The Madness of King George
starring: Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, Rupert Graves, Amanda Donohoe
directed by: Nicholas Hytner
directed by: Nicholas Hytner
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0027616862808
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 05, 2001
Running Time: 107 minutes
Sales Rank: 8857
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: December 28, 1994
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Written by Alan Bennett from his stage play and featuring a towering performance by Nigel Hawthorne, and a stunning screen directorial debut (Variety) by Tony Award winner* Nicholas Hytner, this Academy AwardÂ(r)-winning** masterpiece of royal intrigue ispotent, engrossing and thrilling (Los Angeles Times). Just five years after losing the 'rebellious colonies, it appears that England's King George III (Hawthorne) is now losing his mind! Suddenly, the stately monarch is hallucinating, shouting obscenities, behaving lewdly towards the Queen's (Helen Mirren) comelylady-in-waiting and generally becoming a candidate for the lunatic asylum. The palace doctors are baffled, but the Prince of Wales (Rupert Everett), tired of playing the waiting game, conspires to take advantage of the situation. Will the King's supporters be able to restore their monarch's wits before he's stripped of his throne? *1994: Director (Musical), Carousel **1994: Art Direction
Amazon.com:
Nicholas Hytner had an international stage phenomenon with Alan Bennett's play The Madness of King George, starring Nigel Hawthorne as King George III, the British monarch who lost the American colonies. But in this film adaptation, Hytner unfortunately yields to the old temptation to 'open up' the piece with lots of arbitrary exteriors, rushed set pieces, choppy editing, and so on, robbing Hawthorne's acclaimed stage performance of coherency and power on the big screen. Viewers are forced to fill in emotional gaps for themselves (and try to imagine what Bennett's work must have looked and felt like originally), and the whole enterprise has a pseudo-cinematic, self-congratulatory air. --Tom Keogh
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- A suprisingly endearing take on George...Nigel Hawthorne does an amazing job of portraying the "mad" King George III. You will find his antics ... Read More
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- Watching this movie is time well spentMy wife and I really enjoyed this memorable movie. The acting is superb and the story original (as well ... Read More
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- Majesty All Powerful and All Knowing. But He Wasn't Quite All There. "Playwright Alan Bennett, who adapted his own stage work, takes as his inspiration a time when George ... Read More
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- A mad, brilliant film"You do me wrong to take me out o' the grave:
Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound
Upon a wheel ... Read More
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- The Madness of King GeorgeWhen I first heard of this film I remember hearing how funny people thought this film was, how they liked making ... Read More
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