The Madness of King George (1994) Part 1

[POTCMarc101]

God save the King! lol

[vashonwashington]

I felt such happiness when he said "our former colonies in America" score one for us XD

[theTerranEmpire3]

@vashonwashington Congratulations. Now most Americans are being represented by people who, any way you cut it, are in the elite of the financial elite. Congress, , is a club that consists of 245 millionaires.

[oliverarado]

Sir Nigel at his best!

[jerryellis123]

relocatable gay beetch sais royalty are usually in a land of Harry Potter in their heads

[POTCMarc101]

Dose anyone know the music on 9:10

[Wilbtube]

@POTCMarc101 It's an adaptation of Händel's water music, I believe.

[POTCMarc101]

xD i like it how the queen says smile and wave to the King George IV

[DeltaEagle7700]

God save HM King George! Emperor of Hawaii island!

On another note, his "madness" is one example reason why my country's constitution noted the following: No person shall ever sit upon the Throne, who has been convicted of any infamous crime, or who is insane, or an idiot.

[ludicrus32]

@DeltaEagle7700 Then why is Charles heir to the throne?

[DeltaEagle7700]

@ludicrus32. Who is Charles?

[ludicrus32]

@DeltaEagle7700 His Royal Highness, Prince of Wales? Charles?

[zyzor]

God Save King George!!!!!

[slaveandovercomer]

i hate to see one of the king servants spat the crown... ewww

[WUDJABEABLE]

George Washington

[j3parrots]

apart from all the americans thinking this is a political film ffs its a play,and Im sorry not all americans are the same as not all english people are its a great comedy in my humble opinion

[acerb45666555]

that one Pitt, is the drollest bag of stuffiness ive ever seen! i wonder if he was really like that?

[GINA7582]

@acerb45666555 I agree.Just started watching and Mr.Pitt is portrayed as stuffy,arrogant,rude.However, he hated slavery and was part of an aggressive campaign to end it when it was unpopular to do so.He told his friend that he would do what he did best--politics--and would become prime minister but that his friend must continue the fight and when his friends come banging on the door, he will be on the inside to let them in.Couldn't be all that bad.See film "Amazing Grace"..wonderful.

[j3parrots]

@GINA7582 Mr Wilberforce I presume you mean sir



[aaronrockin24]

im from canada i even live there but i speak french and english

[juultjuh99]

What what!

[ImaginedWriter]

Our George kicked this ass holes butt so bad he went mad.

lol god bless America.

[mak34237]

@ImaginedWriter Excuse me your George beat Lord General Cornwallis not His Majesty the King, had his majesty actually commanded his armies in the American colonies you would be singing god save the queen right now! After all George Washington lost 90% of the battles he fought in and only won the war after he received support from the Spanish and french simply outnumbering our forces.

[zyzor]

@mak34237 very true despite being an 'ABSOLUTE" monarch George III was unable to pursue the war to victory if it was up to him he would chase the rebels to the gates of hell and back to keep them under British rule. Unfortunately by this time parliament was able to oust his administration under lord north and voted an end to the war.

[mak34237]

@zyzor I know to think how different the world would have been if HM was able to continue fighting the rebels in the colonies.

[zyzor]

@mak34237 Im an American and Im very pleased with the way things turned out and find the story of the revolution almost like a story book in how events unfolded. But I often sympathize with the King and wish history would have been kinder to him he was a better man than what historians have portrayed him to be.

[mak34237]

@zyzor I agree, alot of people don't stop and think about enough of it I guess.

[j3parrots]

@ImaginedWriter yay vote Palin you twat

[j3parrots]

DO YOU KNOW ENGLAND SIR, great film

[j3parrots]

I love the little look from Pitt when he manages to get in a sly dig 12.38, the happiest hes ever been

[cmsahe]

History is wonderful! I like the late 1790s-early 1800s a lot! thanks for uploading.

[XxGREATxBRITAINxX]

O.o the crown jewels arguabley the msot protected jewels in the world, touched by barely a sole... yet at the start of this some lower class fool gobs all over them and gives 'em a quick shine with his very rough and potentially damaging tunic! good god! good god! thankyou for uploading this however! :)

[ROZENGIL]

thanks! this is absolutely wonderful movie <3

[OHCLOUDSUNFOLD]

ahhhhhh MR Fox is Carson from Downton Abbey

[hattersuffa]

Whats the name of the song that's played by the bells, beginning at 14:16 ?

