I guess for a modern movie it is rather nice, though the power of the English kings and queens over the English realm has as much declined as the art created about them! Just think of the deep fall between Henry IV for example and George III so no wonder that the king did get mad; or the English mistook him: He may have only pretended to be mad in order to have the English resume the war against the Americans like Solon did in Athens because of Salamis; plus the Shakespeare quotes are amicable.
@FireEyedMaidOfWar You what? Solon had been dead almost a century when the battle of Salamis happened. As far as 'feigning madness' it does seem a rather odd move when it almost leads to you losing both power and your preferred government. If he had been intend on warring against the Americans (which by all accounts he wasn't) it's unlikely he'd have conspired to make CJ Fox Prime Minister.
@Faboba: But the Battle of Salamis has nothing to do with the Athenian conquest of the island of Salamis, which did precede the Persian Wars and without it the Athenians would have no island to escape to; and madness had a quite different role in ancient Greece: Plato says that madness produced the greatest goods; and it is not a question whose in charge to regain the New World but either if England would rule the world or become the vermiform appendix of its former colony.
Even today your in violation of the law would you happen to touch a monarch witout his/hers concent. I would imagine a worse fate when touching george the 3rd.
@blauwen Well, in the play (and this is given away by the dialogue) what Willis does is /look/ directly at the King which is a violation of the etiquette at the time. The film makers seem to have felt (correctly, IMHO) that a film in which no one looks at each other when in conversation would just be too strange, so they changed it to Willis touching him. There's some discussion of the 'don't look at G3' business in HBO's John Adams, if you're interested.
I agree, I think it is very symbolic of the attitude towards the King at the time. The people wanted to love him, but the frustrations, and in some cases, vindictions, were becoming more apparent.
3 people need to be restrained
kowloon89 4 months ago
I AM THE KING OF ENGLAND!!
NO, SIR! YOU ARE THE PATIENT!!
Epic and bold!
DeltaEagle7700 4 months ago
that is not funny
peytonmilyn 5 months ago
"well im sorry for it,you have quitted a proffesion ive always loved,and embraced one i most heartedly detest" LOL
relmmih6 8 months ago
that guy who gag the king then fall back...... superb.....
zippo27 9 months ago
I guess for a modern movie it is rather nice, though the power of the English kings and queens over the English realm has as much declined as the art created about them! Just think of the deep fall between Henry IV for example and George III so no wonder that the king did get mad; or the English mistook him: He may have only pretended to be mad in order to have the English resume the war against the Americans like Solon did in Athens because of Salamis; plus the Shakespeare quotes are amicable.
FireEyedMaidOfWar 9 months ago
@FireEyedMaidOfWar You what? Solon had been dead almost a century when the battle of Salamis happened. As far as 'feigning madness' it does seem a rather odd move when it almost leads to you losing both power and your preferred government. If he had been intend on warring against the Americans (which by all accounts he wasn't) it's unlikely he'd have conspired to make CJ Fox Prime Minister.
Faboba 5 months ago
@Faboba: But the Battle of Salamis has nothing to do with the Athenian conquest of the island of Salamis, which did precede the Persian Wars and without it the Athenians would have no island to escape to; and madness had a quite different role in ancient Greece: Plato says that madness produced the greatest goods; and it is not a question whose in charge to regain the New World but either if England would rule the world or become the vermiform appendix of its former colony.
FireEyedMaidOfWar 5 months ago
"I am the king of england!" No sir! You are a patient! LOL
Drsatan9 10 months ago
Ahhh! sometimes a little restraint can work wonders!
frantic1971 1 year ago
Get away from me you scabby bumsucker!!
:)
elbatemano 1 year ago 5
@elbatemano LOL!
POTCMarc101 5 months ago
I LOVE the British Monarchy and HATE ANYONE who DARE speak of it in a bad way!!!!!!!!!!! GOD SAVE THE QUEEN AND ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!
icebobabowser 1 year ago
Even today your in violation of the law would you happen to touch a monarch witout his/hers concent. I would imagine a worse fate when touching george the 3rd.
blauwen 1 year ago
@blauwen Well, in the play (and this is given away by the dialogue) what Willis does is /look/ directly at the King which is a violation of the etiquette at the time. The film makers seem to have felt (correctly, IMHO) that a film in which no one looks at each other when in conversation would just be too strange, so they changed it to Willis touching him. There's some discussion of the 'don't look at G3' business in HBO's John Adams, if you're interested.
Faboba 11 months ago
"I am the King of England."
"No Sir, you are the patient!"
bloody brilliant.
bythefault 1 year ago
Looks like someone had their soverign power subjugated by the medical discourse!
SanarRyell 1 year ago
@SanarRyell And now we have the AMA and the FDA--Cultivate!!!
damienvargas 1 year ago
Lincolnshire!
britcrit09 1 year ago 2
I have you in my eye , no i have you in mine , and there i shall keep you , best lines of the whole movie
Drlivingstonipresoom 1 year ago
What's the music that starts at 4:53?
nickthedick6969 1 year ago
@nickthedick6969 It is Fenton's (soundtrack composer) interpretation of Handel's Zadok the Priest. Handel wrote it for George II's coronation.
natchy99 1 year ago
@natchy99 Thanks.
nickthedick6969 1 year ago
Ian Holm was SO good in this movie!
He and Nigel Hawthorne were absolute LEGENDS in this film!
Yammahoo 1 year ago
It's so funny how this whole film is a metaphor for the current monarchy, especially considering when this film was made.
philomel 2 years ago
God, look at the malice shown on the chap's face that's tying that cloth round the King's mouth! Sheer brutality!
HMservant 2 years ago
I agree, I think it is very symbolic of the attitude towards the King at the time. The people wanted to love him, but the frustrations, and in some cases, vindictions, were becoming more apparent.
natchy99 2 years ago
Yup--a little restraint now and then(unwilling or otherwise) can work wonders,
boy18inva 2 years ago
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha scabby bum sucker! hahahahahhahaa
TheOuterSpaceBassMan 2 years ago
I watched this in my biology class in school and when he said that i cracked up so hard.
TheOuterSpaceBassMan 2 years ago