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King's Speech crowned at Oscars

The King's Speech won the best picture award at the Oscars. The film about King George VI's battle to overcome a speech difficulty won a total of four Academy Awards, including best actor for Colin Firth.

The film tells the story of how George VI employed an unconventional speech therapist from Australia to help him overcome his problem with stammering. Funded in part by the UK Film Council, a body which is being disbanded by the government, the film also won the award for best original screenplay and best director. Colin Firth, who plays the King, joked that his award for best actor meant his career had peaked.

Firth: I'm afraid I have to warn you, that I am experiencing stirrings, somewhere in the upper abdominals, which are threatening to form themselves into dance moves. 

David Seidler, who wrote the screenplay, said he hoped the award would inspire people who are trying to overcome speech impediments.

It wasn't a clean sweep (= here, winning every award it was nominated for) for The King's Speech, out of 12 nominations it won in four categories, but Oscar glory is bound to boost the film's takings at the box office.

The official trailer of the film:

If you want to learn what has been left behind the film
 screenplay -  follow the link (the article is in Russian) http://www.ng.ru/style/2011-02-11/12_kino.html

"Будущий король был гадким утенком в семье. Георг V бесцеремонно обрывал своего запинавшегося сына: «Не тяни!» Старший брат передразнивал Берти. Ему, старшему, ничего не стоило завоевать людские сердца, дамские в особенности. А младший не знал, как подойти к женщине. Но он позабыл о робости рядом с жизнерадостной 19-летней леди Елизаветой Боуз-Лайон, которую встретил на балу в «Ритце». Вскоре Альберт ...." (extract from the article).

The film 'King's Speech' has won numerous cinema awards and has left many people all over the world speechless - the story of a man overcoming his stammering and becoming a real leader has left no one cold.

We hope you'll find time to watch and enjoy this amazing

 film!