[OHCLOUDSUNFOLD]

@hattersuffa Greensleeves by Henry the VIII

[POTCMarc101]

at 6:23 you will see the ladie puting a prune knife inside the paper

[wildh0rse]

One of the few movies really worth seeing in the last 20 years.

[Shangas]

"Give me my property, or the country will be drenched in blood!"

"Will it indeed, madam? Well..." *Holds up knife*

"...Not with this. It's a fruit-knife! Wouldn't cut a cabbage!"

That's my favourite scene in the entire movie. I dunno why. I just find it funny.

[DeltaEagle7700]

Hahaha! His Britanic Majesty is funny! Not to mention he was our king during when we were part of the British Empire! Although our country had its own king, our lord was still HBM King George III until our country was unionized.

[88hittler]

que canción es la que empieza a partir del minuto 14:16 ?

[NemesisMLT89]

unlike you mr. pitt you don't have any ideas.... lmao what a bastard!

[Katrinawitch]

Wow, Rupert Graves is so cute in this! He looks good in pretty much anything, but I seem to have caught him in a lot of period pieces lately.

[123georgeytube]

look at 14.59 best part

[uwed100]

The Prince of Wales was quite a corpulent man (around 150 kg or

330 pounds) - and they are refering to it in this movie.

I ask myself why they have chosen such a slim actor then for his role.

I have noticed this more often recently: In German tv I saw a very slim

actor as Martin Luther recently,who was quite a big man too ,at least

after marriage....

They will present us a slim,young and athletic Winston Churchill next ?

[nujac321]

@uwed100 I see what you are saying. I never thought it that way.  He is saying he is "fatter" and "getting fat." I interpreted it as two overzealous meddling parents overreacting that their son is lazy and getting fatter. Even though we know he is trim, it emphasizes the slow decline of the King's mental capability, his wife's undying support, and to establish tension between father and son. All three provide the thrust to the story.

[uwed100]

@nujac321 Your interpretation is certainly right.

I have my information about the corpulence of the prince from a visit to the

Royal Pavillion in Brighton and as they said there he was already quite big

as a young man.When being King George IV. he even avoided to be seen in

public after 1823 because of his massive overweight,he was afraid of being laughed at.

So.... I really do not know why Prince George wasn´t played by a big young man,

it would have been more authentic.

[nujac321]

@uwed100 That is conundrum with art, and more so with movies. Artistic license is often taken which often leaves authenticity taking a back seat. I have no idea why they made such a choice other than to set up the three points I stated earlier.

[nujac321]

@uwed100 I would not say that my interpretation is correct. It is my interpretation. If someone comes up with an opposite opinion that is okay too. That's art.

[uwed100]

@nujac321 It is a movie,not a documentary,let´s put it this way.

When I said your interpretation is "correct" I wanted to express that I found

it reasonable (You have somehow opened my eyes to something I did not

see,although I had seen Blackadder before,where it was obviously done for fun-

having the slim Hugh Laurie as fat Prince Regent).

I probably wouldn´t have used the word "correct" in German,but it was the first

English word that occured to me.

[nujac321]

@uwed100 You are German? Cool! Yea, that is the great thing about art. You can find value in other people's interpretation. That's what makes it fun.

[nujac321]

@uwed100 Saying he is fat makes it funny. Kind of like Meryl Streep in Devil Wears Prada: "Alright, I will hire the fat girl" when she is almost thin as a rail.

[TheImperialistStates]

Thank god we got away from this crazy bastard.

[SunnyJim33]

@TheImperialistStates

Damn right! Since then you've had such luminaries as Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George Bush Sr., George Bush Jr.  Now there's Barack Obama.....

But at least they've been your own crazy bastards, which a comfort I suppose.

:))

[TheImperialistStates]

@SunnyJim33 Damn Strait! I'm glad you can see the Light :)!

[Nicollie1062]

Hey! It's George Villiers from Charles II..nice :) I always find it interesting how there are some actors/actresses who often portray characters in films about monarchs or other historical dramas.

[histrav]

George III is remembered much more favourably in Britain than in America.

