On Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding through the streets of Dallas in an open-topped motorcade. With wife Jackie Kennedy by his side, the 46-year-old president was struck by two bullets — one in the head and one in the neck. Former U.S. Marine Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with the murder, and a presidential commission later found that the gunman had acted alone.
But that conclusion has hardly satisfied the public, with JFK’s assassination fueling conspiracy theories for decades to come.
On Thursday, nearly 54 years later, the government is expected to release thousands of long-blocked...
But that conclusion has hardly satisfied the public, with JFK’s assassination fueling conspiracy theories for decades to come.
On Thursday, nearly 54 years later, the government is expected to release thousands of long-blocked...
- 10/25/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Rob Reiner’s film Lbj, with Woody Harrelson in the title role, was unveiled at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival, but will be in theaters November 3. Those dates provide viewers a twist of the kaleidoscope, from pre-election to the end of Donald Trump’s first year in office. Any political movie is bound to provoke comparisons, but the ones between Johnson, the master deal-maker of his turbulent time, and Trump, the “artist” of the deal in his time, should prove rich…...
- 10/19/2017
- Deadline
In a New Yorker Festival conversation after a screening of his film Lbj, director Rob Reiner talked a bit about Lyndon Johnson, but also hit on on an array of other issues, from President Trump to the Russia investigation to the legacy of All in the Family. During the audience Q&A, Reiner was asked how his “community” (meaning the film business) should respond to the wave of allegations (and admissions) currently washing over Harvey Weinstein. “It’s not just our community…...
- 10/7/2017
- Deadline
Actor John Carroll Lynch first caught the attention of moviegoers in 1996 when he played Frances McDormand’s husband in Fargo (“People don’t much use the three-cent stamp”). A native of Boulder, Colorado, Lynch spent the next decade popping up in supporting roles in a variety of films including Volcano, Face/Off, and Gothika. It was his chilling, scene-stealing turn in David Fincher’s Zodiac in 2007 that made moviegoers really take notice and when he went from being ‘that Norm Gunderson guy’ to ‘John Carroll Lynch, – dynamic character actor’. Lynch continued to impress in roles on the big screen in films like Gran Torino, Shutter Island, Jackie (where he played Lyndon Johnson), and The Founder, where he played one of the McDonald brothers. On the small screen he’s entertained audiences as John Wayne Gacy on American Horror Story and even had his own stand-alone episode of The Walking Dead.
- 9/27/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Director Rob Reiner has tackled the presidency before with 1995's The American President, and now he teams with Woody Harrelson in the biopic Lbj. Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice, Changeling) co-stars as John F. Kennedy and Jennifer Jason Leigh is Johnson's wife Lady Bird. Though the Kennedys have been immortalized on cinema (most notably with last year's [...]...
- 9/19/2017
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Lyndon Johnson, the 36th President of the United States, has appeared as a supporting character in many films, including 2016’s Jackie (where was played by John Carroll Lynch), Ava DuVernay’s Selma, which featured Tom Wilkinson in the role, and had more of a main part to play in the HBO movie All the Way, with Bryan Cranston.
Now it’s Johnson’s turn to get the big screen biopic treatment with Rob Reiner’s Lbj. Woody Harrelson, buried under a mountain of makeup, plays Johnson as he becomes vice president to John F. Kennedy (Jeffrey Donovan) and later becomes president after Kennedy is assassinated. Lots of wigs and over-the-top accents follow. Lbj also stars Richard Jenkins, Bill Pullman, Michael Stahl-David, Jeffrey Donovan, Doug McKeon, and Jennifer Jason Leigh as Johnson’s wife Lady Bird.
Lbj premiered almost a year ago at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival, where it barely made...
Now it’s Johnson’s turn to get the big screen biopic treatment with Rob Reiner’s Lbj. Woody Harrelson, buried under a mountain of makeup, plays Johnson as he becomes vice president to John F. Kennedy (Jeffrey Donovan) and later becomes president after Kennedy is assassinated. Lots of wigs and over-the-top accents follow. Lbj also stars Richard Jenkins, Bill Pullman, Michael Stahl-David, Jeffrey Donovan, Doug McKeon, and Jennifer Jason Leigh as Johnson’s wife Lady Bird.
Lbj premiered almost a year ago at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival, where it barely made...
- 7/29/2017
- by Chris Evangelista
- The Film Stage
The first trailer for Lbj has been released and it features Woody Harrelson in a very different role as he plays Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States. The movie comes from director by Rob Reiner (Misery, A Few Good Men, Stand By Me) and the biopic follows Johnson’s struggle as the vice president under John F. Kennedy. Of course that all changes after JFK is assassinated.
It's weird to see Harrelson in this role because, as you'll see, he completely transformers himself to become Lbj. It looks like he gives a great performance, but I've got to say that his Lbj makeover is a little distracting because I know it's Harrelson, but it looks nothing like him! Regardless of that, it still looks like a decent movie worth checking out.
“Lyndon Johnson (Woody Harrelson) goes from being a powerful Senate majority leader to a powerless...
It's weird to see Harrelson in this role because, as you'll see, he completely transformers himself to become Lbj. It looks like he gives a great performance, but I've got to say that his Lbj makeover is a little distracting because I know it's Harrelson, but it looks nothing like him! Regardless of that, it still looks like a decent movie worth checking out.
“Lyndon Johnson (Woody Harrelson) goes from being a powerful Senate majority leader to a powerless...
- 7/28/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Author: Zehra Phelan
Woody Harrelson becomes all presidential in the brand new trailer for the upcoming political drama centring on President Lyndon B. Johnson, Lbj.
Related: Woody Harrelson News
The American President and A Few Good Men helmer, Rob Reiner takes up the director’s chair for Lbj in a story that follows the rise of Lyndon B. Johnson senate leader to his time at the White House taking the vacant position of Us President after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Full Lbj Press Conference from Toronto
An almost unrecognisable Woody Harrelson takes the lead role as Lbj, with Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lady Bird Johnson, Richard Jenkins as Senator Richard Russell, Bill Pullman as Senator Ralph Yarborough and Michael Stahl-David as Bobby Kennedy all starring alongside.
The movie sees Harrelson as the powerful Senate Majority Leader who loses the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination to Senator John F. Kennedy (Donovan). He agrees,...
Woody Harrelson becomes all presidential in the brand new trailer for the upcoming political drama centring on President Lyndon B. Johnson, Lbj.
