L to R: King George VI; Princess Elizabeth (the current Queen Eliz II); Queen Consort Elizabeth; Princess Margaret.
Posted on 02/05/2011 8:45:03 AM PST by Albion Wilde
“The Kings Speech” is about a hero... who battles an invisible enemy that torments nearly 70 million people around the world. In demystifying the little-understood speech impediment, the award-winning film reveals myths and fascinating truths about stuttering, and has won praise from stutterers of all ages.
For Erik Yehl, an 11-year-old ...who began stuttering in preschool, the movie’s powerful message is, “I’m not stupid.” It’s a stigma all people who stutter contend with — ...that because their words sometimes sputter or fail to come out..., their minds must be... mixed up.
“People who stutter — their minds are perfectly good, and they’re not deaf, and they don’t need to be told to breathe.... What they need ... is to be listened to,” said Susan Hardy, who saw the film with her son..., a 14-year-old ...eighth-grader who also stutters.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycomet.com ...
I’m really interested in seeing this film. I heard it got an R rating for language.
I wonder if the Queen has seen it, or what she thinks of it. It is, after all, about her parents.
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One of my previous bosses used to stutter, he talked about overcoming it often - it was inspirational.
He had a southern drawl accent - always living up north he acquired the accent to stop his stutter - it worked great.
It’s a nice film although it does have swearing in it.
Outbursts of swearing during speech practice to force the words out.
Its a great movie about a man who had to overcome a disability to rally his nation against the Nazis. “The King’s Speech” is a testament to the indomitable human spirit in the face of the greatest of odds. Don’t let the “R” rating put you off.
Its a film that will move you once the last reel ends.
According to the British papers and the queen’s spokespeople, she liked it very much.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20030758-10391698.html
I had a good friend throughout school who had a very bad speech impediment, in those days there was no speech therapy readily available.
He enlisted in the Air Force after High School and got the speech lessons he needed, he stayed in for over 20 years before I met up with him again and his recovery was astounding.
We went out to have a few beers and the more beer he drank the worse his speech got until he got to the point where he sounded just like he did in school.
As I said, we were very close friends through all our school years and I’d some times act as “interpreter” for him and just to mess with his head, I’d some times intentionally misinterpret something he said, he’d get really upset at that.
Hey, get over it, sometimes kids are mean.
Reminds me of when Gwyneth Paltrow's mum and dad mounted a PR campaign to have their daughter's movie "Shakespeare in Love" steal the Oscar from "Saving Private Ryan."
It got an R for language because the King was able to curse when he was having trouble coming up with a word is all. Basically, the issue the speech pathologist dealth with was trauma induced stuttering. The King didn’t stutter until about age 4. What happened is maybe not known. The speech pathologist encouraged the King to express his traumas (e.g not being fed by a cruel Royal nurse) in song, in cursing, however, in order to break through the block to the brain and basically rewire the pathways. See the movie. It is uplifting.
Also, read an article that Queen HAS seen it and was very touched.
I saw it. It’s very good. Colin Firth should win the Oscar. And Geoffrey Rush should get a Best Supporting actor award.
I heard Firth was on a talk show about a month ago (maybe Stewart) and told a story about the guy who wrote the screenplay....he’s British & also stammered and had moved to the U.S. yrs ago. He wrote to the Royal Family & Queen Mum requesting their consent to do the screenplay for the movie.
He was asked to please wait until the Queen Mum passed away, as it was still a distressing time in history for her.
SO, he waited, and waited, and waited.....I think she was like 101 when she finally died.
And now he’s up for an Academy Award for writing the screenplay.
Go see it. The R rating is pretty stupid.
It did, and that is the only thing deserving of the R; but when you see the episode of bad words in context, you realize it is a part of the movie that is essential. It was not a meaningless nor sensationalistic add-on. And it will not gross out the average adult.
Which movie is better? The Social Network??? I liked the Social Network, but I loved The King’s Speech. The acting in The King’s Speech was fantastic, the sets and costumes were wonderful. The historical aspects of what was going on around WWII was so interesting. Then it was very inspiring.
The Social Network was about a bunch of smart, jerks that got lucky with a good idea and made a bunch of money all while partying and being jerks to others.
Thanks for the post. I have stuttered for 40+ years. I had no idea what this movie was about. I have to go see it. Thanks.
L to R: King George VI; Princess Elizabeth (the current Queen Eliz II); Queen Consort Elizabeth; Princess Margaret.
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My 14 year old daughter has had speech therapy since she was 2 years old. She didn’t even really talk until she was 5. She’ll never be totally okay with her speech, but she can talk now.
There have been so many misconception about her. People have thought she was stupid, but she’s not. A school speech therapist thought she was just choosing not to talk. She wasn’t.
My daughter has had to work really hard to talk, and I think this film captures the work and dedication that the person with a severe speech impediment goes through and the relationship with their speech therapist.
My husband doesn’t want my daughter to see the film because of the language, and she is dying to see it. I think I’ll let her see it when we can fast forward through the language.
(She is probably one of the few 14 year olds that actually does not know bad words. She knows there’s an F word, but doesn’t know what that is. She does have some hearing issues also.)
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I’ll take Colin Firth :)
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