[heykewlaid]

I'm just guessing here that the person who uploaded this is British....

[alternatehistorian]

Is it my imagination, but is King George III played by the same actor who played Humphrey in the British comedy "Yes, Prime Minister", they sound and look very similar. I might be wrong, but they sound alike

[fabvier]

@alternatehistorian

Yes you are absolutely right.One and the same.Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (1929 – 2001).A great actor.May God bless  his soul!

[Iusedtobeacat93]

Helen Mirren sure loves to play roles of/or relating to Monarchy !

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was the Queen consort of the United Kingdom as the wife of King George III. She was also the electress consort of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire until the promotion of her husband to King of Hanover on 12 October 1814, which made her Queen consort of Hanover.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Queen Charlotte was a patroness of the arts, known to Johann Christian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, among others. She was also an amateur botanist who helped expand Kew Gardens. George III and Charlotte had 15 children, 13 of whom survived to adulthood.

[stevenross100]

Can someone name the piece of music at 05:01?

[mak34237]

"The Colonies!. LOL God Save the King!!!

[Jemmer1000]

Houaaarrr, she's a catholic!

[soccergirl97979]

haha i love how he keeps saying what what and then hey hey, i was almost waiting for him to say now put your hands up in the air

[Jamestopboy]

As cold as a Greyhound's nostrils? Just how do you know how cold it is up the nostrils of a greyhound?

[happymax1]

The Round Tower at Windsor castle was only half the height it is now during George the III's reign....

[ghughesarch]

@happymax1 This was filmed at Arundel which (although the rest of the castle was largely rebuilt in the 1890s and isn't right in its details) has a keep which is about the same height as the Round Tower at Windsor was during George IV's reign.

[ghughesarch]

@ghughesarch Oops - sorry - the matte painting in the distant view is wrong, as it shows Windsor much as it is since George IV's rebuilding.

[Jemmer1000]

Smile and wave, c'mon everybody smile and wave.... It's what you're paid for....

[aldernagon3]

awesome movie

haven't seen it in ages

[MajBlood]

@Rocketpeace1 Ahhhhh Blackadder! Bravo, good sir. 

[Jemmer1000]

Not iike you, Mister Pitt, you don't have ideas....

[suryavajra]

@Rocketpeace1

and you are a bitchy little girl...lol!

[suryavajra]

@Rocketpeace1

Well you'd be having the ones with the trans-fat all over 'em...lol!

[suryavajra]

@Rocketpeace1

Now you're just seething and throwing a hissy fit...lol!

[suryavajra]

@Rocketpeace1

you have a whole bunch of crisps...dude...

[suryavajra]

@Rocketpeace1

Maybe you ought to just calm down, have a cookie and realize your tyrant bff was actually lost his marbles...lol!

[suryavajra]

@Rocketpeace1

Have fun on your trip over there..lol!

[suryavajra]

@Rocketpeace1

it's called slang...

[suryavajra]

@Rocketpeace1

Your boy ain't all that. What up now?

[suryavajra]

@Rocketpeace1

Are you chokin' on it??

[devoncitadel]

@Rocketpeace1

Well at least us Americans understand the difference between "a" and "an." Learn how to use your language properly you English fuck.

[doobiesmoke15]

What did that old man mean by "it's as cold as a greyhound's nostril"? Why would a greyhound's be colder than any other dog's?

[jiahua448]

King George was the last king to try to restore some of that ancient and rightful power owed to the Monarch of Great Britain. It was pity that no other king or queen afterward has as much courage as he did, to try and stop the Cromwellian hoards from usurping the Monarchy's natural power and rightful place in the British Government. Now that the people have a full, unbridled democracy, what do they do but elect twats and cretins, and set up Fascist and racist parties like the BNP and UKIP.

[Bigstarrocker9]

one day i shall visit UK and by possibility may live rest of my life there

[aisokulaguy]

does anyone know the name of the music played at the start of this film??

[BritainShallPrevail]

@aisokulaguy The first piece played right after the opening credits is the Overture from Saul (HWV 53) by George Frideric Handel.

[TheSchizopodcaster]

@BritainShallPrevail .... Well done!

