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Best Art DirectionSet Decoration | 1995 | Ken
Best Make UpHair | 1996 | Lisa
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | 1996 | Nigel
Best Film | 1996 | Nicholas
Best Screenplay | 1996 | Alan
Best TechnicalArtistic Achievement | 1996 | Andrew
Best Actor | 1996 | Nigel
British Film of the Year | 1996
British Actor of the Year | 1996 | Nigel
British Screenwriter of the Year | 1996 | Alan
British Technical Achievement of the Year | 1996 | Ken
1996 | Stephen
1995 | Helen
1995 | Andrew
Top Ten Films | 1994
Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | 1995 | Alan
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 1995 | Helen
Best Actor in a Leading Role | 1995 | Nigel
Best Sound | 1996 | David
Best Production Design | 1996 | Ken
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | 1996 | Ian
Best Costume Design | 1996
Best Cinematography | 1996 | Andrew
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | 1996 | Helen
Best Film | 1996 | Stephen
Best Screenplay Adapted | 1996 | Alan
Best Editing | 1996 | Tariq
1996 | Nicholas
Best Film | 1994 | Nicholas
1996 | George
Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | 1995 | Alan
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2015 | Alan
Best European Film Mejor Pelcula Europea | 1996 | Nicholas
British Actress of the Year | 1996 | Helen
Box Office Collection 15,238,994 USD
Many historians believe that George III's mental state was caused by porphyria, a metabolic imbalance that can cause blue urine. However, recent research into his written correspondence suggests bouts of mania, and a common type of medicine at the time could have caused blue urine, leading some to conclude that he had a psychiatric illness.
This movie made Sir Nigel Hawthorne the first openly gay actor nominated for an Academy Award. (While promoting the film, he was "outed" by controversial activist Peter Tatchell.) Actors who later admitted or were later confirmed to be gay had been nominated, but he was the first actor who was already "out" at the time. He was frustrated that it was all the American interviewers wanted to discuss, rather than this movie or the nomination.
Sir Nigel Hawthorne, a stage and television actor, had little theatrical movie experience. He was so determined to reprise his award-winning stage role on-screen that he took the part of Dr. Raymond Cocteau in Demolition Man (1993) to prove that he had screen presence. Hawthorne was the producers' automatic choice for the lead. Alan Bennett only agreed to his play being turned into a movie if Hawthorne was cast as George III.
In real life, the Prince's illegal marriage to Maria Fitzherbert ended in 1794, about five years after this movie's events. They later reunited for a while after his disastrous marriage to Caroline of Brunswick.
In this movie, King George III briefly mentions Pitt's drinking habits to Queen Charlotte. In the source play, as Alan Bennett puts it, "Pitt takes a swig from a hip flask, such a regular feature of his behavior, it is not noted in the stage directions." The historical Pitt was considered a heavy drinker even by 18th century standards, especially as he got older. Modern biographers agree that his alcohol intake probably contributed to his early death.
"[Pitt has given the King some papers to sign] George III: What is this? America, I suppose. Pitt: No, sir. George III: Oh, America's not to be spoken of, is that it? Pitt: For your peace of mind, sir. But it's not America. George III: Peace of mind! I have no peace of mind. I've had no peace of mind since we lost America. Forests, old as the world itself... meadows... plains... strange delicate flowers... immense solitudes... and all nature new to art... all ours... Mine. Gone. A paradise... lost."
"Dr. Willis: If the King refuses food, He will be restrained. If He claims to have no appetite, He will be restrained. If He swears and indulges in MEANINGLESS DISCOURSE... He will be restrained. If He throws off his bed-clothes, tears away His bandages, scratches at His sores, and if He does not strive EVERY day and ALWAYS towards His OWN RECOVERY... then He must be restrained. George III: I am the King of England. Dr. Willis: NO, sir. You are the PATIENT."
