the king's speech case study
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Production Company
The Weinstein Company Mini-major film studio American
Funding
The UK Film CouncilMolinareThe Weinstein CompanyAegisPrescience
Distribution - UK
Momentum Pictures Independent film distributor British
Budget
$15,000,000 (£9,004,101)
Box Office Gross
$414,211,549 (£248,521,164) The leading film of 2010 was Toy
Story 3, with $1,063,171,911 (£637,855,517)
Director
Tom Hooper The King’s Speech won him an Oscar
for Best Achievement in Directing Past films include...▪ Les Misérables▪ The Damned United▪ Longford
Main Actor
Colin Firth as King George VI The King’s Speech won him an Oscar
for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Past films include...▪ Love Actually▪ A Single Man▪ Girl with a Pearl Earring
Supporting Actors
Helena Bonham Carter as Queen Elizabeth The King’s Speech got her an Oscar nomination for
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Past films include...▪ Fight Club▪ Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street▪ Alice in Wonderland
Geoffrey Rush as Lionel Logue The King’s Speech got him an Oscar nomination for
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Past films include...▪ Shakespeare in Love▪ The Pirates of the Caribbean series
Cinemas
Released in 2584 theatres worldwide
Promotion – Film Festivals
Was entered into several film festivals Hamptons International Film
Festival Palm Springs International Film
Festival Robert Festival Santa Barbara International Film
Festival Toronto International Film Festival
Promotion – Posters
They focus on the big stars that feature in the film
Extremely positive critic reviews
Heavy emphasis on British themes
Genre
BiographyDramaHistory
Success - Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes 94% from critic reviews Average rating of 8.6/10 from ratings 92% from audience feedback Average rating of 4.3/5 from ratings
Metacritic Metascore of 88/100 based on 41 critics User score of 8.3/10 based on 591
ratings
Success – Awards and Accreditation
#199 in IMDB’s Top 250 list Won 4 Oscars
Best Motion Picture of the Year Best Performance by an Actor in a
Leading Role Best Achievement in Directing Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Won 90 awards in total, nominated for 104 others
Success – Box Office
Ranked 18th in top grossing list of 2010
Toy Story 3 ranks 1st with $1,063,171,911 (£637,855,517), a difference of $648,960,362 (£389,342,987) which is over double what The King’s Speech made