国王的演讲 The King's Speech Movie Script

杰瑞发布于2023-12-03

England's Prince Albert (Colin Firth) must ascend the throne as King George VI, but he has a speech impediment. Knowing that the country needs her husband to be able to communicate effectively, Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter) hires Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), an Australian actor and speech therapist, to help him overcome his stammer. An extraordinary friendship develops between the two men, as Logue uses unconventional means to teach the monarch how to speak with confidence.

LIONEL:
Father wanted me to be a doctor, but I couldn't cut flesh. So I worked in the mines, recited in pubs...
BERTIE:
An actor?!
LIONEL:
When the war came, by the time I was ready to be shipped out, the first casualties were limping home. Poor buggers, broken in bone and spirit. `Lionel, you're good with your mouth, see if you can help these poor sods.' The shell-shocked were the saddest.
Most stuttered profoundly. Far worse than you. Muscle therapy helped somewhat, but I found I had to go deeper, as you might well imagine.
BERTIE:
I know nothing of those poor men!
LIONEL:
I think you do. They had cried out, and the universe had not listened. So they'd lost faith in their voice. My job was to make them shout in righteous anger: "I have the right to be heard!"
BERTIE:
I suppose that helped them, did it?
LIONEL:
Make inquiries.
BERTIE:
Inquiries have been made! No credentials.
LIONEL:
But a lot of success. No training was given.
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LIONEL (CONT'D) Not in Western Australia, not at that time.
I simply knew what to do. When the war was over I kept being a therapist to earn a living. When the lads were old enough, I thought, "Alright Lionel, you've always wanted to be an actor, one last go." I pretended it was our trip home to Mother England, the Great Australian Pilgrimage.
BERTIE:
To Harley Street?!
LIONEL:
Cashed in our return tickets. I had three months rent.
BERTIE:
So you set yourself up on Harley Street as an actor? Harley Street, don't you know, is for doctors!
LIONEL:
The plaque says, `L. Logue. Speech Specialist'. No mention of a medical degree. No mention of any degree. Some of the diggers I'd helped had come to England.
They made referrals. My practice flourished. My acting, however, did not.
BERTIE:
Well enough to deceive me.
LIONEL:
Lock me in the Tower.
BERTIE:
I would if I could!
LIONEL:
What crime?
BERTIE:
You've saddled this nation in its moment of peril with a voiceless King. Destroyed the happiness of my family...all for the sake of ensnaring a star client you knew you couldn't possibly assist!
Lionel sits down on the chair of Edward the Confessor. Leaning against it is the great two-handed sword of St. George.
BERTIE (CONT'D) What're you doing? Get up!