Warm Springs (film)
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| Original title | Warm Springs |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 120 minutes |
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| Director | Joseph Sargent |
| script | Margaret Nagle |
| production | Chrisann Verges |
| music | Bruce Broughton |
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Warm Springs is an American television film from 2005. The drama, directed by Joseph Sargent, is devoted to the way in which the later US President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) dealt with his condition, which was then regarded as poliomyelitis .
action
In 1921, one year after his unsuccessful candidate for the office of US Vice President, the politician Franklin D. Roosevelt fell ill with poliomyelitis . Of paralysis drawn Roosevelt draws - after unsuccessful trials of other healing techniques and at first reluctantly - in the spa town of Warm Springs in Georgia , where he is soon the pressure of his family exposed to strive for his political career. In 1926 he took it up again and in 1928 he gave the nomination speech for the presidential candidate Alfred E. Smith .
Locations
Large parts of the film were shot in Warm Springs, along with various other locations in the US state of Georgia. One attacked u. a. back to a specially equipped vehicle in which the sick Roosevelt drove at the time, and also used his country house. Furthermore, a swimming pool in the old spa facility was renovated for the shooting.
Reviews
Tom Shales attests to leading actor Kenneth Branagh in the Washington Post that he never fully does justice to Franklin D. Roosevelt, but at the same time delivers a "gripping performance" and "dispels initial concerns . " Roosevelt is not represented as a "one-dimensional living statue, but as a restless, ambitious and sometimes bitterly frustrated person" . Noel Holston attested “Branagh was a surprise in the role” in Newsweek and, after comparing it with other Roosevelt actors, came to the conclusion that no one would have embodied his “magnetic energy” as well. Holston also attests to other actors in Warm Springs a convincing performance.
Awards (selection)
The film was nominated for 28 awards, of which it won eight, including five Emmy Awards .
- Nomination in the category Best Miniseries or Best TV Movie
- Nomination for Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie for Cynthia Nixon
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie for Kenneth Branagh
- Nomination in the category of best television film
- Nomination for Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie for Cynthia Nixon
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie for Kenneth Branagh
- Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie for Jane Alexander
- Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie for Tim Blake Nelson
- Nomination for Best Actress in a Television Movie or Mini-Series for Cynthia Nixon
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series for Kenneth Branagh
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Shales: “Warm Springs” Illuminates The Hard-Won Victory of FDR . In: Washington Post, April 30, 2005. - "Even if Branagh never 'becomes' FDR in the fullest and most satisfying sense, his performance takes hold of your imagination and makes the misgivings almost irrelevant."
- ↑ ibid. "(...) FDR is portrayed not as a one-dimensional living statue but as a restless, ambitious and sometimes bitterly frustrated man (...)"
- ↑ Noel Holston: Kenneth Branagh Inhabits the Role of FDR Like No Actor Before Him . In: Newsweek, April 24, 2005. - “Branagh is astonishing in the role. Roosevelt has been played well before (...) but never has an actor so effectively channeled his magnetic energy. ”
Web links
- Warm Springs in the Internet Movie Database (English)