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Hyde Park am Hudson

Original title: Hyde Park on Hudson
  • 2012
  • 0
  • 1h 34m
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5.9/10
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Bill Murray and Laura Linney in Hyde Park am Hudson (2012)
The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.
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The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret "Daisy" Suckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate Ne... Read allThe story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret "Daisy" Suckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret "Daisy" Suckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.

  • Director
    • Roger Michell
  • Writer
    • Richard Nelson
  • Stars
    • Bill Murray
    • Laura Linney
    • Olivia Williams
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    12K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Roger Michell
    • Writer
      • Richard Nelson
    • Stars
      • Bill Murray
      • Laura Linney
      • Olivia Williams
    • 116User reviews
    • 222Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 5 nominations

    Videos12

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    Hyde Park On Hudson: I'd Be Nervous Too
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    Hyde Park On Hudson: You Take Very Good Care Of Me
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    Hyde Park On Hudson: May I Call You Elizabeth?
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    Hyde Park On Hudson: I'd Be Proud
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    Hyde Park On Hudson: Dinner Party
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    Behind-the-Scenes Look
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    Hyde Park On Hudson: Behind The Scenes (Featurette)
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    Hyde Park On Hudson: Olivia Williams On The Film
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    Hyde Park On Hudson: Laura Linney On Her Interest In The Film
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    Hyde Park On Hudson: Bill Murray On Portraying A Historical Figure
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    Hyde Park On Hudson: Roger Michell On The Film
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    Bill Murray and Roger Michell in Hyde Park am Hudson (2012)
    Laura Linney in Hyde Park am Hudson (2012)
    Roger Michell in Hyde Park am Hudson (2012)
    Olivia Williams in Hyde Park am Hudson (2012)
    Laura Linney in Hyde Park am Hudson (2012)
    Bill Murray in Hyde Park am Hudson (2012)
    Bill Murray, Samuel West, Olivia Williams, Elizabeth Wilson, and Olivia Colman in Hyde Park am Hudson (2012)
    Bill Murray, Samuel West, Olivia Williams, and Olivia Colman in Hyde Park am Hudson (2012)
    Bill Murray in Hyde Park am Hudson (2012)
    Bill Murray in Hyde Park am Hudson (2012)
    Bill Murray and Laura Linney in Hyde Park am Hudson (2012)
    Bill Murray, Laura Linney, and Olivia Williams in Hyde Park am Hudson (2012)

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    Bill Murray
    Bill Murray
    • FDR
    Laura Linney
    Laura Linney
    • Daisy
    Olivia Williams
    Olivia Williams
    • Eleanor
    Samuel West
    Samuel West
    • Bertie
    Olivia Colman
    Olivia Colman
    • Elizabeth
    Elizabeth Marvel
    Elizabeth Marvel
    • Missy
    Elizabeth Wilson
    Elizabeth Wilson
    • Mrs. Roosevelt
    Martin McDougall
    Martin McDougall
    • Tommy
    Andrew Havill
    Andrew Havill
    • Cameron
    Eleanor Bron
    Eleanor Bron
    • Daisy's Aunt
    Nancy Baldwin
    • Mrs. Astor
    Tim Beckmann
    Tim Beckmann
    • President's Aide #1
    Guy Paul
    Guy Paul
    • President's Aide #2
    Eben Young
    • President's Aide #3
    Samantha Dakin
    Samantha Dakin
    • Mary the Maid
    Buffy Davis
    Buffy Davis
    • Cook
    Morgan Deare
    • Plumber
    Tim Ahern
    Tim Ahern
    • Hungry Driver #1
    • Director
      • Roger Michell
    • Writer
      • Richard Nelson
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    • Trivia
      On 11 June 1939, the New York Times printed the menus for all of the meals served to the British royals during their visit to Hyde Park. As depicted in this movie, the picnic menu was as follows: Hot dogs, if weather permits; beer and soft drinks; cold ham from various states; turkey, smoked and plain; various salads; doughnuts; ginger bread cookies; coffee; and baked beans & brown bread.
    • Goofs
      When FDR calls for an end to Ish-ti-opi's ceremonial dance, Eleanor Roosevelt invites everyone to thank Ish-ti-opi in Cherokee. Ish-ti-opi (a.k.a., Wesley L. Robertson) was a Choctaw Indian, not a Cherokee. In any event, the word "yakoke" used for "thank you" is correctly Choctaw, not Cherokee. The Cherokee words for "thank you" are "wado" and "s'gi".
    • Quotes

      Bertie: ...But, to answer your question, Elizabeth, I *am* going to eat a hot dog - five hot dogs - TEN!... I'M GOING TO SHOVE THEM IN MY MOUTH, STICK TWO UP MY NOSTRILS, TWO MORE IN MY EARS, AND WALK AROUND SO THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE PICTURES OF THE KING OF ENGLAND WITH HOT DOGS HANGING OUT OF HIS ORIFICES!

