Just Saw A Very Good Movie

[Sailor Steve]

I let a friend talk me into going to our local $1 theater today, and saw a movie I hadn't even heard of: The King's Speech.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504320/

Being a history buff I was well aware of King George VI, the current queen's father, and king during WW2. I didn't, however, know he had a speech impediment. The movie is the story of that problem, and the man who helped him get around it (I would have said get over it, but the implication is that he never really did). Colin Firth as Prince Albert (later King George), Guy Pearce as Prince David (later King Edward VIII), Michael Gambon as their father George V, Helena Bonham Carter as Albert's wife Elizabeth, and Geoffrey Rush as Lionel Logue, the failed Australian actor who became the friend of a king.

Great cast, great writing, great acting, great history, great movie. It's one I'll be buying soon to add to my collection.