Related: Woody Harrelson News
The American President and A Few Good Men helmer, Rob Reiner takes up the director’s chair for Lbj in a story that follows the rise of Lyndon B. Johnson senate leader to his time at the White House taking the vacant position of Us President after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Full Lbj Press Conference from Toronto
An almost unrecognisable Woody Harrelson takes the lead role as Lbj, with Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lady Bird Johnson, Richard Jenkins as Senator Richard Russell, Bill Pullman as Senator Ralph Yarborough and Michael Stahl-David as Bobby Kennedy all starring alongside.
The movie sees Harrelson as the powerful Senate Majority Leader who loses the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination to Senator John F. Kennedy (Donovan). He agrees,...
- 7/28/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In the new trailer for Lbj, Woody Harrelson transforms into Lyndon Baines Johnson, the VP who became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy and was faced with the Vietnam War and also civil unrest. The film, directed by Rob Reiner, begins after then-Senate Majority Leader Johnson loses the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination to then Kennedy (Jeffrey Donovan) and then agrees to be his young rival's running mate. But once they win the election, despite his…...
- 7/27/2017
- Deadline
Woody Harrelson stars as the 36th Us President.
Electric Entertainment has set the North American theatrical release for Lbj for November 10, 2017.
The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Richard Jenkins, Bill Pullman, Jeffrey Donovan and Michael Stahl-David alongside Harrelson.
Lbj picks up the story as Senate majority Leader Lyndon Johnson loses the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination to Senator John F. Kennedy, played by Donovan.
Johnson agrees to be his young rival’s running mate. But once they win the election, despite his extensive legislative experience and shrewd political instincts, Johnson finds himself sidelined in the role of vice president.
That all changes on November 22, 1963, when Kennedy is assassinated and Johnson, with his devoted wife Lady Bird by his side, is suddenly thrust into the presidency.
As the nation mourns, Johnson must contend with longtime adversary and Attorney-General Bobby Kennedy and one-time mentor Georgia Senator Richard Russell as he...
Electric Entertainment has set the North American theatrical release for Lbj for November 10, 2017.
The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Richard Jenkins, Bill Pullman, Jeffrey Donovan and Michael Stahl-David alongside Harrelson.
Lbj picks up the story as Senate majority Leader Lyndon Johnson loses the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination to Senator John F. Kennedy, played by Donovan.
Johnson agrees to be his young rival’s running mate. But once they win the election, despite his extensive legislative experience and shrewd political instincts, Johnson finds himself sidelined in the role of vice president.
That all changes on November 22, 1963, when Kennedy is assassinated and Johnson, with his devoted wife Lady Bird by his side, is suddenly thrust into the presidency.
As the nation mourns, Johnson must contend with longtime adversary and Attorney-General Bobby Kennedy and one-time mentor Georgia Senator Richard Russell as he...
- 5/24/2017
- ScreenDaily
Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment announced today that it has acquired all rights for the U.S. and Canada for director Rob Reiner’s Lbj starring Woody Harrelson in the role of the bombastic 36th President.
The film also stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Richard Jenkins, Bill Pullman, Jeffrey Donovan and Michael Stahl-David, and was produced by Reiner, Matthew George, Liz Glotzer, Trevor White and Tim White. Lbj had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, and is set for a theatrical release in 2017.
The deal was brokered by Electric Entertainment’s Head of Domestic Distribution, Zac Reeder and by CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.
After powerful Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson (Woody Harrelson) loses the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination to Senator John F. Kennedy (Jeffrey Donovan), he agrees to be his young rival’s running mate. But once they win the election, despite his extensive legislative experience and shrewd political instincts,...
The film also stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Richard Jenkins, Bill Pullman, Jeffrey Donovan and Michael Stahl-David, and was produced by Reiner, Matthew George, Liz Glotzer, Trevor White and Tim White. Lbj had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, and is set for a theatrical release in 2017.
The deal was brokered by Electric Entertainment’s Head of Domestic Distribution, Zac Reeder and by CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.
After powerful Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson (Woody Harrelson) loses the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination to Senator John F. Kennedy (Jeffrey Donovan), he agrees to be his young rival’s running mate. But once they win the election, despite his extensive legislative experience and shrewd political instincts,...
- 5/2/2017
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The distributor plans a 2017 theatrical release.
Electric Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Lbj, Rob Reiner’s film starring Woody Harrelson as the 36th Us president.
The film premiered in Toronto last year and also stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Richard Jenkins, Bill Pullman, Jeffrey Donovan, and Michael Stahl-David.
Lbj picks up the story as Senate majority Leader Lyndon Johnson loses the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination to Senator John F. Kennedy, played by Donovan.
Johnson agrees to be his young rival’s running mate. But once they win the election, despite his extensive legislative experience and shrewd political instincts, Johnson finds himself sidelined in the role of vice-president.
That all changes on November 22, 1963, when Kennedy is assassinated and Johnson, with his devoted wife Lady Bird by his side, is suddenly thrust into the presidency.
As the nation mourns, Johnson must contend with longtime adversary and Attorney-General Bobby Kennedy and one-time mentor Georgia Senator Richard Russell as he seeks...
Electric Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Lbj, Rob Reiner’s film starring Woody Harrelson as the 36th Us president.
The film premiered in Toronto last year and also stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Richard Jenkins, Bill Pullman, Jeffrey Donovan, and Michael Stahl-David.
Lbj picks up the story as Senate majority Leader Lyndon Johnson loses the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination to Senator John F. Kennedy, played by Donovan.
Johnson agrees to be his young rival’s running mate. But once they win the election, despite his extensive legislative experience and shrewd political instincts, Johnson finds himself sidelined in the role of vice-president.
That all changes on November 22, 1963, when Kennedy is assassinated and Johnson, with his devoted wife Lady Bird by his side, is suddenly thrust into the presidency.
As the nation mourns, Johnson must contend with longtime adversary and Attorney-General Bobby Kennedy and one-time mentor Georgia Senator Richard Russell as he seeks...
- 5/2/2017
- ScreenDaily
Bryan Cranston won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series on Sunday for his portrayal of Lyndon B. Johnson in HBO’s “All the Way.” The SAG Award was Cranston’s fifth win, after winning for “Breaking Bad” and being a part of the cast of “Argo.”
“Thank you so much to all of our brothers and sisters in SAG-aftra. I am deeply honored,” Cranston said, adding that Robert Schenkkan’s “brilliant script made me feel like Lbj” and Jay Roach’s “sublime direction made me behave like him.”
