Hyde Park On Hudson (2013)

March 25, 2013June 1, 2013 Dave Andrew Havill, Bill Murray, Blake Ritson, Elizabeth Marvel, Elizabeth Wilson, Hyde Park On Hudson, Hyde Park On Hudson Review, Jason Durran, Jonathan Brewer, Kumiko Konisho, Laura Linney, Martin McDougall, Nancy Baldwin, Olivia Colman, Olivia Williams, Parker Sawyers, Richard Nelson, Samantha Dakin, Samuel West

Summary: In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Academy Award nominee Bill Murray) and his wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams) host the King and Queen of England (Samuel West and Olivia Colman) for a weekend at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on Hudson, in upstate New York – the first-ever visit of a reigning English monarch to America. With Britain facing imminent war with Germany, the Royals are desperately looking to FDR for support. But international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR’s domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal weekend an unforgettable one. Seen through the eyes of Daisy (Academy Award nominee Laura Linney), Franklin’s neighbor and intimate, the weekend will produce not only a special relationship between two great nations, but, for Daisy – and through her, for us all – a deeper understanding of the mysteries of love and friendship.

Year: 2013

Australian Cinema Release Date: 28th March, 2013

Australian DVD Release Date: TBA

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Roger Michell

Screenwriter: Richard Nelson

Cast: Nancy Baldwin (Mrs Astor), Jonathan Brewer (Ish-ti-opi), Olivia Colman (Elizabeth), Samantha Dakin (Mary), Jason Durran (Nelson)Andrew Havill (Cameron), Kumiko Konisho (Princess Te Alta), Laura Linney (Daisy), Elizabeth Marvel (Missy), Martin McDougall (Tommy), Bill Murray (FDR), Blake Ritson (Johnson,), Parker Sawyers (Thomas), Samuel West (Bertie), Olivia Williams (Eleanor), Elizabeth Wilson (Mrs. Roosevelt)

Runtime: 95 mins

Classification:CTC

Dave Griffiths’s ‘Hyde Park On Hudson’ Review: Please check Dave’s review of ‘Hyde Park On Hudson’ that is available on the Helium Entertainment Channel.

Other Subculture Media Reviews of ‘Hyde Park On Hudson′: Check Episode #26 (available 28th March, 2013) of our The Good The Bad The Ugly Podcast for a more in-depth review of ‘Hyde Park On Hudson’.

Rating: 4/5

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