I began watching it last night on YT. Fascinating interview.
The King's Speech... Amazing film
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I began watching it last night on YT. Fascinating interview.
GAH! It already aired??
Just watched the last segment, sad to say, my wife isn't in it. Boo hiss.
Anybody hear about the King's speech being re-released with a PG-13 rating?
http://www.mlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2011/03/pg-13_cut_of_the_kings_speech.html
http://www.mlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2011/03/pg-13_cut_of_the_kings_speech.html
Yeah. It's dumb, but then, it being rated R in the US was dumb (in Canada it was PG; actually, are they going to bother releasing that here?); so I suppose every stupid action produces and equally stupid reaction.
The movie has acquired a bit of additional sentimental value for me, since it ended up being the last movie I saw in theatres with dad before he died.
The movie has acquired a bit of additional sentimental value for me, since it ended up being the last movie I saw in theatres with dad before he died.
Saying the F-word too many times is a no-no in the States. I think they've actually bleeped out most of them.
Yet it's in context and you should really get over your fear of teh evill wordz over in America. The scene it occurs in is really rather funny, espcially at the end when he rounds it off with tits!!!
^ It's one of the funniest scenes in the movie and perfectly delivered. It was wrong to censor it in my opinion.
I'm utterly disgusted that they actually did this. I read somewhere that Colin Firth fought against it.
I swear the U.S. DVD version better not be censored, too...
I swear the U.S. DVD version better not be censored, too...
I really find the US rating system odd, I mean I know The King's Speech got special dispensation here in the UK re the swearing but still it'd have only been a 15 certificate.
So, and if I've got this wrong please tell me, in the US a child of 13 can't go and see an uplifting, really rather lovely film like TKS on their own...however if they have an adult with them they can go see a Saw marathon?
So, and if I've got this wrong please tell me, in the US a child of 13 can't go and see an uplifting, really rather lovely film like TKS on their own...however if they have an adult with them they can go see a Saw marathon?
Everyone should really see the film Not Yet Rated. The MPAA is a joke.
Of course, Americans make fun of the British because they censor pretty much any type of violence.
Of course, Americans make fun of the British because they censor pretty much any type of violence.
I don't see a lot of 13 year olds clamoring to see the film--though they should, it's brilliant and I think a teen would get a lot out of it.
Basically, I don't see the point in doing this. Those who would want to see the movie, they've seen it. I can't imagine there were all that many who didn't see it because of a few curse words, not enough to make the reediting and remarketing worth it.
The ratings system IS fucked up in this country. A R rating covers both the King's Speech AND Saw? That's fucked up. Just fucked up. These are not equivalent films.
Do we? Where is your proof of that? American studios are equally responsible at changing violent scenes to allow a greater viewership so I suspect you're just talk out of your arse.
I think you suspect right. violence is only censored in lower rated films. Then it's usually because the studios don't want to take a higher rating. Very little is censored nowadays, especially if they're willing to take an 18 certificate.
I just finally got to see TKS yesterday — made a point of going to see it while it's still R-rated, before the Weinsteins dumb it down for America's virgin ears. Excellent performances all around, Firth absolutely deserved his Oscar, and this is one film I will definitely be purchasing on DVD when it comes out.
The casting was awesome... not just Firth, Rush, Carter, and Pearce, but also the fact that they got both a Harry Potter hat trick (Carter, Spall, and Gambon), and a Pride and Prejudice hat trick (Firth, Ehle, and David "Mr. Collins" Bamber in a brief role as the director at Logue's theater audition).
Someone upthread mentioned that they'd have liked to see George VI and Elizabeth's tour of North America, including their weekend at Hyde Park with Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Supposedly Bill Murray will play FDR in a film adaptation of the British radio play Hyde Park Upon the Hudson.
As for Spall's casting as Churchill, I thought he was good enough in a role that usually borders on caricature, though for me the best portrayal of Churchill is still Albert Finney in The Gathering Storm.
The casting was awesome... not just Firth, Rush, Carter, and Pearce, but also the fact that they got both a Harry Potter hat trick (Carter, Spall, and Gambon), and a Pride and Prejudice hat trick (Firth, Ehle, and David "Mr. Collins" Bamber in a brief role as the director at Logue's theater audition).
Someone upthread mentioned that they'd have liked to see George VI and Elizabeth's tour of North America, including their weekend at Hyde Park with Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Supposedly Bill Murray will play FDR in a film adaptation of the British radio play Hyde Park Upon the Hudson.
As for Spall's casting as Churchill, I thought he was good enough in a role that usually borders on caricature, though for me the best portrayal of Churchill is still Albert Finney in The Gathering Storm.
No, I'm not... I talk out of my mouth... thank you though.
I was just listening to Guy Hamilton on the Goldfinger commentary talk about how he had to tone down the violence for the British audience and tone down the sex for the American audience.
And I heard the same thing with John Harrison and the Dune miniseries. They had to trim a couple of violent scenes for the UK release and had to cut out the nudity for the American one.
The censors look for very different things.
Maybe "censor" was the wrong word to use... but they do give more mature ratings to films with more violence while the R's and reserved for sex and language here.
Aw, shit, I completely missed David Bamber's brief appearance. I guess I'll be turning in my Pride & Prejudice card.
I still wish we had gotten a bigger scene between Firth and Ehle, however.
Yes censor was the wrong word, and well done, Goldfinger was made in the 1960s, well over 40 years ago, not sure about you colonials, but life's advanced a fair bit since then. So yes, as I suspected, you were talking out of your arse on what is cut from a film.
And just for the record, The Dune Mini series was shown on television, not in cinema's, so of course things will be edited out depending on what time it's being broadcast so using that as an example gets you a big fat F.