[Labryschick]

@BritainShallPrevail What about when they are riding in the carriages? That's probably another Handel piece

[BritainShallPrevail]

@Labryschick You are correct, that is also from Handel's "Saul."

[MonMonsieurBleu]

GOD BLESS THE UK. Your great nation has given me a home, the happiest day of my life was when I gave up my American Citizenship and became a British Citizen. I pay my taxes, raise my kids british and love my country and Queen. GOD BLESS BRITANNIA!!

[ProtestantIRA]

Kinda ironic how he recognized the would be assassin was mad and that he himself would soon be mad as well.

[elrond70]

Gotta love George and Fred, sharing that flask of booze before the King's speech. Rupert Everett, and Julian Rind-Tutt are awesome actors!

[HalfBornUnicornFetus]

As a American, I obivously favor seperation. But I wish Americans would realize how enlightened, how smart, and how good of a King he was.

[CanadaCob]

Notice on the old door at the start....near ST its say 1862

[Xbizkitl]

Do not be fat sir! Fight it! Fight it!

[Xbizkitl]

The Prince of Wales has such a good sarcastic manner, it's all his eyes and mouth.

[MissCazzyBub]

You're saying that George III was the last real King of britain because the rest were idiots? How ironic, considering he was mad. William IV was a very good King - he practically delayed his death so that Victoria could become Queen - not very idiotic is it?

[The7ElevenShow]

hallalujah to that MajBlood

[rokedetbamidbar]

Many thanks for uploading this most excellent film!!!

[MajBlood]

Wow were William Pitt and Mr. Fox really so anti-monarchy?

[fauxsham]

@MajBlood not so much anti-monarhcy, as against the fact that the monarch had the power to veto any bills proposed by parliament, thus reducing their power, a power the monarch still holds in theory, but which is seldom used, for the most part, bills are rubber stamped as a matter of course.

[MajBlood]

@fauxsham So while George III was the beginning of the monarchy losing power, royal assent still meant something right?

[MajBlood]

George III was the last real king of Britain. George IV, William IV, and Edward VIII were idiots. And while George V and VI are pretty cool, they had practically been figureheads like the monarchy is now.

[jgrisso07]

@MajBlood I disagree. William IV, the last two George's and Eddie VII did a rather good job.

[324wilson]

@MajBlood I think you forgot about Queen Victoria and Edward VII

[disamjisa]

@MajBlood Edward VII was ok?

[MajBlood]

@disamjisa He wasn't that bad, relatively speaking.

[disamjisa]

@disamjisa Totally agree.. he was the exception to the rule you posited; though he was probably also the first modern monarch, who understand the modern position of the monarchy in Britain, about public relations, and so on. In that sense, he did reign rather than rule like his predecessors.

[ToaJoe]

@MajBlood Real king? So you're one of these twats who supports a King's power over parliament?

[MajBlood]

@ToaJoe First of all jackass, I said nothing about me preferring a stronger king, I merely said that he was a king who was not just a figurehead. Second of all, I am not entirely against powers for the king. I think they should still have the power to withhold royal assent. Also note that in the days of King George III and before, parliament was not really representatives of the people. They were just the noble elitist scum who like 10% of the pop could vote for. They were corrupt.

[ToaJoe]

@MajBlood It doesn't matter, the power should be in the hands of the PM, not the monarch.

[MajBlood]

@ToaJoe So obviously you didn't read any of my comment. The time of King George was a completely different era where the king did deserve to have some power. Also on inspecting your page, and seeing your video against the royal wedding I can see that you hate the monarchy and are thus a disgrace to Great Britain and the Empire. All the great heroes of history like Francis Drake, Marlborough, Wellington, and Churchill would spit in your face.

[ToaJoe]

@MajBlood Nope, I'm not a Republican, although I do think Republican countries can be fantastic. I was merely objecting (in a jokey way) to the appauling amount of money spent on the royal wedding. And no, they do not raise more money than is spent on them. You are a fool, sir.

[jiahua448]

@ToaJoe So what if the amount is 'appaulling'- better a wedding than, say, increasing the salary of that ignoble collection of cretins we call the 'Parliament' and enabling them to further spout nonsense and petty insults without doing any of the things they were elected to do. The money spent stimulate our economy further than anything Parliament can propose- those hired for the purpose of this affair are enriched, greatly, they have more spending power, leading them to buy things which ...

