Brits love their royalty undoubtedly, both in real life and in movies. The King’s Speech has gathered the most votes in a poll compiled by Apollo Cinemas, at one week before the BAFTA awards. The survey was conducted to describe the history of Britain’s favorite film of 65 years of the prestigious ceremony.
With Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth in the titular roles, the film was a huge success, last year was awarded with seven BAFTA Awards, four Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award and was voted by a majority of 26% of moviegoers.
Another Oscar movie – The Madness of King George, with Nigel Hawtorne and Helen Mirren, came on 4th place, totaling 5.3% of the votes and the biographical drama Elizabeth, with Cate Blanchett in the role of the beloved queen held the position of 5, with 4.5% of the votes. The positions 2 and 3 were occupied by family films Billy Elliot (with which Jamie Bell became famous) and Wallace&Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit.
The survey was accompanied by statistics published by the BFI (British Film Institute), from which we find that, thanks to movies like The King’s Speech and The Inbetweeners, British cinema began to occupy an increasingly more significant in the box office. In 2010, British movies have received 13% of the total spent £1.4 billion at the box office.
A theatrical version of historical reality in The King’s Speech is currently played on stages of large theaters in the UK. The script was originally written as a play by David Seidler so the film adaptation in show should be made.
