The King’s Speech (2010)
Centered Around the Actions of: King George VI
Main Actor: Colin Firth
Film Cost: $15 million*
Main Actor Income: $1 million*
The King’s Speech is a particularly inspiring period drama exploring the development of King George VI (played by Colin Firth), who struggled with being dramatically rushed into kinghood. Royal duties aside, King George VI also had a seemingly unfixable stammer, which forced him to become the client of a weird and wonderful speech therapist named Lionel Logue.
The Kings Speech
The unlikely pair soon developed a friendship, which sustained the king when he was called to take the throne upon his brother’s abdication. Logue is then tasked with perfecting his king’s most nerve-tingling challenge yet: addressing his people and informing them that England will declare war on Germany. This wartime epic takes place in 1939, respectfully reconstructed by writer and director David Seidler, who was so inspired by the brave king that he decided to make a film about him.
Ray (2004)
Centered Around the Actions of: Ray Charles
Main Actor: Jamie Foxx
Film Cost: $40 million*
Main Actor Income: $4 million*
You cannot talk about the blues without mentioning Ray Charles. The artist in question’s biography formed the basis of Ray, an unflinching biopic written by James L. White and directed by Taylor Hackford. Ray brings the bittersweet collection of events that made up the world-famous musician’s turbulent upbringing and rise to stardom.
Ray
Ray was raised within a sharecropping plantation, where he witnessed his baby brother drown in a tub, causing him to go blind. Regardless of his challenges, Ray’s mother influenced him towards singing and songwriting, leading to the foundations of what would soon become a household name.