Cranston also drew a connection between Johnson and current president Donald Trump. “I’m often asked how would Lyndon Johnson think about Donald Trump, and I honestly feel that 36 would put his arm around 45 and earnestly wish him success,” Cranston said. “He would also whisper in his ear something...
“Thank you so much to all of our brothers and sisters in SAG-aftra. I am deeply honored,” Cranston said, adding that Robert Schenkkan’s “brilliant script made me feel like Lbj” and Jay Roach’s “sublime direction made me behave like him.”
Cranston also drew a connection between Johnson and current president Donald Trump. “I’m often asked how would Lyndon Johnson think about Donald Trump, and I honestly feel that 36 would put his arm around 45 and earnestly wish him success,” Cranston said. “He would also whisper in his ear something...
- 1/30/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Zach Theatre is casting a union or nonunion actor to portray the supporting role of President Richard Nixon in the stage drama, “The Great Society,” centered upon a different president: Texas’ own Lyndon B. Johnson. The production seeks a male actor aged 50–60 to play Nixon who, during the play’s time period of 1965–68, will serve as the “next President of the United States.” The piece is the second Lbj drama by playwright Robert Schenkkan, who also penned 2014’s Tony-winning “All the Way,” which was subsequently adapted into an HBO film starring Bryan Cranston. Auditions will be held by appointment at Nola Studios in New York City, Dec. 16. A run is slated for Jan. 25–March 5, 2017 in Austin, Texas. To learn more about “The Great Society,” see the full listing here. And see more Texas opportunities in Backstage casting. For industry insight on nailing your next audition, check out Backstage’s YouTube channel!
- 12/8/2016
- backstage.com
Maybe you're thinking the last thing you want to see is a TV-movie–ish take on the life of Jacqueline Kennedy. Good news. Jackie is not a damn thing like that. There's hardly a conventional biopic minute in it. Instead, you get a spellbinding look at one of the planet's most famous women through the prism of what happens right after her husband is assassinated and she cradles his bullet-shattered head in her lap. Let me mention right of the gate that Natalie Portman, in a performance that tops her Oscar-winning role in Black Swan,...
- 11/30/2016
- Rollingstone.com
At the “Adam Ruins Everything Election Special” taping earlier this month in Los Angeles, even the warmup jokes had their eyes on politics. As standup comedian Jared Logan primed both the audience and the sound technicians for the ensuing show, he invited the audience to test laugh: “Imagine if Tim Kaine just told a joke.”
After 19 episodes of the truTV show already under their belts, Tuesday night’s special represents the most ambitious “Adam Ruins Everything” project yet: an hour-long examination (and in most cases, refutation) of some of the most commonly held refrains of this election cycle.
Read More: ‘Adam Ruins Everything’ With Research, and Adam Conover Likes It That Way
It’s the culmination of weeks of nationwide touring and refining, all done during the midst of production on this year’s batch of “Adam Ruins Everything” episodes, which have been airing since late August. Conover, along with...
After 19 episodes of the truTV show already under their belts, Tuesday night’s special represents the most ambitious “Adam Ruins Everything” project yet: an hour-long examination (and in most cases, refutation) of some of the most commonly held refrains of this election cycle.
Read More: ‘Adam Ruins Everything’ With Research, and Adam Conover Likes It That Way
It’s the culmination of weeks of nationwide touring and refining, all done during the midst of production on this year’s batch of “Adam Ruins Everything” episodes, which have been airing since late August. Conover, along with...
- 10/25/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Robert Schenkkan is a very sought screenwriter after the HBO’s All The Way and the upcoming anticipated Hacksaw Ridge will be in theaters next month.
Most recently, his movie adaptation All The Way was nominated for eight Primetime Emmys for HBO. The all-star cast drew praised for Bryan Cranston’s portrayal of former President Lyndon B. Johnson during his turbulent presidency during the civil rights movement after the JFK assassination.
As for Hacksaw Ridge, it marks the return of Mel Gibson in the director’s chair since Apocalypto in 2006. This story follows World War II Army medic Desmond T. Doss who managed to save many American soldiers in the Battle of Okinawa despite his refusal to kill people and carry a weapon. He became the first Conscientious Objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor in American history.
Schenkkan has a good writing resume for writing episodes for 2010’s The Pacific,...
Most recently, his movie adaptation All The Way was nominated for eight Primetime Emmys for HBO. The all-star cast drew praised for Bryan Cranston’s portrayal of former President Lyndon B. Johnson during his turbulent presidency during the civil rights movement after the JFK assassination.
As for Hacksaw Ridge, it marks the return of Mel Gibson in the director’s chair since Apocalypto in 2006. This story follows World War II Army medic Desmond T. Doss who managed to save many American soldiers in the Battle of Okinawa despite his refusal to kill people and carry a weapon. He became the first Conscientious Objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor in American history.
Schenkkan has a good writing resume for writing episodes for 2010’s The Pacific,...
- 10/10/2016
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
Lbj star talks politics, playing chess with Václav Havel and the possibility of donning Lycra.
Woody Harrelson arrives at Zurich Film Festival (Sept 22 - Oct 2) this week following strong notices for his portrayal of former Us president Lyndon Baines Johnson in Rob Reiner’s biopic Lbj, which debuted at Toronto International Film Festival.
The two-time Oscar nominee was in typically refreshing form when Screen caught up with him to talk about the film’s resonance with current political events in the Us, interacting with Bryan Cranston and the actor’s plans to direct a movie in London.
Screen: Congratulations on this performance, Woody. What drew you to the part?
The main thing was that I wanted to work with Rob. I think he’s one of our great filmmakers. It was Joey Hartstone’s script, too.
I wasn’t really a big fan of Lbj because of Vietnam, like a lot of people. But the more...
Woody Harrelson arrives at Zurich Film Festival (Sept 22 - Oct 2) this week following strong notices for his portrayal of former Us president Lyndon Baines Johnson in Rob Reiner’s biopic Lbj, which debuted at Toronto International Film Festival.
The two-time Oscar nominee was in typically refreshing form when Screen caught up with him to talk about the film’s resonance with current political events in the Us, interacting with Bryan Cranston and the actor’s plans to direct a movie in London.
Screen: Congratulations on this performance, Woody. What drew you to the part?
The main thing was that I wanted to work with Rob. I think he’s one of our great filmmakers. It was Joey Hartstone’s script, too.
