We've had The Hub now for over a year and I have never before seen such an incredible response to a film. On Monday last week at 9.30am we had a customer waiting outside the shop desperate to rent "The King's Speech" as soon as it hit our shelves.
Winner of 4 Academy Awards (including best picture & best actor), and 7 BAFTA's (including best film and best actor), The King's Speech tells the story of King George VI who is suddenly thrust into the public limelight following the abdication of his brother King Edward VIII.
Screenwriter David Seidler started research on the story in the late 1970's and early 1980's. It's based on true events and thus Seidler found it easy to gather information about the King, but struggled with his research on speech therapist Lionel Lougue. In the end he contacted Dr Valentine Lougue, who agreed to discuss his father and make the relevant notebooks available if the Queen Mother agreed. She did give permission, but requested it not to be in her lifetime, so the project was halted until 2006.
Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter offer incredible performances throughout the film and whilst there is strong language in the film, it is all within context, making it a great choice for the majority of the family.
As it was such a huge box office hit (costing $15 million and grossing $400 million) we weren't sure how successful it would be as a rental movie in The Hub. However, it has been the most rented out film of the month so far, and if the trend continues, looks set to overtake Sherlock Holmes, our most rented movie ever.
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