RFK
by Robert Dornhelm
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Actor: David Paymer, James Cromwell, Linus Roache, Martin Donovan, Ving RhamesDirector: Robert Dornhelm
Brand: Studio
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Studio
Movie Reviews of RFK
Movie Review: The political thriller to end all political thrillers
Summary: 5 Stars
In this screenplay, we see a man so haunted by the (presumably preventable) spectere of his older brother's death that he litterally becomes a whole new person in the aftermath.
The young communist inquisitor who once was friends with Wisconsin Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy (as was JFK)consequently became the devout champion of the underclass. Whether it was minorities, the poor, students or some other group, the 'new' Bobby was sincerely committed to ensuring everybody could (and did) participate in the American dream.
What makes this transformation all the more magical is that a campaign consultant did not make the suggestion (and given how little some of these groups could financially contribute while their association simmutaeneously could have caused big political stigmatization, perhaps attempted to talk him out of these very same actions). It is to RFK's credit that he ultimately stood his own ground and took the road much less traveled in American politics.
Because I came of age in the post-watergate generation, I am accustomed to candidates (regardless of political ideology and/or party) appearing replete with slick demeanor's. The rattling of RFK's psyche following Dallas 1963 ultimately produced a folksy demeanor that even Jimmy Carter ultimately had failed to replicate during his presidential candidate and presidency.
If his own fate were different, Kennedy easily would have become the 20th century's second most influential president---immediately after fellow Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Summary of RFK
RFK focuses on the final five years of Robert F. Kennedy apos;s life beginning with President John F. Kennedy apos;s untimely death in 1963 to his own tragic death in 1968. From the transformation of the younger Kennedy as he moved out of the shadows of JFK to establish and define his own political persona. Golden Globe nominee Linus Roache The Gathering Storm Wings of the Dove Hart apos;s War is riveting in his portrayal of the young Kennedy. Also starring James Cromwell L.A. Confidential The Green Mile as Lyndon Johnson David Paymer State and Main Martin Donovan Insomnia Ving Rhames Pulp Fiction Mission Impossible . Written by Hank Steinberg 61 Without A Trace and Directed by Robert Dornhelm Sins of the Father Anne Frank .Similar DVD Movies
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