In the end, The King’s Speech just had more friends.
The proper drama about Britain’s King George VI working to overcome a debilitating stammer with the help of an unorthodox Australian speech therapist was named Best Motion Picture at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.
The King’s Speech, while seemingly pieced together with the help of An Idiot’s Guide to WInning an Oscar, like George VI had to wait for a late-season changing of the guard in order to assume the throne, leaving The Social Network with only three wins to the King‘s mighty four.
As for the other major upsets…
E!Online/ Finn/ 02/28/2011
Politics Of Hollywood/ Arnoldo Varona, Editor
* Oscars 2011 Recap: King’s Speech, Firth, Portman, Bale and Leo Stick to the Script..
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