I wasn’t really a big fan of Lbj because of Vietnam, like a lot of people. But the more...
- 9/27/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Lbj star talks politics, playing chess with Václav Havel and the possibility of donning lycra.
Woody Harrelson arrives at Zurich Film Festival (Sept 22 - Oct 2) this week following strong notices for his portrayal of former Us president Lyndon Baines Johnson in Rob Reiner’s biopic Lbj, which debuted at Toronto International Film Festival.
The two-time Oscar nominee was in typically refreshing form when Screen caught up with him to talk about the film’s resonance with current political events in the Us, interacting with Bryan Cranston and the actor’s plans to direct a movie in London.
Screen: Congratulations on this performance, Woody. What drew you to the part?
The main thing was that I wanted to work with Rob. I think he’s one of our great filmmakers. It was Joey Hartstone’s script, too.
I wasn’t really a big fan of Lbj because of Vietnam, like a lot of people. But the more...
Woody Harrelson arrives at Zurich Film Festival (Sept 22 - Oct 2) this week following strong notices for his portrayal of former Us president Lyndon Baines Johnson in Rob Reiner’s biopic Lbj, which debuted at Toronto International Film Festival.
The two-time Oscar nominee was in typically refreshing form when Screen caught up with him to talk about the film’s resonance with current political events in the Us, interacting with Bryan Cranston and the actor’s plans to direct a movie in London.
Screen: Congratulations on this performance, Woody. What drew you to the part?
The main thing was that I wanted to work with Rob. I think he’s one of our great filmmakers. It was Joey Hartstone’s script, too.
I wasn’t really a big fan of Lbj because of Vietnam, like a lot of people. But the more...
- 9/27/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Lbj star will write and direct London-set feature.
Lbj star Woody Harrelson is to make his directorial debut on feature Lost In London, which he has also written.
Harrelson revealed the project during an interview with Screen but the two-time Oscar nominee was coy on plot and production details.
Harrelson said he plans to make the feature after he has shot Lbj director Rob Reiner’s next movie Shock And Awe, about a group of myth-busting Us journalists who struggle to get their work published during George W Bush’s presidency.
“We’re playing journalists who wrote important articles about the absurdity of associating Saddam Hussein with Osama Bin Laden or trying to connect him to 9/11,” said Harrelson.
The prolific actor disclosed that his commitment to that project would make it impossible for him to take part in George Clooney’s Suburbicon.
Harrelson is at the Zurich Film Festival this week to promote biopic Lbj, in which...
Lbj star Woody Harrelson is to make his directorial debut on feature Lost In London, which he has also written.
Harrelson revealed the project during an interview with Screen but the two-time Oscar nominee was coy on plot and production details.
Harrelson said he plans to make the feature after he has shot Lbj director Rob Reiner’s next movie Shock And Awe, about a group of myth-busting Us journalists who struggle to get their work published during George W Bush’s presidency.
“We’re playing journalists who wrote important articles about the absurdity of associating Saddam Hussein with Osama Bin Laden or trying to connect him to 9/11,” said Harrelson.
The prolific actor disclosed that his commitment to that project would make it impossible for him to take part in George Clooney’s Suburbicon.
Harrelson is at the Zurich Film Festival this week to promote biopic Lbj, in which...
- 9/27/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Lyndon B. Johnson, the former President of the United States has been depicted several times on screen in recent years. Liev Schreiber took on the part in The Butler, while Tom Wilkinson depicted the politician in Selma. More recently Bryan Cranston gave it his best shot in All the Way, and now, in Rob […]
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- 9/19/2016
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Plot: The story of Lyndon Baines Johnson (Woody Harrelson) during the Kennedy years through to his eventual swearing-in as president following the JFK assassination, and his difficult first year in-office as he struggles to pass the Civil Rights Act. Review: Sitting through the end credits of Rob Reiner’s Lbj, I had to double-check the copyright date to make sure it was actually made in 2016 and not 1996.... Read More...
- 9/18/2016
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
There’s been no shortage of Lyndon B. Johnson depictions on film as of late, with Ava DuVernay capturing the 36th U.S. president as an arrogant man trying to diminish Mlk in Selma (as played by Tom Wilkinson), Bryan Cranston getting an Emmy nomination as Johnson in All The Way and, now, Rob Reiner directing Woody Harrelson in the makeup-heavy historical drama Lbj.
Having the actor play Lbj is somewhat of a curious choice, but it does work. He exudes playfulness, but also robust aggressiveness in his portrayal of a man that lost the presidential race to his nemesis JFK only to end up becoming vice president and, ultimately, the president after the assassination of JFK in Dallas. All doubt about whether or not Harrelson could pull it off is quickly diminished once he appears in the film’s very first frame. He not only embodies the mannerisms and social awkwardness of Johnson,...
Having the actor play Lbj is somewhat of a curious choice, but it does work. He exudes playfulness, but also robust aggressiveness in his portrayal of a man that lost the presidential race to his nemesis JFK only to end up becoming vice president and, ultimately, the president after the assassination of JFK in Dallas. All doubt about whether or not Harrelson could pull it off is quickly diminished once he appears in the film’s very first frame. He not only embodies the mannerisms and social awkwardness of Johnson,...
- 9/16/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
There are several reasons why Rob Reiner might not seem like the right guy to direct a movie about Lbj. For one thing, the filmmaker has always been an outspoken liberal. For another, it’s hard to imagine that a man whose recent output includes “Flipped” and “The Bucket List” has any interest in making a movie about real people, let alone someone so famous. (We’ll grant him “Being Charlie,” the intensely personal drama he made about his son earlier this year.)
But the most pressing reason why Reiner doesn’t seem like a natural fit for the subject is that we live in a world where actual politics are starting to feel more like the movies with every passing day, and this may not the best time for someone with such cartoonish sensibilities to revisit the beltway. After all, the climactic speech that Michael Douglas delivered at the...
But the most pressing reason why Reiner doesn’t seem like a natural fit for the subject is that we live in a world where actual politics are starting to feel more like the movies with every passing day, and this may not the best time for someone with such cartoonish sensibilities to revisit the beltway. After all, the climactic speech that Michael Douglas delivered at the...
- 9/16/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Everything you missed on day 8 of #TIFF16Everything you missed on day 8 of #TIFF16Adriana Floridia9/16/2016 10:28:00 Am
Last night at the Toronto International Film Festival, Rooney Mara, Vanessa Redgrave and Woody Harrelson attended their big ticket premieres at Roy Thompson Hall.
