Synopsis: It’s
good to be the king! Well…
Blurb From the VHS
Jacket: “His majesty was all powerful and all knowing. But he wasn’t quite
all there.”
What Did I Learn?:
1) “One may produce a copious, regular evacuation every day of the week and
still be a stranger to reason.” 2) “Six hours of sleep is enough for a man,
seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.” 3) “To be Prince of Wales is not a
position - it is a predicament.”
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Movie If: You've always wanted to see a king descend into madness.
Really?: Hold on –
the king’s personal attendants make a point that his urine is blue (suggesting George III may have suffered from porphyria) and yet the audience never gets to see the
unusual pee? How blue was it? Are we talking Windex?
Rating: Nigel Hawthorne – best remembered as the
scheming Sir Humphrey Appleby on Yes,
Minister – gives a tour-de-force performance as the troubled British
monarch. The Madness of King George
is an intelligent, often-funny film that suffers from one serious problem: none
of the characters are particularly sympathetic, or likeable. I mean, are we
supposed to cheer at the end when George III, fully-restored in his powers, orders his doctor (Ian Holm) not to look him
in the eye, or when he fires the assistant who was kind to him during his
treatment? 8.5/10 stars.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110428/?ref_=nm_knf_t4
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