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==Plot==
==Plot==
In June 1939, King [[George VI]] (then separately but simultaneously monarch of Canada, the United Kingdom, and four other countries) and his wife, [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]] made a visit to the United States as [[Monarchy of Canada|king and queen of Canada]],<ref>{{Citation| last=Bell| first=Peter| title=The Foreign Office and the 1939 Royal Visit to America: Courting the USA in an Era of Isolationism| journal=Journal of Contemporary History| volume=37| issue=4| pages=603, 611| date=October 2002| url=http://www.transatlantic.uj.edu.pl/upload/_16ec_Bell.Royal.Visit.Isolationism.pdf| accessdate=30 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| last=Bousfield| first=Arthur| coauthors=Toffoli, Gary| title=Royal Spring: The Royal Tour of 1939 and the Queen Mother in Canada| publisher=Dundurn Press| year=1989| location=Toronto| pages=60, 66| url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=1Go5p_CN8UQC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false| isbn=1-55002-065-X}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| last=Douglas| first=W.A.B.| coauthors=Greenhous, Brereton| title=Out of the Shadows: Canada in the Second World War| publisher=Dundurn Press Ltd.| year=1995| location=Toronto| page=11| url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=-rtgaVVHVsUC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false| isbn=1-55002-151-6}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| last=Lanctot| first=Gustave| authorlink=Gustave Lanctot| title=Royal Tour of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Canada and the United States of America 1939| publisher=E.P. Taylor Foundation| year=1964| location=Toronto| id=ASIN B0006EB752}}</ref><ref>{{citation| last=Tidridge| first=Nathan| title=Canada's Constitutional Monarchy: An Introduction to Our Form of Government| page=26| publisher=Dundurn Press| location=Toronto| year=2011| isbn=9781459700840| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JvGsvHsAtDgC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> during which they stayed at President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s [[Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site|country estate]] in [[Hyde Park, New York]]. At the same time, the President was growing closer to his sixth cousin<ref>{{citation|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/19549516.html?dids=19549516:19549516&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=APR+09%2C+1995&author=Allida+M.+Black&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=In+Love+With+the+President&pqatl=google|date=Apr 9, 1995|title=In Love With the President|first=Allida|last=Black}}</ref> and eventual mistress, [[Margaret Suckley]].<ref name=wapoobit>{{citation|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=Margaret Suckley|date=Jul 3, 1991}}</ref> Roosevelt hoped he could use the visit to, in part, bolster American support for the United Kingdom on the eve of [[World War II]],<!--
In June 1939, King [[George VI]] (then separately but simultaneously monarch of the United Kingdom, and five other countries) and his wife, [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]] made a visit to the United States,<ref>{{Citation| last=Bell| first=Peter| title=The Foreign Office and the 1939 Royal Visit to America: Courting the USA in an Era of Isolationism| journal=Journal of Contemporary History| volume=37| issue=4| pages=603, 611| date=October 2002| url=http://www.transatlantic.uj.edu.pl/upload/_16ec_Bell.Royal.Visit.Isolationism.pdf| accessdate=30 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| last=Bousfield| first=Arthur| coauthors=Toffoli, Gary| title=Royal Spring: The Royal Tour of 1939 and the Queen Mother in Canada| publisher=Dundurn Press| year=1989| location=Toronto| pages=60, 66| url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=1Go5p_CN8UQC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false| isbn=1-55002-065-X}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| last=Douglas| first=W.A.B.| coauthors=Greenhous, Brereton| title=Out of the Shadows: Canada in the Second World War| publisher=Dundurn Press Ltd.| year=1995| location=Toronto| page=11| url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=-rtgaVVHVsUC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false| isbn=1-55002-151-6}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| last=Lanctot| first=Gustave| authorlink=Gustave Lanctot| title=Royal Tour of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Canada and the United States of America 1939| publisher=E.P. Taylor Foundation| year=1964| location=Toronto| id=ASIN B0006EB752}}</ref><ref>{{citation| last=Tidridge| first=Nathan| title=Canada's Constitutional Monarchy: An Introduction to Our Form of Government| page=26| publisher=Dundurn Press| location=Toronto| year=2011| isbn=9781459700840| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JvGsvHsAtDgC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> during which they stayed at President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s [[Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site|country estate]] in [[Hyde Park, New York]]. At the same time, the President was growing closer to his sixth cousin<ref>{{citation|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/19549516.html?dids=19549516:19549516&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=APR+09%2C+1995&author=Allida+M.+Black&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=In+Love+With+the+President&pqatl=google|date=Apr 9, 1995|title=In Love With the President|first=Allida|last=Black}}</ref> and eventual mistress, [[Margaret Suckley]].<ref name=wapoobit>{{citation|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=Margaret Suckley|date=Jul 3, 1991}}</ref> Roosevelt hoped he could use the visit to, in part, bolster American support for the United Kingdom on the eve of [[World War II]],<!--
NOTE WELL: [[George VI]]'s use of the phrase
NOTE WELL: [[George VI]]'s use of the phrase
[[Special Relationship|"special relationship"]]
[[Special Relationship|"special relationship"]]

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Hyde Park on Hudson
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRoger Michell
Screenplay byRichard Nelson
Produced byDavid Aukin
Kevin Loader
StarringBill Murray
Laura Linney
CinematographyLol Crawley
Edited byNicolas Gaster
Music byJeremy Sams
Production
companies
Distributed byWalmark Films (US)
McWalker Pictures
Release dates
  • 31 August 2012 (2012-08-31) (Telluride)
  • 7 December 2012 (2012-12-07) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$4,441,533

