http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHTZWMr0xn8 "60 Minutes" talks to its starring actor, Colin Firth, and reports on the historic find in an attic that helped make the "The King's Speech" an Oscar favorite. Scott Pelley reports.

Watch the video and answer the following questions.

George VI

1. Who is this movie about? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… .

2. What problem did he have? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. How old was he when this problem started to exist? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. When did he become a king? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. Why did his older brother give up the throne? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

David Seidler, the scriptwriter

6. What inspired David Seidler to write the story for the movie? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

7. How long did he have to wait before he could finally tell his tale? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

8. What was the main theme of the story he wrote? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

The Logue attic finds

9. What did Mark Logue discover in the family attic? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

10. How often did the king see his therapist? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

11. What was their relationship like? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

12. Are the therapies shown in the film based on the real treatment? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

13. What did the king have to tell his people in the speech that gave the movie its name? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

14. What do the marks and lines on the original copy of the speech mean? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Colin Firth and his hometown

15. What happened when Colin Firth went into a cinema to watch one of his own movies? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

16. What nationality is his wife? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

17. How long have they been married? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

18. How many children do they have? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

19. What was his parents’ occupation? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

20. How old was he when he felt he wanted to be an actor? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

21. How many films has he done so far? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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Watch the video on You Tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHTZWMr0xn8 You can find the video transcript here: The story behind "The King's Speech" http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/20/60minutes/main20033390.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody

Answers 1. The movie is based on the true story of George VI, the father of the present queen of

England. 2. He had a speech problem, “a crippling stammer”, nearly all his life. 3. He was a stutterer from the age of 8. 4. He became a king in 1936. 5. His older brother gave up the throne to marry Wallace Simpson, a divorced American. 6. David Seidler had been a stutterer himself until the age of 16, and George VI had been his

childhood hero. 7. He had to wait for 25 years until the Queen Mother’s death in 2002. 8. He found the theme of the story in the clash between the king and his Australian speech

therapist named Lionel Logue. 9. He found his grandfather’s diaries and more than 100 letters between his grandfather and

the king. 10. The king saw Lionel Logue every day for an hour, including weekends. 11. It was not the relationship between a doctor and his patient, it was a relationship between

friends. 12. No, the truth is Logue didn't record his methods. The scenes are based on Seidler's

experience and ideas of the actors. 13. He had to tell his people that for the second time in a generation they were at war with

Germany. 14. They're deliberate pauses so that the king would be able to pronounce the next word

without hesitation. 15. He found he was the only person in the cinema. 16. His wife is Italian. 17. They’ve been married 14 years. 18. They have two sons. 19. His parents were college professors. 20. He found his calling for acting at the age of 14. 21. He has done 42 films in 26 years.

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