Simon Chandler
The King's Speech (2010)
The King's Speech is a 2010 historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. Colin Firth plays the future King George VI who, to cope with a stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an Australian speech and language therapist played by Geoffrey Rush. The men become friends as they work together, and after his brother abdicates the thro...
Starring: Claire Bloom•Anthony Andrews•Colin Firth•Derek Jacobi•Michael Gambon•Jim Broadbent•Helena Bonham Carter•Guy Pearce•Geoffrey Rush•Jennifer Ehle
Vera Drake (2004)
Vera Drake is a 2004 British period drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh and starring Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Daniel Mays and Eddie Marsan. It tells the story of a working-class woman in London in 1950 who performs illegal abortions. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and it was nominated for three Academy Awards and w...
Starring: Timothy Spall•Ruth Sheen•Imelda Staunton•Richard Graham•Eddie Marsan•Anna Keaveney•Sally Hawkins•Alex Kelly•Daniel Mays•Phil Davis