>> what i found fascinating was the generation before king george vi as a leader you are a visual icon. if you looked good on a course or perform -- if you looked good on a horse, you could serve your function. but with the coming of mass media and radio, suddenly it became about can you as a leader connect emotionally with your people? can you project that connection successfully? that said about this unease we have inherited about whether the leaders are sufficiently projecting emotional connections. i was struck after the midterm elections when there was soul- searching about whether obama is coming across in the right way. is he projecting his correction -- projecting his connection correctly? it is really a performance critique. that issue of critiquing performance rather than the real emotional connection started with king george vi in its most profound web. >> we have had a ton of responses from the audience. martin luther king comes up famous speeches and ronald reagan about "tear down this wall." and tony blair comes down a few times. >> it is not a day for sound bites. we wil

vi on the radio -- king george vi on the radio. that was his boyhood hero. he grew up wanting to write about this guy. he thought he could write his passion project, and he attracted the middle son and got the papers of his father but needed permission from the palace. he wrote to the palace and the queen mother broke back, please, not in my lifetime, the memories of these are too painful. he waited, not realizing the queen mother would live till 102. it was almost 30 years later that he was able to sit down and write it. what a sweet about the story, there is this great act of respect from david towards the queen mother's wishes. was it his grandson who exposed to? >> when david wrote the script, he was living in california. these papers went undiscovered. nine weeks before our shoot, we tracked down the grandson of lionell, living in london 10 minutes from where i lived. he had the papers and a filing cabinet, which turned out to be a hand written diary account of the relationship between lionell and the king of england, which no

colin firth's royal proorms as king george vi brought him a golden globe as best actor for "the king's speech" while natalie portman took best actress for "black swan." >> this is such a great honor. >> reporter: "the kids are all right" took honors as best comedy or musical and its star annette bening won best actress beating out, among others, her co-star, julianne moore. >> julianne, you are a class act. thank you. >> reporter: best actor in a comedy honors went to paul giamatti for "barney's version." >> i'm a little jacked up because i ate five boxes of the free godiva chocolates. >> reporter: in the television category "boardwalk empire" scored big. it unseated "mad men" for best drama and series star steve buscemi took best actor. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: best actress honors went to katey sag alg for the cable drama "sons of anarchy." "glee" made it two wins in a row for best tv comedy and its stars chris colfer and jane lynch won supporting actor honors. now that the golden globes are in the books, diane, attention turns to next month's academy awards. and only once i

reporter: screen writer david sideler understands the humiliation britain's king george vi felt. as a child sideler suffered from a severe stutter. >> he was my childhood hero. that's why i grew up always thinking one day i want to write something about king george vi. >> i am the king. >> reporter: and so the british born sideler scripted the oscar-nominated "the king's speech." >> here was a man who was king. he was speaking to the world. everyone, friend or foe, was listening to every syllable he uttered, waiting for him to stutter. if he could do that, there was hope for me. >> reporter: though sideler seems to have overcome his impediment, he still counts himself among the three million americans and 65 million worldwide who stutter. experts define stuttering, also called stammering, as an involuntary disruption of the rhythm and flow of speech. the person knows what he or she wants to say but just can't produce the words fluently. boys are three to four times more likely to stutter than girls. and just as no two people have the same voice, no two people stutter in the same

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"the king's speech" is about george vi's stammer and his relationship with his speech therapist, lionel logel. -- lytal rove. very little was known about their private sessions until nine weeks before the film was due to go into production. that is when they discovered this, the archives that had only been recently found by his grandson in the attic. for the director and actors it was a revelation. he goes into enormous detail and has hundreds of letters between the two men. and here is his medical card on the king. about his mental state it says, "quite normal, but accused attention to -- acute tension. he has a good bill, but the waistline is flabby. >> colin firth plays george vi and is in no doubt of the archive's importance. >> it is like finding the rosetta stone. biography in my life until i took this were at -- this role on. i had to start from scratch on any informational knowledge i had. >> these fresh insights help colin firth and geoffrey rush develop a powerful on-screen chemistry. but it cannot have passed you by, the oscar talk again around this film. how does that feel?

"the king's speech" is about george vi's stammered. very little was known about their private session until nine weeks before the film was due to go into production. that is when they discovered this, lionel rove's archives. it was found in his attic. for the director and the actors, it was a revelation. it goes into enormous detail and has hundreds of letters between the two men about his mental state it says, quite normal. he has accused nervous tension. on the physical side, he is well built with good shoulders, but the waistline is very flatly. -- flabby. colin firth plays george vi and is no doubt a beneficiary of the our cars importance. >> i had never read a world biography in my life until i took this role on. it was starting from scratch. -- i never read a royal biography in my life until i took this role on. it was starting from scratch. >> the two characters have good chemistry. >> there is talk about an oscar award for your performance. how does that feel? >> it cannot but make you feel guilty. >> and he certainly has the s

king's speech" is about george vi's stammer and his relationship with his australian speech therapist. dear little was known about their private sessions until nine weeks before the film was due to go into production. which is when they discovered this -- lionel loeb's archives. for the director and the actors, it was a revelation. it goes into enormous details. there are hundreds of letters between the men. here, his medical card on the king. "quite normal, well-built with good shoulders. the waste line, very flabby." colin firth is in no doubt of the archive's importance. >> it is like finding the rosetta stone. we have a royal biographies. i'd never read one in my life until i took this role on, so i really had to start from scratch in terms of any information i had third crack these fresh insights helped firth develop a powerful onscreen chemistry with jeffr geoffrey rush. there is oscar talk around your performance. how does that feel? >> i do not think anything prepares you for it, because it cannot but make you feel giddy. he certainly has the support of his queen. >> yeah, i h

. >> the king -- >> movie is about george vi and his relationship with his australian and very forward speaking speech therapy. very little was known about their private sessions until nine weeks before the film was due to go into production. that is when they discovered this in the archives, recently found in an attic. for the director and actors, it was a revelation. it goes into enormous detail, with hundreds of letters between the man. about his mental state, it says "quite normal, but has acute nervous tension. on the physical side, he is well built, with good shoulders, but the waistline -- very flabby." colin firth plays george vi and has no doubt of the archives importance. >> it is like finding the rosetta stone. there was so little material on the ground. i had never read a royal biography in my life, so i had to release start from scratch. >> these fresh insights helped firth and geoffrey rush develop a powerful onscreen chemistry. >> it can't have passed you by that there is oscar talk around this film and your performance. how does that feel? >> i don't think anything prep