The Madness of King George (1994) Part 5

Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U6F1vn1LUE

The Madness of King George is a 1994 film directed by Nicholas Hytner and adapted by Alan Bennett from his own play, The Madness of George III. It tells the true story of George III's deteriorating mental health, and his equally declining relationship with his son, the Prince of Wales, particularly focusing on the period around the Regency Crisis of 1788. Modern medicine has suggested that the King's symptoms were the result of acute intermittent porphyria.

The film depicts the relatively primitive medical practices of the time and the suppositions that physicians made in their efforts to understand the human body. The King's doctors attempt cures such as blistering and purges. Meanwhile, another of the King's physicians, Dr. Pepys, analyses the King's stool and urine believing that body wastes may contain some clue to the Royal malady. Finally, Lady Pembrooke recommends Dr. Willis, an ex-minister who attempts to cure the insane through behaviour modification. None of the three methods of treatment entirely cures the King; eventually his illness abates.

Cast:

Nigel Hawthorne as King George III
Helen Mirren as Queen Charlotte
Ian Holm as Dr. Willis
Rupert Graves as Greville
Amanda Donohoe as Lady Pembroke
Rupert Everett as The Prince of Wales
Julian Rhind-Tutt as The Duke of York
Julian Wadham as George III's Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger
Jim Carter as Whig MP and leader of the opposition Charles James Fox.

Filming Locations:

The film was shot at Shepperton Studios and on location at:
Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Broughton Castle, Banbury, Oxfordshire
Eton College, Eton, Berkshire
Royal Naval College, Greenwich
St. Paul's Cathedral, London
Syon House, Brentford, Middlesex
Thame Park, Oxfordshire
Wilton House, Wilton, Wiltshire

More information on Acute intermittent porphyria:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_intermittent_porphyria

More information on Charles Fox and the Regency Crisis of 1788:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_Crisis_of_1788#1788-1789:_The_Regency_Cr...

More information on George III:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_Great_Britain

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• III
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• Hawthorne
• Madness
• Porphyria
• Ian
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• Helen
• Mirren
• Rupert
• Everett
• Alan
• Bennett
• 1788
• Regency
• Crisis

[bignole7547]

This is so sad to see a monarch treated like this. I know he was off his rocker but still.

[LawrenceOlaf]

It's such a shame to see the King acting and being treated and carted around with no dignity whatsoever.

[ElectricAvenuesIRE]

He should have known better than to fuck with Ash.

[Octavius0]

Her ladyship is smoking hot.

[TheGreg131313]

This king is funny.ha Ha ha ha .

[acerb45666555]

this illness affects about 1 out out of every 100,000 humans. i think thats how it works?

[Asarelah]

I had assumed that this was historical fiction, but apparently a lot of this really happened. There really was a physician named Francis Willis who treated the king, gagged him, and restrained him. He did recover just when Parliment was talking about dethroning him, but later relapsed a few years later.

[j3parrots]

Never read shakespeare.... Im a clergyman

[XxGREATxBRITAINxX]

*Sips soup* *squirts soup urrrvvvvvvyywhere* xD

[HMservant]

@BiznizTrademark That's the point, in the 18th century wigs that were bigger, were better. Some wigs worn by women were known to reach 6 feet in height alone!!

[pscar1]

@HMservant I'm glad things have finally started to change. I minored in psych in college and we talked quite a bit about the way patients were treated.

[pscar1]

@bignole7547 I agree. It's sad to see anyone treated like that.