The Madness of King George
MovieTitle | The Madness of King George |
User score | 6.8 |
Release date | Dec 28, 1994 |
Genre | Comedy, Drama, History |
Director | Nicholas Hytner |
Production country | United Kingdom |
Production companies | The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Close Call Films, Film4 Productions |
Revenue | $15,238,994 |
Run time | 107 min. |
Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, Queen Charlotte and Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger attempt to prevent the king's political enemies, led by the Prince of Wales, from usurping the throne.