The Secret Scripture had its World Premiere, and stars Rooney Mara and Vanessa Redgrave joined director Jim Sheridan on stage to introduce their film which tells the story of an elderly woman's memoir that reveals an epic tale of her traumatic life before she was confined to a mental hospital.
Woody Harrelson is the latest actor to portray former American President Lyndon Baines Johnson in the new film Lbj directed by Rob Reiner. The film co-stars Jennifer Jason Leigh.
For more Tiff coverage, click here!
Last night at the Toronto International Film Festival, Rooney Mara, Vanessa Redgrave and Woody Harrelson attended their big ticket premieres at Roy Thompson Hall.
The Secret Scripture had its World Premiere, and stars Rooney Mara and Vanessa Redgrave joined director Jim Sheridan on stage to introduce their film which tells the story of an elderly woman's memoir that reveals an epic tale of her traumatic life before she was confined to a mental hospital.
Woody Harrelson is the latest actor to portray former American President Lyndon Baines Johnson in the new film Lbj directed by Rob Reiner. The film co-stars Jennifer Jason Leigh.
For more Tiff coverage, click here!
- 9/16/2016
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
Rob Reiner’s Lbj is set for its world premiere tonight at the Toronto International Film Festival, hopefully capping off a spectacular fest that has seen its fair share of Oscar-contenders. The movie stars Woody Harrelson as the acerbic President Lyndon Johnson, who served as Vice President under John Kennedy (Jeffrey Donovan) and finally became President himself following Kennedy’s assassination in November, 1963.
Native Texan Woody Harrelson seems an ideal actor for the role of Johnson, and he proves it in this most recent clip from Lbj. Recounting a childhood experience to some members of his staff, Harrelson draws out Lbj’s famous humor and insouciance, without making him seem like a caricature. That’s a hard line to walk, given the bravado of Johnson himself, but it appears that this actor is more than up for the task.
How far this film will go into Johnson’s legacy is an open question.
Native Texan Woody Harrelson seems an ideal actor for the role of Johnson, and he proves it in this most recent clip from Lbj. Recounting a childhood experience to some members of his staff, Harrelson draws out Lbj’s famous humor and insouciance, without making him seem like a caricature. That’s a hard line to walk, given the bravado of Johnson himself, but it appears that this actor is more than up for the task.
How far this film will go into Johnson’s legacy is an open question.
- 9/15/2016
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
Woody Harrelson arguably brings one of his strongest career roles in a new Lyndon B. Johnson bio-pic “Lbj”. The star digs deep – under layers of makeup and prosthetics – to play the 36th President of the United States on-screen. Combined with director Rob Reiner’s vision, Harrelson (“Cheers”, “The People vs. Larry Flynt”, “The Messenger”) […]...
- 9/15/2016
- by Jeremy Singer
- ET Canada
John F. Kennedy may have been the show horse with the vision, but Lyndon Baines Johnson was the work horse who put his game-changing ideas, notably the Civil Rights Act, into law, according to Rob Reiner’s fascinating but, alas, conventionally staged Lbj. The interest is in the performances, and though Woody Harrelson looks painfully unlike the 36th president despite tons of makeup, facial prosthetics and a toupee, his exuberant, foul-mouthed portrait of the powerhouse politician is the film's main strength. Ribald and vivid, he paints Johnson as an idealist by conviction and a skilled behind-the-scenes manipulator
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- 9/15/2016
- by Deborah Young
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Primed for its world premiere Thursday at the Toronto Film Festival, Rob Reiner’s new movie Lbj shows President Lyndon Johnson in a different light. In Lbj we not only see the man known for pushing through the most comprehensive civil rights bill in history, but also a President who was surprisingly insecure and more complicated than he appeared to the outside world. That is what attracted Reiner to the project in the first place, balancing what he called an…...
- 9/14/2016
- Deadline
Dci John Luther (Idris Elba) speaks in terse, staccato sentences, as if to match the impression his heavy gait and muscular frame leave on his interlocutors: “Aight mate?” the owner of a gangland watering hole asks him in the fourth installment of “Luther.” “Lookin’ a bit militant there.”
Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch), by contrast, speaks in stem-winding, breathless paragraphs, holding his reedy figure still as if to conserve energy for his acumen: “You’re clearly acclimatized to never getting to the end of a sentence,” he tells Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman) in “Sherlock: The Abominable Bride.” “We’ll get along splendidly.”
This battle of British detectives, in which we might include “The Night Manager”‘s Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston), recruited by British intelligence to infiltrate the inner circle of an international arms dealer (Hugh Laurie), points to a few of the complicating factors in the race for Outstanding...
Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch), by contrast, speaks in stem-winding, breathless paragraphs, holding his reedy figure still as if to conserve energy for his acumen: “You’re clearly acclimatized to never getting to the end of a sentence,” he tells Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman) in “Sherlock: The Abominable Bride.” “We’ll get along splendidly.”
This battle of British detectives, in which we might include “The Night Manager”‘s Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston), recruited by British intelligence to infiltrate the inner circle of an international arms dealer (Hugh Laurie), points to a few of the complicating factors in the race for Outstanding...
- 9/14/2016
- by Matt Brennan
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Among the movies for sale at this year’s Toronto Film Festival is Rob Reiner’s Lbj, a stirring biopic focusing on the achievements, insecurity and presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson. Woody Harrelson stars as the former President. It is the second major film project this year about Johnson after HBO’s All The Way, which was based on the Tony-winning play starring Bryan Cranston, who also won a Tony for his performance and now is responsible for one of film’s…...
- 9/9/2016
- Deadline
European premieres for Peter Berg’s Deepwater Horizon and Garth Davis’ Lion are among highlights.
The Zurich Film Festival, which has revealed its full line-up today, will screen a total of 172 productions from 36 countries, including 43 debut works, 17 world premieres and a record number of Swiss films.
Among the highlights of this year’s festival are the European premieres of Garth Davis’ Lion starring Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel alongside Rooney Mara and Nicole Kidman, which will open festival on Sept. 22; Peter Berg’s real-life oil catastrophe story Deepwater Horizon; and Lbj, Rob Reiner’s political biopic starring Woody Harrelson as the former Us president Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Among actors set to attend are Hugh Grant, Daniel Radcliffe, Woody Harrelson and Shailene Woodley while French director Olivier Assayas will be honored with a retrospective.
