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Lionel is not a great actor (as seen when he attempts to audition for a role as Shakespeare's Richard III) but he is a great teacher.
The budget of the King's Speech was relatively modest by lush Hollywood standards. Even after multiple Oscar wins, including Best Picture and Best Actor, its official website remains fairly stark as well, when compared with the websites of Hollywood mega-blockbusters. The main 'additional' feature the site offers is an actual recording of the historical King's real speech. However, much like Bertie himself, despite its financial odds the film was able to triumph. Despite one or two relatively sniffy reviews like the Times, most critics praised the film. Even Rolling Stone, which is usually no fan of period dramas, wrote: "Two men alone create an epic landscape of feeling in one of the very best movies of the year" (Travers 2010). The film is perhaps the first serious work of cinema to deal with the issue of stuttering and the debilitating impact it can have on a person's life. For people who have dealt with the issue, the film provides a role model and inspiration and for all viewers it is a powerful illustration of the fact that, by trying to change your own life, you often end up changing the lives of others for the better.
The King's Speech resonates as a film because it contains elements of
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Dargis, M. (2010, November 26). The King's English, albeit with twisted tongue.
The New York Times. Retrieved March 20, 2011 at http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/movies/26king.html
The King's Speech. (2011). Official Website. Retrieved March 20, 2011 at http://www.kingsspeech.com/about.html
Travers, Peter. (2010). Review of the King's Speech. Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 20, 2011
At http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/the-kings-speech-20101124
King's Speech and What's Eating Gilbert Grape. A central theme in life which is reflected in many films is the value of relationships and particularly of family and friends. This theme expands on the way in which the help of family and friends assist in overcoming obstacles in life. It is a perennial favorite in literature and movies and forms the foundations of many works of art. Support and encouragement
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Homer in Hollywood: The Coen Brothers' O Brother, Where Art Thou? Could a Hollywood filmmaker adapt Homer's Odyssey for the screen in the same way that James Joyce did for the Modernist novel? The idea of a high-art film adaptation of the Odyssey is actually at the center of the plot of Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 film Contempt, and the Alberto Moravia novel on which Godard's film is
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