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The Madness of King George
King George III does some very odd things, but then who is to argue with the king? Well, his ambitious son, for one. He`s not getting any younger, and all he does is sit around waiting for his father to die. So when the king starts behaving like a re...
King George III does some very odd things, but then who is to argue with the king? Well, his ambitious son, for one. He`s not getting any younger, and all he does is sit around waiting for his father to die. So when the king starts behaving like a real madman, the Prince of Wales lobbies Parliament to assign him the power of prince regent. What ensues is a political struggle between the prime minister, a royalist, and the opposition party. In the meantime, the king is slowly being tortured by the strange practices of 18th-century medicine: He is bled regularly, and his feces are analyzed by all manner of doctors. To rectify this atrocity, the king`s distressed entourage solicits the aid of a country doctor who`s as unsuccessful as his predecessors but a little more humane. When it seems as if he will be forced to abdicate his throne, George III regains his sanity just in time to assure the Parliament that he`s able to rule. Directed by Nicholas Hytner and featuring an Oscar-nominated tour-de-force performance from Nigel Hawthorne, THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE is an unforgettable romp through a crucial period in English history.
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