Deepwater Horizon producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura will also be honored with Zurich’s Golden Eye award for his life’s work. Regular guest Harvey Weinstein...
The Zurich Film Festival, which has revealed its full line-up today, will screen a total of 172 productions from 36 countries, including 43 debut works, 17 world premieres and a record number of Swiss films.
Among the highlights of this year’s festival are the European premieres of Garth Davis’ Lion starring Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel alongside Rooney Mara and Nicole Kidman, which will open festival on Sept. 22; Peter Berg’s real-life oil catastrophe story Deepwater Horizon; and Lbj, Rob Reiner’s political biopic starring Woody Harrelson as the former Us president Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Among actors set to attend are Hugh Grant, Daniel Radcliffe, Woody Harrelson and Shailene Woodley while French director Olivier Assayas will be honored with a retrospective.
Deepwater Horizon producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura will also be honored with Zurich’s Golden Eye award for his life’s work. Regular guest Harvey Weinstein...
- 9/8/2016
- ScreenDaily
Few film festivals in the world double as an acquisitions marketplace quite like the Toronto International Film Festival, which will screen more than 300 movies between September 8 and September 18. Most of these films have yet to land a U.S. distributor, and only a select group of titles will secure a distribution deal before the end of the fest.
Which movies are likely to be swarmed by buyers at Tiff 2016? Here are nine hot titles from the lineup that could be prime targets for acquisition execs.
“The Bad Batch”
Writer-director Ana Lily Amirpour’s follow-up to her hit debut “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” is billed as a “dystopian love story in a Texas wasteland.” The film follows a young girl named Samantha (Suki Waterhouse) who’s been banished from civilized society and ends up escaping from a community of cannibals. Produced by Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures, the film stars Keanu Reeves,...
Which movies are likely to be swarmed by buyers at Tiff 2016? Here are nine hot titles from the lineup that could be prime targets for acquisition execs.
“The Bad Batch”
Writer-director Ana Lily Amirpour’s follow-up to her hit debut “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” is billed as a “dystopian love story in a Texas wasteland.” The film follows a young girl named Samantha (Suki Waterhouse) who’s been banished from civilized society and ends up escaping from a community of cannibals. Produced by Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures, the film stars Keanu Reeves,...
- 9/7/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Every actor has to start somewhere! Before winning Emmys for his work on “Breaking Bad” or a Tony for playing President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson in “All the Way,” and even before he starred on “Malcolm in the Middle,” Bryan Cranston was dressing up in a skunk costume for a 1987 soap commercial. He’s a stinky skunk named Harry before his wife hands him a bar of Shield. Cranston’s reaction to seeing himself in the mirror alone makes this worth the watch! Read: “12 Sitcom Actors Who’ve Transitioned to Drama” Recently Cranston played Lbj for the TV movie adaptation of “All the Way,” which premiered on HBO in May, and was nominated for eight Emmys. He’ll next be playing the role of the villainous Zordon in the upcoming “Power Rangers” big-screen reboot. See the beginning of a great acting career below! Looking to jump start your career?...
- 8/19/2016
- backstage.com
Fox Searchlight will open Wilson in limited release on March 3, 2017.
Harrelson, who will next be seen as President Lyndon Johnson in next month’s world premiere of Lbj at Toronto, plays a neurotic misanthrope who reunites with his estranged wife and learns he has a teenage daughter.
Craig Johnson directs from a screenplay by Daniel Clowes and the cast includes Laura Dern, Judy Greer, Cheryl Hines and Isabella Amara.
Harrelson, who will next be seen as President Lyndon Johnson in next month’s world premiere of Lbj at Toronto, plays a neurotic misanthrope who reunites with his estranged wife and learns he has a teenage daughter.
Craig Johnson directs from a screenplay by Daniel Clowes and the cast includes Laura Dern, Judy Greer, Cheryl Hines and Isabella Amara.
- 8/3/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Antoine Fuqua's western remake "The Magnificent Seven" will serve as the opening night film of the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival which starts in early September. Additionally, the Hailee Steinfeld-led and Kelly Fremon Craig-directed "The Edge of Seventeen" will be the closing night film. Films set to premiere at the fest this year include:
Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi drama "Arrival"
Jeff Nichols' interracial drama "Loving"
Peter Berg's oil rig disaster film "Deepwater Horizon"
Tom Ford's "Nocturnal Animals" with Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal
Christopher Guest's latest mockumentary "Mascots"
Damien Chazelle's Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone-led "La La Land"
Andrea Arnold's Cannes winner "American Honey"
Disney and Mira Nair's "Queen of Katwe" with David Oyelowo and Lupita Nyong'o
Rob Reiner's Presidential film "Lbj" with Woody Harrelson as Lyndon Johnson
Nate Parker's slave rebellion drama "The Birth of a Nation"
Werner Herzog's...
Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi drama "Arrival"
Jeff Nichols' interracial drama "Loving"
Peter Berg's oil rig disaster film "Deepwater Horizon"
Tom Ford's "Nocturnal Animals" with Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal
Christopher Guest's latest mockumentary "Mascots"
Damien Chazelle's Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone-led "La La Land"
Andrea Arnold's Cannes winner "American Honey"
Disney and Mira Nair's "Queen of Katwe" with David Oyelowo and Lupita Nyong'o
Rob Reiner's Presidential film "Lbj" with Woody Harrelson as Lyndon Johnson
Nate Parker's slave rebellion drama "The Birth of a Nation"
Werner Herzog's...
- 7/26/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
After highlighting the best films of the year thus far, it’s time to turn our attention to the fall. While Venice and Telluride will get things going, the biggest seasonal event is easily the Toronto International Film Festival. With hundreds of titles from around the globe on its slate, many of our yearly favorites debut there and we’ll be covering in-depth yet again this year. To get a preview of what to expect, they’ve announced their initial line-up of titles.
The slate includes Tom Ford‘s Nocturnal Animals, Denis Villeneuve‘s Arrival, Damien Chazelle‘s La La Land, Kim Ji-woon‘s The Age of Shadows, Ewan McGregor‘s American Pastoral, the Miles Teller-led Bleed for This, Denial starring Rachel Weisz, Christopher Guest‘s Mascots, Werner Herzog‘s Salt and Fire, the Michael Fassbender-led Trespass Against Us, Una starring Rooney Mara, Rob Reiner‘s Lbj, A Monster Calls,...
