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The Madness of King George DVD

PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) :: MGM (Video & DVD) :: Released: 2001-06-05

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The Madness of King George Summary 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

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

Madness of King George DVD Techincal Details Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Ian Holm, Rupert Graves, Amanda Donohoe
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time: 107 mins
UPC: 027616862808
Binding: DVD
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: 2001-06-05
Region Code: 1
Specs: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown - Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo),