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A king's stammer inspires a film: "The King's Speech"

The King's Speech is a new movie making the film-festival rounds, and speakers, coaches and stammerers and stutterers will all find something to watch.  The story focuses on England's King George VI, father to the current Queen Elizabeth, and his efforts to overcome his stammer with the help of an Australian speech coach.  From Wikipedia:

Because of his stammer, Albert dreaded public speaking. After his closing speech at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley on 31 October 1925,...

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