[jiahua448]

@ToaJoe creates a demand for more the products, leading to more hiring to feed their wants, and, thus, Capitalism Prevails, the Glory of Britain is restored minutely, and it is much more effective than anything Parliament has ever proposed.

[ToaJoe]

@jiahua448 The monarchy does not raise more money than it takes.

[jiahua448]

@ToaJoe ToeJoe- you would do well to read what I wrote- I am not saying they 'raise more money than they take' (if raising revenue was the primary function of government, we might as well have a Bankocracy), what I am saying it that their spending help stimulate the economy more than anything your beloved parliament proposed. But, two can play this game- no, regicide and republicanism won't make Britain a land of eternal rainbows and fairies. We've tried that, remember Cromwell?

[jiahua448]

@ToaJoe Better to be ruled by a single idiot than an army of them.

[ToaJoe]

@jiahua448 Yeah, blah fucking blah, all politicians are idiots, blah blah blah. It's all you ever hear. In actual fact, there are plenty of talented people who have run our country.

[jiahua448]

@ToaJoe Give me the name of that single talented individual, that one person who isn't a complete and utter cretin, that lone fellow among the race that the world rightly scorn? But, I admit, not all who rule us are knaves, only that those who are not knaves are thieves. Also, I have doubts as you what you consider 'quality', when even your ability to read is highly questionable. Did they not lead us to another war, where we have no business of being? How do you defend that bit of Tomfoolery?

[ToaJoe]

@jiahua448 In the last 300 years, we've had excellent politicans. Lloyd George, Henry Asquith, Disraeli, Gladstone, Edward Grey, Pitt.

You, of course, will dispute this, because you quite clearly hate democracy and hate Liberalism.

[jiahua448]

@ToaJoe There were only 'excellent' because they were able to hide their corruption and/or knavery. Sir Robert Wapole, for example, was a politician Par excellence because he was able to hide his massive corruption from the eyes of the legislators and the courts, and, yea, even the historian, though it was obvious to those who lived with him. But, you are right, I do hate Democracy and Liberalism, because I hate all government and all politics- surprised that your low blow and ad hominem...

[jiahua448]

@ToaJoe attack was able to touch anything? That, in your attempt at petty attacking and avoiding any serious points was able to strike at anything? I would rather that man rule over himself so long as he doesn't adversely affect another man then let all the inmates of Bedlam and Newgate rule over him...you, on the other hand, would have it that we should be ruled by the power that be simply because the majority choose them. But, alas, this political discussion isn't relevant to the fact that...

[jiahua448]

@ToaJoe you willfully misinterpret what I have said and ignored all attempt at correcting your ignorance.

To end this, I would say that you would ignore everything I just said because you quite clearly hate any form of sense or wisdom.

[Jemmer1000]

@MajBlood Waabout Vicky?

[MajBlood]

@Jemmer1000 Believe it or not, but she was indeed a woman.

[Jemmer1000]

@MajBlood Oh, king, eh?, very nice.

[bastianskaye]

this was the first thing i saw Rupert Graves in. and Julian Rhind-Tutt. great actors.

...actually, you can't fault anyone in this film. brilliance and perfection.

[trev79]

Great movie. what what.

[MightyPopzilla]

I have been wanting to see this movie for over a year but can't find it anywhere, thank you thank you thank you!!

[markab26]

Thanks for uploading this!

[jferkfjkj]

hawthorne was robbed of the oscar

[JoeMomma2002]

Thank you! I remember it being up on youtube not to long ago but it was taken down.

[324wilson]

Thanks for posting this wonderful movie!

[JohnnyNW]

@13:20...globe shows US after Louisiana purchase ;-)

Thank you for posting this magnificent film!

[ClarinetMadeofSteele]

@JohnnyNW I saw that too! :D I giggled.

[JohnnyNW]

@ClarinetMadeofSteele also: at end, HM George III arrives at Saint Paul's already with the statue of his granddaughter Queen Victoria in front!

[rulebritannia1]

@JohnnyNW im quite sure the statue is of queen anne and not victoria.

[ludicrus32]

@rulebritannia1 One would certainly hope so.

[starrynightz]

thank you!

[jim11091995]

Brillant mate !