The King's Speech · written by David Seidler · 2010

David drives Bertie to the King’s bedside, dismissing the seriousness of their father’s illness.

Scene 33 of 100 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

David
Bertie

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Begins 35 min into a 1:31 film

The story so farBefore scene 33

Prince Albert seeks to overcome a lifelong stammer so he can serve his country, but his fear of public failure and the royal hierarchy obstruct his work with an unconventional speech therapist.

Scenes 1–11
Bertie lives within royal ceremony but cannot speak publicly and remains constrained by family roles.
Scenes 12–24
Elizabeth seeks a different treatment because Bertie must speak and conventional medicine has failed.
Scenes 25–30
Bertie enters Logue’s unfamiliar, egalitarian practice and finally commits to its daily work.
Just before
Scene 30
Bertie returns to Logue and agrees to daily practice, while drawing a boundary around personal matters.
Scene 31
At a noisy factory, Bertie speaks easily until the machinery stops; then he manages to recover his rhythm.
Scene 32
Bertie waits at Sandringham as David arrives and tells him their father is dying.
Scene 33
This scene

33INT./EXT. CAR (SHOOTING BREAK) ON SANDRINGHAM LANE -

CONTINUOUS

David drives. Badly.

DAVID

Old bugger’s doing this on purpose.

BERTIE

Dying?

The vehicle almost careens off the lane. Bertie grabs the wheel and straightens it.

DAVID

Departing prematurely to complicate

matters.

BERTIE

Oh for heaven’s sake, David. You

know how long he’s been ill.

DAVID

Wallis explained. She’s terribly

clever.