Movie Info
Genre
DramaRelease Date
TBA 2010Studio
The Weinstein Company
Cast and Crew
Director
Tom HooperProducer
Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth UnwinScreenwriter
David SeidlerStarring
- Colin Firth as King George VI / Bertie
- Geoffrey Rush as Lionel Logue
- Helena Bonham Carter as Queen Elizabeth
- Jennifer Ehle
- Guy Pearce as David
- Derek Jacobi
- Timothy Spall
- Michael Gambon as King George V
Movie Story
Firth will play George VI, known as Bertie, the father of the current Queen Elizabeth II, who assumed the throne when his brother Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson. The film will focus on his efforts to overcome a nervous stammer with the help of speech therapist Lionel Logue (Rush).
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