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In addition to Best Picture, The King's Speech won 2010 Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay (Original) and Best Actor. It was also nominated in the following categories: supporting actor, supporting actress, cinematography, art direction, costume design, editing, sound mixing and music.
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Although the film uses information from Logue family papers, neither the film nor the book is an adaptation of the other.
Affiliation Notes
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Writing Disability in Australia
Type of disability Stammer. Type of character Primary. Point of view Third person.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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The King's Speech : How One Man Saved the British Monarchy
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biography
In June 2009 Mark Logue was contacted by the producers of The King's Speech, a film based on the relationship of Logue's grandfather Lionel Logue with George VI, for information on his grandfather. While supplying information from family papers and from online and published references, Mark Logue became aware that his grandfather's archive was incomplete. Inspired by the film and wanting to tell the complete story of his grandfather, Logue continued to research and write, with Peter Conradi, a biography of Lionel Logue. In the process he discovered much of the missing parts of his grandfather's archive.
Source: Mark Logue, 'Introduction', The King's Speech : How One Man Saved the British Monarchy (2010): ix-xiv
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Cinema Magic
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Truth and Travesty
2011
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— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 55 no. 4 2011; (p. 112-113)
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DVD Reviews : Drama
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 April - 1 May 2011; (p. 17)
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The Would-Be King's Speech
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 March 2011; (p. 8) -
The Very British Mr Logue
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— Appears in: Inside Story , March 2011; Inside Story , April no. [1] 2011; (p. 15)
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Failure to Communicate
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— Appears in: The Monthly , December 2010 - January 2011 no. 63 2010; (p. 94-95)
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Birth of a Touching Bond from Pain of a Speech Impediment
2010
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 December 2010; (p. 17)
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The King, in His Own Words
2010
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— Appears in: The Age , 24 December 2010; (p. 15)
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Spotlight
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— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 26 December 2010; (p. 18) The Sun-Herald , 26 December 2010; (p. 9)
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The Right Royal Treatment
2010
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 December 2010; (p. 6)
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Voice behind the Throne
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— Appears in: The Age , 6 November 2010; (p. 12-13) The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 November 2010; (p. 11) -
Regal Bearing
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There's No Stutter in This Career
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1 - 2 January 2011; (p. 13) -
Getting the Word Out
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 9 January 2011; (p. 8) -
Academy Plans a Royal Reception
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— Appears in: The Australian , 27 January 2011; (p. 15)
Awards
- 2011 winner British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards — Best Film
- 2010 winner Academy Awards — Best Picture
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