THE KING’S SPEECH takes Toronto #TIFF
Director Tom Hooper (The Damned United) saw his period drama The King’s Speech take the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival today. If you’re watching Oscar, that means you now only have 9 other spot to fill on your Best Picture predictions card. With People’s Choice Award’s history as an Oscar precursor and stars Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush being buzzed, you can bet that the anglophiles in the Academy will line-up behind this UK production. (The Weinstein Company backing helps, too.)
So what’s it about? The King’s Speech tells the story of the man who would be King George VI overcoming a speech impediment to address British citizens during WWII. Firth stars King George VI, while Rush plays his speech therapist. Helena Bonham Carter co-stars as George’s Queen Elizabeth.
The King’s Speech will be released in the US on Nov. 26.
The winners list (via The Wrap):
People’s Choice Award: The King’s Speech
Runner-up: The First Grader
People’s Choice Award for Documentary: Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
Runner-up: Nostalgia for the Light
People’s Choice Award for Midnight Madness: Stake Land
Runner-up: Fubar II
FIPRESCI Prize for the Discovery Section: Beautiful Boy
FIPRESCI Prize for the Special Presentations Section: L’Amour Fou
Best Canadian Feature Film: Incendies
Best Canadian First Feature Film: The High Cost of Living
Best Canadian Short Film: Les Fleurs de l’age
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