All the Way (2016)

Lyndon Johnson becomes the President of the United States in the chaotic aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination and spends his first year in office fighting to pass the Civil Rights Act.

Director:

Jay Roach

Writers:

Robert Schenkkan (screenplay), Robert Schenkkan (play)

Stars:

Bryan Cranston, Anthony Mackie, Melissa Leo

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 31 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bryan Cranston	...	Lyndon B. Johnson
Anthony Mackie	...	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Melissa Leo	...	Lady Bird Johnson
Frank Langella	...	Senator Richard Russell
Bradley Whitford	...	Senator Hubert Humphrey
Stephen Root	...	J. Edgar Hoover
Todd Weeks	...	Walter Jenkins
Ray Wise	...	Senator Everett Dirksen
Ken Jenkins	...	Rep. 'Judge' Smith
Dohn Norwood	...	Ralph Abernathy
Mo McRae	...	Stokely Carmichael
Marque Richardson	...	Bob Moses
Aisha Hinds	...	Fannie Lou Hamer
Joe Morton	...	Roy Wilkins
Eric Pumphrey	...	David Dennis

Storyline

November 22, 1963. President John F. Kennedy has just been assassinated and Vice President Lyndon Johnson is now President. One of his first acts as President is to reaffirm the US government's intention to pass the Civil Rights Act. This Act was drafted while JFK was in office and gives people of all races the same rights, including voting rights, access to education and access to public facilities. However, he faces strong opposition to the bill, especially from within his own party. He will have to use all his political will and cunning to get it through.

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Plot Keywords:

j. edgar hoover character | lyndon b. johnson character | jacqueline kennedy character | president | civil rights act | 

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Taglines:

Politics is war.

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | History

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

HBO - Character Spot: LBJ HBO - Character Spot: MLK

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 May 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

A végsőkig

Company Credits

Production Co:

HBO Films,Amblin Entertainment,Tale Told Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

132 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bryan Cranston and Ray Wise have both played Commissioner Gordon in animated Batman features. Cranston played the part in Batman: Year One (2011), while Wise played the part in Batman: The Killing Joke (2016). On 'Gotham (2015)(TV)', the part is played by Ben McKenzie, who is Robert Schenkkan's nephew.

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Goofs

Early in the film, in a scene set in early 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. looks out the window at a parked van. Driving past it is a 1965 Cadillac.

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Quotes

Lady Bird Johnson: Would you like some more gravy?
Sen. Richard Russell: Oh, Lady Bird, it was delicious, but I just couldn't possibly, no. Thank you.
Lyndon B. Johnson: Hey, what about me? Aren't you going to offer me any more gravy?
Lady Bird Johnson: Oh, honey, I'd like to, but I can't.
Lyndon B. Johnson: Bird's got me on a diet. Got Zephyr there in kitchen weighing my plates for every meal. Ridiculous!
Sen. Richard Russell: [Snarling] Your wife doesn't want you to get too big for your britches. An entirely understandable concern.
Lady Bird Johnson: [as Johnson smiles smugly, Lady Bird leaves the room] I think I'll see how Zephyr...

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Connections

Featured in Bryan Cranston: Becoming LBJ (2016)

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Soundtracks

Oh Freedom
Traditional
Performace led by Hollis Watkins
Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

User Reviews

Tour De Force for Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston brings Lyndon Johnson to life in this absorbing real life drama focusing on 1964 when LBJ not only got a major civil rights bill passed, but set the stage for the 1965 voting rights act and the war on poverty. Cranston's portrayal is uncanny, and turns this made for HBO movie into a quasi-documentary. Cranston carries this movie and makes it one of the best television events of the year. The rest of the cast is excellent too but in some cases, the actors don't look enough like the characters they are playing: Hubert Humphery and Martin Luther King Jr., come to mind. The storyline is fairly well known to anyone who follows politics and U.S. history, but the behind the scene's maneuvering to get a very major bill passed makes for great story telling and LBJ was one of the great story tellers. The stories told by LBJ are the glue that holds this movie together. His poor upbringing gave him the resolve to do something about helping the poor once he got into office. And of course he saw first hand in his home state of Texas, the massive racism that prevented blacks from taking their rightful place in American society. No doubt LBJ could have been a candidate for Mt. Rushmore were it not for Vietnam which is explored in the movie but not in-depth. That should be a sequel. Melissa Leo is wonderful as Lady Bird Johnson, and Frank Langella is excellent as Senator Richard Russell. This is a must see movie. Cranston will be picking up more awards.