    • Connections
      Featured in Maltin on Movies: Playing for Keeps (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Moonlight Serenade
      Written by Glenn Miller,Mitchell Parish

      Performed by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

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    might just as well have been titled "What happens at Hyde Park Stays at Hyde Park."
    Hyde Park on Hudson might just as well have been titled "What happens at Hyde Park Stays at Hyde Park." We'd be glad if it did because, based on this movie, nothing of any real interest really happened there despite the presence of FDR, Eleanor, and The King and Queen of England. Here we have four of the most fascinating people of the 20th century in the same place at a time when storm clouds of Nazi aggression were about to burst and the screenplay focuses on FDR's infidelity and the Queen's concern over a picnic where she will be forced to eat hot dogs.

    The movie takes place in the summer of 1939, when Franklin Roosevelt (Bill Murray) was spending some time at his country estate at Hyde Park. The movie deals with two events that took place that summer. First was FDR's intimate relationship with Margaret "Daisy" Stuckley (Laura Linney), his sixth cousin, who would become his mistress. The details of their relationship take place in long shots and quiet passages of dialogue that seem muted as if they simply don't have anything to say to one another. The heat in their attraction comes from their mutual admiration over – get this – his stamp collection. How he used this as an aphrodisiac to attract women is a question the movie doesn't really know how to answer, all you can deduce is that intimacy that grows out of admiration over stamps is about as exciting as it sounds.

    The other story deals with a visit to Hyde Park by King George VI (Samuel West) and Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Coleman). No British monarch had ever visited America before. They are the pillars of England at a moment when Hitler is about to steamroll over much of Europe, and his Majesty has come west to speak with The President about an alliance that would overthrow the Fuehrer. Yet the movie leaves that important issue around the edges of the movie. Except for one effective scene between The President and The King, in which they both understand that they have physical ailments that they are trying to hide (one is disabled by polio, and the other has a stuttering problem), the movie has no real interest in their relationship. It is understood that America came to Britain's aid and the story of the king and queen is mostly concentrated on their puzzlement with brutish American customs, not just the aforementioned hot dogs, but the picnic and the Native American dancers that will be performing therein.

    The story of the king and queen doesn't work because it doesn't move beyond their initial shock over American customs. The story of FDR's infidelity doesn't work because we simply don't care. Part of the problem is Daisy herself. She is our point of view in the film but she's such a blank slate that we have no foothold in her story. Laura Linney is a fine actress but she stands at a distance from FDR, admiring him but hardly saying a word except in narration. That narration, by the way, is so lazy, quiet and tired that it comes off like a particularly dull audio book. Roosevelt's relationship with Eleanor is nearly non-existence. It is known that after The President's relationship with is secretary two decades earlier, she had chosen to be his wife in name only, but where is the tension between them. Olivia Williams occupies the role of Eleanor not as a supporting character but almost as a fixture of the set.

    To be fair, the performance by Bill Murray isn't bad. He is an unusual choice for this role and it is good to see him take such a risk, but you never feel that you're in the presence of the 32nd President. Murray is a good actor and he captures some of FDR's wit but he doesn't have the towering presence that made him such an American icon. This is a tiny movie, a meager effort that looks great but doesn't really go anywhere. You don't learn anything and there is no sense that you are getting a behind-the-curtain look at anything but really pretty pictures.

    ** (of four)
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    • Release date
      • February 28, 2013 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • Bill Murray is Franklin D. Roosevelt
      • Focus Features - DVD
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hyde Park on Hudson
    • Filming locations
      • London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Daybreak Pictures
      • Film4
      • Free Range Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,376,145
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $81,362
      • Dec 9, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,980,481
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Datasat
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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