Award for Feature Film London Film Critics' Circle Awards 10 February 2011 Film of the Year British Film of the Year Actor of the Year British Actor of the Year British Actress of the Year British Director of the Year Screenwriter of the Year Los Angeles Film Critics Association 12 December 2010 Best Actor Motion Picture Sound Editors 20 February 2011 Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film National Board of Review 2 December 2010 Top Ten Films National Movie Awards 11 May 2011 Best Drama Special Recognition Performance of the Year National Society of Film Critics Awards 8 January 2011 Best Supporting Actor Best Actor Best Screenplay New York Film Critics Circle Awards 13 December 2010 Best Actor Online Film Critics Society Award 3 January 2011 Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Original Screenplay Producers Guild of America 22 January 2011 Best Theatrical Motion Picture , Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 14 December 2010 Best Film Best Actor Best Original Screenplay Best Supporting Actor San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 13 December 2010 Best Original Screenplay Best Actor Santa Barbara International Film Festival 24 January 2011 Best Ensemble Award Satellite Awards 19 December 2010 Best Film – Drama Best Original Screenplay Best Director Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Awards 30 January 2011 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Anthony Andrews, Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Guy Pearce, Geoffrey Rush, Timothy Spall St. Louis Film Critics Association 20 December 2010 Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Director Best Original Screenplay Best Film Best Artistic/Creative Film Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 14 December 2010 Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Screenplay Toronto International Film Festival 19 September 2010 People's Choice Award Vancouver Film Critics Circle 10 January 2011 Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 6 December 2010 Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Actor Best Original Screenplay Women Film Critics Circle Awards 20 December 2010 Best Actor Best Male Images in a Movie
See also 2010 in film
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