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Release Date:
1 February 1987 (USA) more
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Won Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 5 nominations more
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There will never be a better acting job as LBJ than this one more (2 total)

Cast

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Randy Quaid ... Lyndon Baines Johnson
Patti LuPone ... Claudia Alta 'Lady Bird' Taylor Johnson

Morgan Brittany ... Alice Glass
Pat Hingle ... Sam Rayburn
R.G. Armstrong ... Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr.

Barry Corbin ... Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
Robin Curtis ... Jacqueline Kennedy
Charles Frank ... John F. Kennedy
James F. Kelly ... Bobby Kennedy
Kevin McCarthy ... Joseph Kennedy

Jack Blessing ... Billy Bob
Tony Frank
Jack Garner
Anne Haney ... Rebekah Baines Johnson
Jerry Hardin ... Earl
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155 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Uses actual recordings and arrangements of music from Wild Rovers (1971) for opening titles music. more
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Anachronisms: When LBJ goes to the hospital to visit his sick wife and is speaking to Sam Rayburn, there are MasterCard and Visa stickers on the glass door behind him. These credit cards did not exist in the 1940s. more

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There will never be a better acting job as LBJ than this one, 17 November 2004
Author: JackAustinCrawford from Burnet, Texas North America

Many actors have played, or attempted to play, LBJ. Some have done quite well. But NONE will ever be better at playing LBJ during his early years than Randy Quaid, for several reasons. - No. 1: he does not have to fake a Texas accent. Many performers overdo it or try to use a generic southern accent. Quaid has it nailed - maybe because he is a Texas native himself. - No. 2: He has the look of a real rake. (Yes, LBJ was one. Let's face it.) When he is commenting to one of the Kennedys (JFK or RFK, I can't remember which one) he says, with a leer, "She'll take dictation any time!" He puts an unmistakable emphasis on the first syllable of the word 'dictation'. - No. 3: He displays convincing temper fits. LBJ was not known for being patient or suffering fools gladly...

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