The Madness of King George (1994)

	Directed by: Nicholas Hytner	COUNTRY United Kingdom GENRE Biography/ Comedy/Drama NORWEGIAN TITLE Kongens galskap RUNNING TIME 110 minutes
	Produced by: Stephen Evans David Parfitt
	Written by (based on his own play): Alan Bennett

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
King George III	Nigel Hawthorne
Queen Charlotte	Helen Mirren
Francis Willis	Ian Holm	½
Lady Pembroke	Amanda Donohoe	-
Captain Greville	Rupert Graves	½
Doctor Warren	Geoffrey Palmer	-
George, Prince of Wales	Rupert Everett	½
Charles James Fox	Jim Carter	½
Frederick, Duke of York	Julian Rhind-Tutt	-
William Pitt the Younger	Julian Wadham
Lord Charles FitzRoy	Anthony Calf	-
Fortnum	Adrian Scarborough	-
Papendiek	Matthew Lloyd Davies	-
Lord Chancellor Lord Thurlow	John Wood	-
Black Rod	Jeremy Child	-

Review

Playwright Alan Bennett's account of the ailing mind of George III during the later years of the latter's reign as King of Great Britain and Ireland is a grand and frivolous spectacle about mental illness, 19th century politics and mild scatology. With a fine cast and appropriate art direction, the film may not exactly transport you back to the early 1800s, but it certainly carries you away to the solid British theatre tradition in which the film has its roots, and director Nicholas Hytner's adaptation from Bennett's own play is rather smart. Nigel Hawthorne reprised his stage role as George III, and his accomplished performance is the obvious focal point in a film which is more than mildly entertaining and only marred by a slight whiff of superficiality.