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New International Colin Firth-Centric Trailer For Tom Hooper's 'The King's Speech'

  • By Simon Dang
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  • October 25, 2010 10:53 AM
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A new, very Colin Firth-centric international trailer has been unveiled for Tom Hooper's much loved, highly touted "The King's Speech."
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More: The King's Speech, Guy Pearce, Helena Bonham Carter

London Film Fest '10: 'The King's Speech' Is A Solid Crowd-Pleaser, But Not A Home Run

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • October 25, 2010 3:24 AM
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Every year, there's always one film that screens at a fall festival and, overnight, becomes a major awards contender. In 2008, it was "Slumdog Millionaire," in 2009 it was "Up in the Air." This year, the rapturous reaction that "The King's Speech" received at Telluride, and its Audience Award win at Toronto, saw the period drama take its place as a lock among the ten Best Picture nominees, and perhaps the only film to emerge from the field as of yet that could challenge the presumptive front-runner "The Social Network." Having missed it at Toronto, we had one question going into the film's premiere at the London Film Festival on Thursday night: was the film that rarity, a classy period piece that connects with audiences and critics alike, or the kind of easy, older-skewing drama that connects with Academy voters because it's so IMPORTANT (see "The Reader").
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