Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)

Directed by

Roger Michell

Genre

biographical film, comedy drama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 215 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A distant cousin of Franklin D. Roosevelt recounts her private relationship with him during the 1939 visit of the British king and queen to the president's home.

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What happens

Hyde Park on Hudson is a 2012 historical drama film directed by Roger Michell. The film stars Bill Murray as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Samuel West as King George VI, Olivia Colman as his wife Queen Elizabeth and Laura Linney as Margaret "Daisy" Suckley, a cousin and childhood friend of the President. It was based on Suckley's private journals and diaries, discovered after her death and fictionally dramatizes her close relationship with Roosevelt and the 1939 visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Roosevelt's home. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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