The Lost King [DVD] [] [2022]

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The Lost King movie review: Sally Hawkins is Oscar-worthy in crowd-pleasing Ricardian tale". Evening Standard. 2022-09-10. Archived from the original on 2022-09-15 . Retrieved 2022-09-15. If you are in the North America, look out for US/Canadian flag icons on popular product listings for direct links. a b " "It gave me such a lift": Guardian readers' best films of 2022". The Guardian. 22 December 2022. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023 . Retrieved 10 January 2023. In 2012, having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of King Richard III were discovered beneath a carpark in Leicester. The search had been orchestrated by an amateur historian, Philippa Langley, whose unrelenting research had been met with incomprehension by her friends and family and with scepticism by experts and academics. The Lost King". Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022 . Retrieved 28 July 2022.

Pitts, Mike (27 December 2022). "Letters: The Lost King's fictional thread". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023 . Retrieved 10 January 2023. Longlists, 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards". www.bafta.org. 2023-01-06. Archived from the original on 2023-06-20 . Retrieved 2023-07-18.Taylor stated in October 2022 that he is "likely" to take legal action against the filmmakers over its inaccuracies. [30] Reception by other archaeologists [ edit ] Kanter, Jake (24 March 2021). "Sally Hawkins Boards Stephen Frears' 'The Lost King'; Tan France Joins Edinburgh TV Festival Board; BBC Studios Grows In Australia — Global Briefs". Deadline. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022 . Retrieved May 1, 2022.

The film premiered at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival, [11] and was released in UK cinemas on 7 October 2022. [12] IFC Films had acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film. [13] It was then released in the US the following year on March 24, 2023. [14] Reception [ edit ] Critical response [ edit ] Smith, Kyle (23 March 2023). " 'The Lost King' Review: A Woman's Search for Richard III". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023 . Retrieved 1 April 2023. The Lost King US Premiere Date". Richard III Society American Branch. Archived from the original on 2023-07-18 . Retrieved 2023-07-18. Rubin, Rebecca (10 August 2022). "IFC Films Buys 'The Lost King' Ahead of Toronto Film Festival Debut". Variety. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022 . Retrieved 12 August 2022. The Lost King is a 2022 British biographical film directed by Stephen Frears. Written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, it is based on the 2013 book The King's Grave: The Search for Richard III by Philippa Langley and Michael Jones. It is a dramatisation of the story of Philippa Langley ( Sally Hawkins), the woman who initiated the search to find King Richard III's remains under a car park in Leicester, and her treatment by the University of Leicester in the claiming of credit for the discovery. Coogan and Harry Lloyd also feature in the cast.

We worked closely with Philippa Langley throughout the project, and she was not sidelined by the University. Indeed, she formed part of the team interview panel for every single press conference connected to the King. The Lost King is the life-affirming true story of a woman who refused to be ignored and who took on the country's most eminent historians, forcing them to think again about one of the most controversial kings in England's history. Steve Coogan movie The Lost King begins filming". British Comedy Guide. 23 April 2021. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022 . Retrieved 8 May 2022.

Sharp, Marie (15 March 2021). "Steve Coogan to rediscover king's remains at Lothians colliery". Edinburgh Evening News. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022 . Retrieved May 1, 2022. Pitts, Mike (7 October 2022). "Opinion: The trouble with The Lost King, and it isn't Richard III". History Extra. London: Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023 . Retrieved 8 January 2023.Based on the trailer, some of the lead University of Leicester archaeologists involved in the story did not feel that the film's presentation as "the true story" was correct and that it had under-represented their involvement in the project. [26] Langley contends that the archaeologists took undue credit for finding the remains of Richard III given that she had led the search, raised the funding for the dig and commissioned the archaeologists. [27] Following the UK première of the film the University of Leicester issued a press release, including the following abstract: Living in Edinburgh, Philippa Langley loses a work promotion to a less experienced and better-looking woman. She unsuccessfully confronts her male boss about being passed over and also appeals that her myalgic encephalomyelitis (or "ME") has never affected her work. Distraught, her ex-husband John, who helps with their two teenage boys, tells her to keep her job as they need the money. Sally Hawkins as Philippa Langley; who suffers from myalgic encephalomyelitis and whose marriage is broken, becomes obsessed with Richard III, joins the local Richard III Society, and embarks on a quest to find and exhume his body. [4] Harby, Jennifer (8 October 2022). "The Lost King: Legal action 'likely' against Richard III film". BBC News. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022 . Retrieved 25 October 2022.