The confusion came about because the movie version was based upon a play entitled The Madness of George III, but the film's producers opted to call their movie The Madness of King George rather than sticking with the play's title. The film was always called The Madness of King George, and it bore that title everywhere it was exhibited. Second, the film's title was not changed nor was it different in America than it was in other parts of the world. Let's clear up a couple of matters right off the bat: First of all, the film's distributors had nothing to do with the choice of title. It seems the film's title was changed from "The Madness of George III" because American audiences would think it was a sequel and not go to see it, assuming they had missed "I" and "II." Here is a delicious story circulating here - an example of a "those-dumb-Yanks" story that some British people love to tell.
"The Madness of King George" is the film adaptation of the Alan Bennett play "The Madness of George III," its title changed because the distributor was afraid Americans might think it a sequel. Modern medical experts now believe King George suffered from a metabolic disorder known as porphyria, and The Madness of King George deals with the political machinations that took place as the king's illness incapacitated him, both physically and mentally, for extended periods of time.Ĭoincident with the film's release came the rumor that its distributors had altered its title for the American market, changing The Madness of George III to The Madness of King George lest puzzled Americans think they had missed the first two entries of the series:
The year 1995 saw the release of the film The Madness of King George, a movie whose plot focused on the bizarre behavior of George III (1738–1820), the British monarch who was commonly said to have "gone mad" after losing England's North American colonies to the American Revolution.
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