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BRITISH historical drama The King's Speech got yet another boost to its Oscars hopes on Sunday, winning its second top prize in 24 hours at Hollywood's latest awards ceremony.
The movie about King George VI's stammer won best ensemble prize and best actor for Colin Firth at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards held in Los Angeles. The latest triumph for the movie came a day after its director, Tom Hooper, won best director at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) awards.
The understated royal movie, also starring Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush - is nominated in 12 categories for next month's Oscars show, the climax of Hollywood's annual awards season.
The Oscars, chosen by some 6,000 members of the illustrious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will unveil their laureates this year on February 27.
Since its release in December, the movie has been inspiring stutterers and raising public awareness of speech disorders, say experts.
"This movie will reach greater numbers of people than we ever could through the public awareness events that we have where we might get 25 or 30 people," says Marilyn Langevin, acting executive director at one US institute.
According to the Stuttering Foundation of America, five per cent of children stutter, but most grow out of it.
