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Based On True Story | Archaeologist
The Lost King happens to be a tale driven by instinct and otherworldly apparitions, an obstinate novelist and amateur historian confronts the academic establishment by exposing Richard III's long-lost remains in a Leicester parking lot.
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The Lost King happens to be a tale driven by instinct and otherworldly apparitions, an obstinate novelist and amateur historian confronts the academic establishment by exposing Richard III's long-lost remains in a Leicester parking lot.
The Lost King happens to be a tale driven by instinct and otherworldly apparitions, an obstinate novelist and amateur historian confronts the academic establishment by exposing Richard III's long-lost remains in a Leicester parking lot.
Best Feature Film | 2023
Best Original Score for a Comedy Film | 2023 | Alexandre
Best Actress Film | 2023 | Sally
Best Lead Performance | 2022 | Sally
Box Office Collection 1,183,336 USD
There was some mild controversy prior to this films' UK release when several people involved in the archaeological dig gave interviews to some UK newspapers (notably The Guardian and Daily Mail) disputing the events depicted in the film and accused the scriptwriters of romanticizing and overplaying the role of Philippa Langley ( as played by Sally Hawkins) in the actual locating and discovery of Richard III's resting place. This criticism prompted the film's producer, co-writer and co-star Steve Coogan to give an interview to the BBC defending the story-line of the film and accusing the University of Leicester of trying to discredit the role Langley played in the discovery and believing that, despite Langley being an amateur, they were embarrassed she had out-thought several of their renowned historical experts and they were not happy that this was portrayed within the film.
The real Philipa Langley is seen seated in the choir for the re-burial of Richard III. She has long blonde hair and features just before the cut to the actress portraying her.
Most modern views of Richard III (1452-1485) came from William Shakespeare's famous play, written over 100 years after the King had died. Most interpretations of Richard III have him portrayed as a hunchbacked crippled man and some historical experts had wondered if that this interpretation of him may well have just been part of Shakespeare's instructions to his actors, in order to help accentuate his presence and vilify him to the audience. However the discovery of the bones in September 2012 did indeed prove that Richard III appeared to have a significantly kyphotic spine, though further investigation of the skeleton showed that he had scoliosis, not kyphosis and therefore any abnormality wouldn't have been visible when he was fully clothed.
The film alludes to Philippa working out where the body was buried with very little help except by a prompt from a biographer. This is a slight distortion of the truth as there were already two published biographies at the time (that she may even have read) that theorized the same thing and in more or less the same place. However Philippa was more pro-active in pushing for an architectural dig at the site than the two authors.
The body of Richard III was found while a TV show called The White Queen about Edward IV (the brother of Richard III) and Elizabeth Woodville was being filmed. The man who played Richard used pictures of the body to make sure that when they filmed the battle Richard was killed at that all the injuries were authentic.
