This article is about the 1994 film. For the play by Alan Bennett, see The Madness of George III. For the 2004 political satire, see The Madness of King George (book).
The Madness of King George
Original theatrical release poster
Directed by
Nicholas Hytner
Screenplay by
Alan Bennett
Based on
The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett
Produced by
Stephen Evans
David Parfitt
Starring
Nigel Hawthorne
Helen Mirren
Ian Holm
Amanda Donohoe
Rupert Graves
Rupert Everett
Cinematography
Andrew Dunn
Edited by
Tariq Anwar
Music by
George Fenton
George Frideric Handel
Production companies
Channel Four Films
Close Call Films
Distributed by
Channel Four Films[1]
The Samuel Goldwyn Company[1] (through Rank Film Distributors[2])
Release dates
28 December 1994 (1994-12-28) (United States)
24 March 1995 (1995-03-24) (United Kingdom)
Running time
110 minutes[2]
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Box office
$27.4 million[3]
The Madness of King George is a 1994 British biographical comedy drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner and adapted by Alan Bennett from his own 1991 play The Madness of George III. It tells the true story of George III of Great Britain's deteriorating mental health, and his equally declining relationship with his eldest son, the Prince of Wales, particularly focusing on the period around the Regency Crisis of 1788–89. Two text panels at the end of the film note that the colour of the King's urine suggests that he was suffering from porphyria, adding that the disease is "periodic, unpredictable and hereditary."
The Madness of King George won the BAFTA Awards in 1995 for Outstanding British Film and Best Actor in a Leading Role for Nigel Hawthorne, who was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The film won the Oscar for Best Art Direction and was also nominated for Oscars for Best Supporting Actress for Mirren and Best Adapted Screenplay. Helen Mirren also won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and Hytner was nominated for the Palme d'Or.
In 1999, the British Film Institute voted The Madness of King George the 42nd greatest British film of all time.
^ abDawtrey, Adam (8 January 1995). "Goldwyn, CH. 4 Team". Variety. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ ab"THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. 23 January 1995. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
^Klady, Leonard (19 February 1996). "B.O. with a vengeance: $9.1 billion worldwide". Variety. p. 1.
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