The Madness of King George (1994) Part 1

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD3IOG...

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_in...

More information on Charles Fox and the Regency Crisis of 1788:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_...

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

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[ds1868]

King George III wasn't a 'nut job' - he wasn't congenitally 'mad'. He suffered from porphyria (look it up), a rare disease of the blood. Today, this is quite easily curable. The King was actually a highly intelligent individual, and very focused on his job as King. I suggest you do a little more reading from reliable sources, before you present your somewhat tiresome and predictably vacuous assertions on here.

[ThePaganSun]

King George: "...trade with our possessions in North America"

Court Offical: *coughs*

King George: "...our FORMER possessions in North America"

XD XD XD Funniest scene ever!!!!

[ds1868]

Er, yes. You've just confirmed what I've already said. I'm not doubting the Spanish involvement. I am merely stating the British involvement, and specifically the land rights held by the Duke of Westminster. Rights which are still legally correct and which the Dukes of Westminster refuse to give up. If you don't like it, TOUGH LUCK.

[ThePaganSun]

Umm...no. Ponce de León was the first to arrive in Florida in 1513 looking for the fountain of youth, give it its name, and then the Spaniards settled Pensacola in 1559 (by Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano). And the Florida flag still bears resemlence to the Spanish Empire's flag. Britain gained Florida after the Seven Years War but then had to give it back when Spain helped beat it after the American Revolution. So Florida was Spain's. Spain gave Florida to the USA only in 1819.

[ds1868]

Yes he was essentially hardworking and well-meaning. However his blinkered policy toward the Thirteen Colonies (in conjunction with his Prime Minister Lord North) lost Great Britain the American colonies. Actually, significant factions in British politics, such as Charles James Fox and the Earl of Chatham agreed with the colonists demands for representation in Parliament. With the long semesters, it would probably have worked. Never mind, Britain secured Canada and the India instead.

[ds1868]

Actually most of the State of Florida belonged to the Duke of Westminster. The land was taken illegally after 1776. Some years ago when the American Embassy in London were re-negotiating the rent (the whole of Grosvenor Square belongs to the Duke), the Duke offered the freehold of the land in return for the former property in Florida. The US Government refused. So the Amercian Embassy is upping sticks and moving to Battersea - on freehold land.