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Writer (WGA):
Margaret Nagle (written by)
Release Date:
30 April 2005 (USA)
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Tagline:
The greatest challenge FDR faced was the one we never saw.
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Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia. full summary | add synopsis
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Polio
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Spring
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Rehabilitation
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Paraplegic
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Georgia USA
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Golden Globes.
Another 8 wins
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26 nominations
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(6 articles)
'Lost' Finds WGA Awards for 23 Writers
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 6 February 2006)
'Brokeback' and 'Crash' Win WGA Awards
(From WENN. 6 February 2006)
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 6 February 2006)
'Brokeback' and 'Crash' Win WGA Awards
(From WENN. 6 February 2006)
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Warm Remembrances for this Eternal Spring ****
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kenneth Branagh | ... | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
 | Cynthia Nixon | ... | Eleanor Roosevelt |
 | David Paymer | ... | Louis Howe |
 | Tim Blake Nelson | ... | Tom Loyless |
 | Matt O'Leary | ... | Fred Botts (as Matthew O'Leary) |
 | Matt Malloy | ... | Lionel Purdy |
 | Andy Davoli | ... | Jake Perini (as Andrew Davoli) |
 | Nelsan Ellis | ... | Roy Collier |
 | Jane Alexander | ... | Sara Delano Roosevelt |
 | Kathy Bates | ... | Helena Mahoney |
 | Melissa Ponzio | ... | Lucy Mercer |
| Quint Von Canon | ... | Stephen Teller |
 | Mike Pniewski | ... | Hastings, Party Leader |
| Grayce Spence | ... | League Member |
| Rand Hopkins | ... | Dr. Lovett |
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USA:121 min | Argentina:121 min
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Most of the actors playing disabled people in the film are actually disabled.
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Anachronisms: In the early scenes of the movie, before Franklin Roosevelt contracts polio, he is seen dancing with his private secretary to a recording by Alice Faye of the song "I'll See You In My Dreams". The song was not written until 1924, more than a year after FDR contracted the disease, and Alice Faye did not record it until 1939, by which time Roosevelt was in his second term as President of the United States. Faye recorded the song for the film "Rose of Washington Square", in which she sang it.
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Louis Howe:
[FDR is supposed to make a speech] What's the matter?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: What if I fall?
Louis Howe: If you fall, you just get up again.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: If I fall in front of thousands of people, I'll lose everything - except their pity. They'll never see past my legs.
Eleanor Roosevelt: My darling, they'll never see past your legs - until you do.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: What if I fall?
Louis Howe: If you fall, you just get up again.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: If I fall in front of thousands of people, I'll lose everything - except their pity. They'll never see past my legs.
Eleanor Roosevelt: My darling, they'll never see past your legs - until you do.
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References Rose of Washington Square (1939)
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I Won't Dance
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Outstanding biography of the years detailing Franklin D. Roosevelt fight to regain the use of his limbs following an attack of polio.
Branagh is perfect for the part that he has a down to a tee including that famous cigarette holder in FDR's mouth. He is well supported by TV star, Cynthia Nixon, who has the voice of Eleanor Roosevelt near to perfection.
Overprotective mother is played with a certain sting by Jane Alexander, who copped an emmy for her supporting performance. Even better is Kathy Bates, who was also nominated in this category, for her strong-independent role as FDR's therapist.
Stricken with polio at the height of his career, FDR comes to Warm Springs to recuperate. It is shown that while on this journey to the south, he really saw poverty at its worst and would begin to empathize with the poor and polio stricken people as well. He eventually invested his own money into this community. He saw first hand the improvements made by many thanks to the waters of this area.
You will agree that happy days are here again when you see this biography. It's a moving tribute to a future American president who knew we had nothing to fear but fear itself. One can readily see triumph victorious in the face of adversity.