Warm Springs (2005)

Directed by

Joseph Sargent

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h

Rated

16

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows Franklin D. Roosevelt after he is diagnosed with polio and becomes paralyzed. It shows his struggle to regain his mobility, his discovery of a warm springs resort, and how he turns it into a rehabilitation center for other polio patients. The experience helps him grow emotionally and prepares him for his later political career during the Great Depression.

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What happens

Warm Springs is a 2005 made-for-television biography drama film directed by Joseph Sargent, written by Margaret Nagle, and starring Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, Kathy Bates, Tim Blake Nelson, Jane Alexander and David Paymer. The screenplay concerns U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1921 illness, diagnosed at the time as polio, his struggle to overcome paralysis, his discovery of the Warm Springs resort, his work to turn it into a center for the rehabilitation of polio victims, and his resumption of his political career. Roosevelt's emotional growth as he interacts with other disabled people at Warm Springs prepares him for the challenges he will face as president during the Great Depression. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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