The King’s speech – official movie trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rr9ccD5H3Q
Who’s who? Link the names with the images.
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Geoffrey Rush
Colin Firth
Helena Bonham Carter
The King
The King’s therapist
The King’s wife
I – Watch the video and concentrate on the images (put the sound off). Answer
the following questions.
1 – In what city does the film mainly take place?
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2 – What historical period does it show?
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3- What historical people does it show?
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4– Who is the Academy Award winner?
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5 – Who are the Academy Award nominees?
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6 – What means of communication often comes back in the movie trailer?
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7- Is this movie based on a true story?
YES
NO
8- Who directed the film?
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9 – Did he win any awards?
YES
NO
10 – Say at what point in the video (give the minutes) you can see the following things.
a) fog ____:____
b) a moustache ____:____
The King’s speech – official movie trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rr9ccD5H3Q
c) A woman sitting on a man's stomach ____:___ g) Someone standing on a gate____:____
d) A toy plane____:____
h) Soldiers____:____
e) Tower Bridge____:____
i) A kiss____:____
f) The sign of the London Tube____:____
j) Tears____:____
11- At minute 01:07 is written when his nation needed a leader. What nation is it?
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II – Watch the video again concentrating on the language. The questions are not all
in chronological order.
1)
What is the King's problem?
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2)
How many speech therapists can you see?
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3)
What does the first speech therapist make the king do?
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4)
What does the second doctor need to cure the king?
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5)
How does the queen qualify the speech therapist's methods?
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6)
Write down three questions asked by the speech therapist.
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7)
Can you notice a difference in the king and his wife's accent and the speech therapist's
accent?
8)
YES
NO
If yes, according to you, why is there one? Give two possible reasons:
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9)
What's the problem with Germany?
The King’s speech – official movie trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rr9ccD5H3Q
10)
We will need a king who we can all stand behind. This is said by someone who played a very
important historical role. Do you know his name or his job?
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11)
How does the king qualify the speech therapist?
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12)
How does King George speak about himself at 1:26-1:27?
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13)
What's the problem with the chair?
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14)
The Queen says I intend to be a _______________ _________________ queen.
15)
Who will be listening to the King's speech?
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16)
What advice does the therapist give the king at the end?
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17)
What does the speech therapist answer when the king says I have a voice
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18)
How does the speech therapist qualify the King?
You're the ____________ man I know. Can you hear the nickname he gives him? If yes, write it
down.__________________
19)
What feelings come back a lot in the trailer? Circle them.
FEAR – HATRED – LOVE – ANGER – CONFIDENCE – HUNGER – JOY – RAGE – BOREDOM – PLEASURE
– EXCITEMENT – SADNESS - HAPINESS