17 Nov 2010
David Seidler – Script Writer of The King’s Speech (240)
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David Seidler joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the wonderful film The King’s Speech.
David Seidler, 73, is the British born, Long Island raised script writer of the wonderful new film The King’s Speech which won The Toronto Film Festival’s most popular film award and is expected to be the dominant film at this year’s Oscars. During this episode Mr. Seidler discusses his own stuttering, writing the script, researching the project, rehearsals, specific scenes and working closely with Colin Firth and director Tom Hooper to get the stuttering right.
2 Oct 2011
Changing How You View Stammering and Stuttering with David Mitchell (Ep. 300)
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Mitchell and Reitzes discuss his wonderful novel Black Swan Green, his life coping with stammering (stuttering), the King’s Speech, educating the public about stuttering and much more. Join the conversation at the StutterTalk Facebook page.
DAVID MITCHELL is a widely respected, award winning novelist from England. His novels include Ghostwritten, Number9Dream, Cloud Atlas, Black Swan Green and the Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. David Mitchell is a person who stutters and a patron of the British Stammering Association.