Eleanor and Franklin Double Feature (The Early Years / The White House Years)
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Actor: Edward Herrmann, Jane Alexander, Mark HarmonDirector: Daniel Petrie
Brand: HERRMANN,EDWARD
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 360 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 99089
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Product features:
- He was one of America's greatest presidents, leading the nation out of its darkest years and guiding it through one of its most difficult wars. She was his wife, a First Lady who declined the role of White House hostess and instead devoted herself to public service.This exclusive HBO Double Feature brings together the two critically acclaimed films ("The Early Years" and "The Whitehouse Years") de
Movie Reviews of Eleanor and Franklin Double Feature (The Early Years / The White House Years)
Movie Review: Excellent Miniseries Double Feature! Jane Alexander is marvelous as Eleanor Roosevelt!
Summary: 5 Stars
'Eleanor and Franklin' is a wonderful miniseries excellently acted by the principals Jane Alexander as Eleanor and Edward Hermann as FDR. 'The Early Years' is especially striking and uses wonderful on location photography of FDR's homes in Hyde Park, New York and Warm Springs, Georgia. The elliptical way the story is done in the first part is also well done. The funeral train of FDR is portrayed in a very historically accurate fashion and in flashbacks Eleanor remembers her tough childhood and her courtship by FDR.
The story being based on Joseph Lash's Pulitzer Prize winning book 'Eleanor and Franklin' is told ,like the book, from Eleanor's perspective. I think the series does wonderfully in humanizing these larger than life characters. It handles the depiction of FDR's battle with Polio very well and in a moving fashion. Another performance of note is the late Ed Flanders excellent, funny portrayal of key FDR adviser Louis Howe. He really handles this juicy character role with aplomb in 'The Early Years'. In the 'The White House Years' this part is played by another actor and he is not quite as memorable as the Flanders portrait of Howe, who was such a key figure in both Roosevelt's life. Also worth mentioning is the evocative score by John Barry. The score sets the tone and mood of the story very well.
The DVD has excellent picture and sound. The picture is really quite splendid for a TV miniseries from the '70s and the DVD has excellent color reproduction. There are also scene selections. The DVD does not contain any other extras which is a pity because I would have liked to have heard more from Jane Alexander and Edward Hermann on what is was like playing these amazing historical characters. Viewers left wanting more visual info are encouraged to obtain the DVD of the PBS American Experience episode on FDR from 1994.
All viewers should try to visit some of the personal locations depicted in the miniseries if ever given the chance. Warm Springs, Georgia has the Little White House preserved and has a great museum. It is a must visit for any Presidential buff. Hyde Park, New York has the FDR presidential library and the big house preserved plus Eleanor's beloved residence Val-Kill and Campobello Island has excellently preserved the summer home the Roosevelts lived in for many years and is the house where Franklin had to suffer through his battle with the dreaded Polio disease. These places are amazing and make the real life stories come to life.
I give the 'Eleanor and Franklin Double Feature' an emphatic A+
Highly recommended!
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Summary of Eleanor and Franklin Double Feature (The Early Years / The White House Years)
No Description Available.Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 1-MAY-2007
Media Type: DVD
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