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The Kings' Speeches

Oct 11, 2022
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I love The King's Speech.  I know that when it won the Oscar for Best Picture the award got criticism from some quarters for being "old" Hollywood -- but it's superbly crafted on every level.  This is a wonderful 60 Minutes follow-up report on the movie from 2011 that's in part about Colin Firth (who won the Oscar as Best Actor after they did their interview) but mainly on the real-life history behind the movie.  It includes footage of King George struggling with speeches, fascinating documents that got discovered late in the process, and a wonderful sequence that blends the real "King's speech" with the scene from the movie.



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