The slate includes Tom Ford‘s Nocturnal Animals, Denis Villeneuve‘s Arrival, Damien Chazelle‘s La La Land, Kim Ji-woon‘s The Age of Shadows, Ewan McGregor‘s American Pastoral, the Miles Teller-led Bleed for This, Denial starring Rachel Weisz, Christopher Guest‘s Mascots, Werner Herzog‘s Salt and Fire, the Michael Fassbender-led Trespass Against Us, Una starring Rooney Mara, Rob Reiner‘s Lbj, A Monster Calls,...
- 7/26/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Woody Harrelson is in negotiations to re-team with director Rob Reiner and writer Joey Hartstone on the Iraq war pic Shock And Awe. The trio recently finished working together on Lbj, which follows the story of former U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House. Written by Reiner's Lbj screenwriter Hartstone — himself generating significant heat in the marketplace — the politically charged Shock And Awe centers on a…...
- 7/12/2016
- Deadline
Jay Roach for President.
HBO’s gripping docudrama “All the Way” chronicled the ruthlessness of American politics, as captured within a tumultuous eight months during the term of President Lyndon B. Johnson. But behind the scenes, under Roach’s administration, the production couldn’t have been more idyllic.
In the movie, Johnson fights hard to bring more equality to America. On set, Roach, who directed the film, was effortless in creating a more perfect union.
“Jay is like this with everybody,” Bradley Whitford, who played Hubert Humphrey, told IndieWire. “He doesn’t treat the craft services guy any differently than he treats me. One of my pet peeves about Hollywood is that it’s full of lefty, ‘fancy yourself a humanist’ liberals like me and then you get on a movie set and it’s like a 15th century serfdom. People are treating other people like shit because they’re...
HBO’s gripping docudrama “All the Way” chronicled the ruthlessness of American politics, as captured within a tumultuous eight months during the term of President Lyndon B. Johnson. But behind the scenes, under Roach’s administration, the production couldn’t have been more idyllic.
In the movie, Johnson fights hard to bring more equality to America. On set, Roach, who directed the film, was effortless in creating a more perfect union.
“Jay is like this with everybody,” Bradley Whitford, who played Hubert Humphrey, told IndieWire. “He doesn’t treat the craft services guy any differently than he treats me. One of my pet peeves about Hollywood is that it’s full of lefty, ‘fancy yourself a humanist’ liberals like me and then you get on a movie set and it’s like a 15th century serfdom. People are treating other people like shit because they’re...
- 6/23/2016
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
“I knew there was a cinematic way to bring you intimately into Johnson’s anxiety dream,” reveals director/producer Jay Roach as we chat via webcam (watch above) about the depiction of president Lyndon B. Johnson in the HBO’s telefilm “All the Way.” He candidly discusses this adaptation of Robert Schenkkan‘s Tony-winning play about the first years of Lbj’s presidency. “He […]...
- 6/16/2016
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Steven Spielberg and his Amblin Entertainment are producing a new film project that centers on news reporter Walter Cronkite and the Vietnam War. According to Deadline, Spielberg'sBridge of Spies screenwriter Matt Charman pitched the film and is also writing the script.
According to the report, the story focuses on "Cronkite’s relationship with the Vietnam War and the role that America’s most trusted newsman played in turning public opinion against the increasingly un-winnable conflict. So influential was the CBS Evening News anchor that then-President Lyndon Baines Johnson is believed to have remarked, 'If I’ve lost Walter Cronkite, I’ve lost middle America.'"
Spielberg is only attached as a producer on the project. He's currently prepping to shoot Ready Player One, and after that he's looking to direct a film called The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara with his Bridge of Spies and The Bfg star Mark Rylance. That movie tells the story of a young Jewish boy in Bologna, Italy in 1858 who, "having been secretly baptized, is forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. His parents’ struggle to free their son becomes part of a larger political battle that pits the Papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification."
If Spielberg can make room in his schedule after the script is written, there's a chance that he could end up directing the Walter Cronkite film. I know a few bits and pieces about Cronkite and the Vietnam War, but in case you're wondering a little more about the role the reporter played during the war, the report offers the following:
1968 was a year of great upheaval in the U.S., with the assassinations of Dr Martin Luther King and Senator Robert F. Kennedy; the violence witnessed at the Democratic convention in Chicago and, of course, the ongoing war in Vietnam. Cronkite had already journeyed to Vietnam once before in 1965 in a carefully stage-managed visit designed to prove to him and other attending media that progress was being made. In 1968, however, Cronkite returned to South East Asia to see the war for himself and the consequences of the Tet Offensive. What he found convinced him, in his own words during his special report, to say, “It seems now, more certain than ever, that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate.” That devastating sentence shifted the tide of public opinion against the war and only weeks later Lbj announced he would not be running for re-election in that year’s Presidential race.That moment also revolutionised network news in America. It was arguably the first-ever editorialised, opinionated report on U.S. televised news, heralding the age- years later- of the 24-hour-news cycle and mass media machine around us today.
This is one of those film projects that has Oscar nominations written all over it, so it might be in Spielberg's best interest to direct it if he's able to.
According to the report, the story focuses on "Cronkite’s relationship with the Vietnam War and the role that America’s most trusted newsman played in turning public opinion against the increasingly un-winnable conflict. So influential was the CBS Evening News anchor that then-President Lyndon Baines Johnson is believed to have remarked, 'If I’ve lost Walter Cronkite, I’ve lost middle America.'"
Spielberg is only attached as a producer on the project. He's currently prepping to shoot Ready Player One, and after that he's looking to direct a film called The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara with his Bridge of Spies and The Bfg star Mark Rylance. That movie tells the story of a young Jewish boy in Bologna, Italy in 1858 who, "having been secretly baptized, is forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. His parents’ struggle to free their son becomes part of a larger political battle that pits the Papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification."
If Spielberg can make room in his schedule after the script is written, there's a chance that he could end up directing the Walter Cronkite film. I know a few bits and pieces about Cronkite and the Vietnam War, but in case you're wondering a little more about the role the reporter played during the war, the report offers the following:
1968 was a year of great upheaval in the U.S., with the assassinations of Dr Martin Luther King and Senator Robert F. Kennedy; the violence witnessed at the Democratic convention in Chicago and, of course, the ongoing war in Vietnam. Cronkite had already journeyed to Vietnam once before in 1965 in a carefully stage-managed visit designed to prove to him and other attending media that progress was being made. In 1968, however, Cronkite returned to South East Asia to see the war for himself and the consequences of the Tet Offensive. What he found convinced him, in his own words during his special report, to say, “It seems now, more certain than ever, that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate.” That devastating sentence shifted the tide of public opinion against the war and only weeks later Lbj announced he would not be running for re-election in that year’s Presidential race.That moment also revolutionised network news in America. It was arguably the first-ever editorialised, opinionated report on U.S. televised news, heralding the age- years later- of the 24-hour-news cycle and mass media machine around us today.
