Hyde Park On Hudson

Hyde Park On Hudson

Synopsis

Bill Murray stars as Franklin D. Roosevelt, the flamboyant US president who finds himself juggling a wartime visit from the King and Queen of England with his own domestic complications

About the film

Hyde Park On Hudson is based on the 1939 visit of the King and Queen of England (Samuel West and Olivia Colman) to the upstate New York home of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Academy Award nominee Bill Murray) and his wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams). With Britain facing imminent war with Germany, the Royals are desperately looking to FDR for support. Seen through the eyes of Daisy (Academy Award nominee Laura Linney), Franklin's neighbour and intimate, international affairs become jumbled up with the complexities of FDR's domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal weekend an unforgettable one.

Cast & Connections

Actor: Elizabeth Wilson, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Bill Murray, Samuel West, Blake Ritson, Olivia Colman
Director: Roger Michell
Screen Writer: Richard Nelson
Producer: Kevin Loader, David Aukin
Photographer: Lol Crawley
Composer: Jeremy Sams

The bottom line

Directed by Roger Michell (Enduring Love, Notting Hill) from a screenplay by Richard Nelson, Hyde Park On Hudson was co-financed and co-produced by Focus Features and Film4 and was released in February 2013.

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