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Re: The King's Speech--Colin Firth brilliant again
« Reply #40 on: February 03, 2011, 01:08:35 am »
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Re: The King's Speech--Colin Firth brilliant again
« Reply #41 on: February 03, 2011, 01:34:00 am »





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Re: The King's Speech--Colin Firth brilliant again
« Reply #42 on: February 17, 2011, 07:51:53 am »
Saw this last night and thought it was glorious.  I wasn't overly worried about the historical accuracy.  I enjoyed Colin Firth's and Helena Bonham Carter's and Guy Pearce's performances.  It was entertaining, and I thought they all did a superb job.
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Re: The King's Speech--Colin Firth brilliant again
« Reply #43 on: February 19, 2011, 01:57:46 pm »
The King's Speech started this week in Germany. I plan to see it on Friday; looking forward to it :)

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Re: The King's Speech--Colin Firth brilliant again
« Reply #44 on: March 17, 2011, 03:34:11 am »
I finally saw The King's Speech yesterday at the Wednesday afternoon showing.  Colin Firth really was brilliant.  I was struck also with how well the crowds (extras?) did with making the silences 'uncomfortable' - you could feel it yourself on Bertie's behalf.

It's been a Colin Firth 24 hours, or 36 hours or something, because night before last Paulie and I watched Another Country, which has a very young Colin Firth (before he learned to act all stoic-like).

Here's Part 1 of that film.  It's available on Netflix streaming and also seems to be on youtube in 9 parts.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDw_oPPDVlw[/youtube]
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Re: The King's Speech--Colin Firth brilliant again
« Reply #45 on: January 25, 2012, 02:06:41 pm »
It has just been announced that Geoffrey Rush has been awarded Australian of the Year.