This is one of those film projects that has Oscar nominations written all over it, so it might be in Spielberg's best interest to direct it if he's able to.
- 6/15/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Memorial Day is that time Americans set aside each year to remember and honor the sacrifices of our fallen military veterans. But it's also a day off from work, and for those who want to spend the day in front of their TV without feeling unpatriotic or ungrateful — relax, we've got you've covered. We've scoured the streaming services and digital rental outlets, and we've found nine movies (and one mini-series) that'll fill your entire holiday with thoughtful, provocative, appropriate entertainment. By the time you're done, our nation's fighting forces may...
- 5/30/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Lbj in the form of Bryan Cranston came ‘all the way’ to Deadline’s all day first-ever Contenders Emmys event at the DGA Theatre last month. Kicking off the day were director Jay Roach, actor Anthony Mackie who plays Martin Luther King Jr, and Bryan Cranston recreating his Tony Award-winning role of President Lyndon Johnson in HBO’s TV movie version of the Broadway play, All The Way. The film just premiered over the weekend on HBO to sterling reviews. At the Contenders…...
- 5/24/2016
- Deadline TV
As far as politicians go, Lyndon Baines Johnson was the boss hog. Just as he had in his days in the Senate, President Johnson would take to strong-arming his agenda past any suit unlucky enough to cross him, using everything from trapping folks in an elevator to whipping out his own President Johnson (aka “Jumbo”) and waving it at adversaries to imaginably stupefying effect.
Thankfully, there’s no appearances by the Executive Branch in All the Way, Jay Roach’s adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan, airing Saturday on HBO. The story follows Johnson, here played by Bryan Cranston, over his year-long “first term” as president, from Parkland in ‘63 to the polls in ‘64, mostly eyeing his role in passing the latter year’s Civil Rights Act. No shortage of gushing will be given to Cranston for “resurrecting” or “disappearing into” Lbj (he won a Tony for it on Broadway,...
Thankfully, there’s no appearances by the Executive Branch in All the Way, Jay Roach’s adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan, airing Saturday on HBO. The story follows Johnson, here played by Bryan Cranston, over his year-long “first term” as president, from Parkland in ‘63 to the polls in ‘64, mostly eyeing his role in passing the latter year’s Civil Rights Act. No shortage of gushing will be given to Cranston for “resurrecting” or “disappearing into” Lbj (he won a Tony for it on Broadway,...
- 5/21/2016
- by Joe Incollingo
- We Got This Covered
Accidental president. Vietnam. Civil Rights Act. Bully. This is Lyndon B. Johnson’s legacy, or at least how he’s often remembered. New HBO film All the Way seeks to illuminate many sides of the man who stepped into the highest office in the land after John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Bryan Cranston plays Lbj in the film, premiering on HBO tonight, following his Tony-winning turn as the president in All the Way on Broadway. After he’d already done extensive research and study of the play’s text (itself thoroughly researched by playwright Robert Schenkkan), Cranston went on a second visit to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, TX, and that’s where the person of Lbj really clicked for the actor. “The character is always outside of you until you hopefully allow it to seep in. Then it becomes a part of you,” Cranston told HitFix.
- 5/21/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
“The Democratic Party just lost the South for the rest of my lifetime, and maybe yours,” President Lyndon B. Johnson tells Vice President Hubert Humphrey ebullient about civil rights gains. “What the f–k are you so happy about?” Such was the style of Lbj, the profane, bullying, politically calculating 36th president of the United States. In an earlier time of congressional gridlock, Johnson — by turns charming and tyrannical, jovial and autocratic — practiced an in-your-face style of politics that frustrated and terrified adversaries and allies alike in the year after the Kennedy assassination. HBO’s “All the Way” revisits the civil.
- 5/19/2016
- by Michael E. Ross
- The Wrap
He's the Secret Service agent who became part of history on November 22, 1963, when he threw his body over President Kennedy and the First Lady, hoping to spare their lives with his own. While Clint Hill's heroic actions were memorialized in the Zapruder film of the assassination, he was haunted by the President's death for many years. "It was a failure on our part as agents and that ate at me for the rest of my life," he says. "It still does." Forever associated with the Kennedys, Hill also had the extraordinary responsibility of serving four other presidents over a 17 year career.
- 5/3/2016
- by Liz McNeil, @lizmcneil
- PEOPLE.com
He's the Secret Service agent who became part of history on November 22, 1963, when he threw his body over President Kennedy and the First Lady, hoping to spare their lives with his own. While Clint Hill's heroic actions were memorialized in the Zapruder film of the assassination, he was haunted by the President's death for many years. "It was a failure on our part as agents and that ate at me for the rest of my life," he says. "It still does." Forever associated with the Kennedys, Hill also had the extraordinary responsibility of serving four other presidents over a 17 year career.
- 5/3/2016
- by Liz McNeil, @lizmcneil
- PEOPLE.com
All the Way premieres Sunday, May 21 at 8/7Ct on HBO. Forty-seven years after he left the White House, Lyndon Baines Johnson is having something of a renaissance. Most of us know “Lbj” as the droning, jowly Texan who became president when Lee Harvey Oswald trained his gun on John F. Kennedy and quashed America’s Camelot dreams. What you recall from there (if you recall a single thing) depends on your age, your race, your geography … maybe your family ties. But not a day goes by that you aren’t affected by Johnson’s policies, the social-minded core of which is ground zero … Continue reading →
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- 5/1/2016
- by Lori Acken
- ChannelGuideMag
When it came to transferring Robert Schenkkan’s All The Way about President Lyndon B. Johnson, executive producer Steven Spielberg gave the writer and director Jay Roach one big note when adapting the play to the small screen: “Commit to the quiet moments,” remembered Roach. The play, which earned Bryan Cranston a Tony award for his turn as Lbj, had the bulk of its action take place at center stage, with Cranston surrounded by the seats of Congress. Various characters in…...
- 1/8/2016
- Deadline TV
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