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65. Oscar-winning screenwriter David Seidler, 86

Mon May 27, 2024, 10:21 AM

May 2024

The BBC's March 18, 2024, obituary for David Seidler, who wrote the screenplay for The King's Speech.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68594124

The London-born screenwriter, who had a stammer, brought the true story of how King George VI overcame his speech impediment to the big screen.
The 2010 film starred Colin Firth, who also won the best actor Bafta and Oscar for his depiction of the king. Seidler was also behind the stage adaptation of the film, which opened in the West End in 2012. He dedicated his 2011 Oscar to "all the stutterers around the world" - and at the time thanked the Queen for "not putting me in the Tower for using the F word".

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