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Why this pick
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MOVIE1994 1h 47m GBR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film depicts the ordeal of King George III whose bout of madness in 1788 touched off the Regency Crisis of 1788, triggering a power struggle between factions of Parliament of Great Britain under the conservative William Pitt the Younger and the reform-minded Charles James Fox.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ian Holm
Dr. Willis
Amanda Donohoe
Lady Elizabeth Pembroke
Rupert Everett
Prince of Wales
Anthony Calf
Fitzroy
Alan Bennett
2nd MP
John Wood
Thurlow
Jeremy Child
Black Rod
Struan Rodger
Dundas