Hyde Park on Hudson is a 2012 British biographical comedy-drama film directed by Roger Michell. The film stars Bill Murray and Laura Linney as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Margaret Suckley, respectively. It was based on Margaret Suckley’s private journals and diaries discovered after Suckley's death,[2][3][4] about her love affair with and intimate details about President Franklin D. Roosevelt.[3][4]

Plot

In June 1939, King George VI (then separately but simultaneously monarch of the United Kingdom, and five other countries) and his wife, Queen Elizabeth made a visit to the United States,[5][6][7][8][9] during which they stayed at President Franklin D. Roosevelt's country estate in Hyde Park, New York. At the same time, the President was growing closer to his sixth cousin[10] and eventual mistress, Margaret Suckley.[11] Roosevelt hoped he could use the visit to, in part, bolster American support for the United Kingdom on the eve of World War II, which broke out less than three months later.[12][13][14][15]

Cast

Production

In early March 2011, director Roger Michell started searching for U.S. actors to play President Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt.[16] Bill Murray agreed to play Roosevelt in late March.[17]

Release

Hyde Park on Hudson had its world premiere at the 2012 Telluride Film Festival on 31 August 2012, then at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2012, and again at the 2012 Savannah Film Festival on 31 October 2012, with limited release in the United States on 5[18] and 7 of December 2012, and wide release in January 2013. The UK release will follow on 1 February 2013.

Critical reception

The film has received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 40% "rotten" rating based on 122 reviews.[19] On Metacritic, the film holds a 51/100 rating, indicating "mixed or average reviews."[20]

The A.V. Club named it one of the worst movies of 2012, criticizing "the slapdash manner in which it’s assembled is genuinely shocking" and its "prevailing idiocy."[21]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times enjoyed the film, giving it 3-and-a-half stars out of 4 and said of Murray's performance: "Murray, who has a wider range than we sometimes realize, finds the human core of this FDR and presents it tenderly."

Bill Murray's performance as Roosevelt did garner praise, as he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.

On 5 December 2012, a panel discussion was held in Washington, D.C., to discuss the movie and FDR.[18]

Criticism of the depiction of history

Focusing on how the historical events and people are portrayed, Conrad Black, author of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom, said the film took "large, ... sometimes scurrilous, liberties with historical facts."[22] In particular, he stated the movie erred in its depiction both of Roosevelt's relationship with women and of Eleanor Roosevelt's sexuality.[22] George VI is also often referred to by other characters as "king of England", a position that ceased to exist when Scotland and England joined to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.

References

  1. ^ "HYDE PARK ON HUDSON (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  2. ^ Ireland, Barbara (7 September 2007), "At the Home of FDR's Secret Friend", New York Times, retrieved 12 May 2010
  3. ^ a b Starr, William (9 April 1995), "New Woman Surfaces as FDR Intimate", The State (Columbia, SC)
  4. ^ a b Swindell, Larry (7 May 1995), "Papers found after Margaret Suckley's death reveal deep friendship with FDR", Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  5. ^ Bell, Peter (October 2002), "The Foreign Office and the 1939 Royal Visit to America: Courting the USA in an Era of Isolationism" (PDF), Journal of Contemporary History, 37 (4): 603, 611, retrieved 30 August 2010
  6. ^ Bousfield, Arthur (1989). Royal Spring: The Royal Tour of 1939 and the Queen Mother in Canada. Toronto: Dundurn Press. pp. 60, 66. ISBN 1-55002-065-X. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Douglas, W.A.B. (1995), Out of the Shadows: Canada in the Second World War, Toronto: Dundurn Press Ltd., p. 11, ISBN 1-55002-151-6 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Lanctot, Gustave (1964), Royal Tour of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Canada and the United States of America 1939, Toronto: E.P. Taylor Foundation, ASIN B0006EB752
  9. ^ Tidridge, Nathan (2011), Canada's Constitutional Monarchy: An Introduction to Our Form of Government, Toronto: Dundurn Press, p. 26, ISBN 9781459700840
  10. ^ Black, Allida (9 April 1995), "In Love With the President", The Washington Post
  11. ^ "Margaret Suckley", The Washington Post, 3 July 1991
  12. ^ Osenlund, R. Kurt (25 September 2012). "Hyde Park on the Hudson Review". Slant Magizine. Retrieved 6 December 2012. {{cite web}}: More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)
  13. ^ Schwarzbaum, Lisa (5 December 2012). "Hyde Park on the Hudson Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 6 December 2012. {{cite web}}: More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)
  14. ^ Scherstuhl, Alan (5 December 2012). "In Hyde Park on Hudson, It's Patriotic to Pleasure a President". The Village Voice. Retrieved 6 December 2012. {{cite web}}: More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)
  15. ^ Reed, Rex (December 4, 2012 at 4 3:47pm). "A Wet, Hot American Summer: Hyde Park on Hudson Lets FDR Shed His Stuffy Layers". The New York Observer. Retrieved 6 December 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)
  16. ^ "Film4 Hunting For Its President Roosevelt". Deadline.com. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  17. ^ "Bill Murray to play President Roosevelt in Hyde Park on Hudson". Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  18. ^ a b "Focus Features "Hyde Park on Hudson"". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  19. ^ Hyde Park on Hudson at Rotten Tomatoes
  20. ^ Hyde Park on Hudson at Metacritic
  21. ^ The worst films of 2012, The A.V. Club, December 20, 2012, accessed December 20, 2012.
  22. ^ a b Black, Conrad (2 January 2013). "FDR and Lincoln on Screen". National Review Online. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hyde_Park_on_Hudson&diff=prev&oldid=534686819