The first trailer for the plaid-tastic Bill Murray’s turn as U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt has wheeled its way onto the Internet – because of all the polio – and it looks like the most fun you could possibly have (I sound like I’m writing from the 1930s here) with an historical drama. The official synopsis dictates that:
In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor host the King and Queen of England for a weekend at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on Hudson, in upstate New York – the first-ever visit of a reigning English monarch to America. With Britain facing imminent war with Germany, the Royals are desperately looking to FDR for support. But international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR’s domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal weekend an unforgettable one. Seen through the eyes of Daisy, Franklin’s neighbor and intimate, the weekend will produce not only a special relationship between two great nations, but, for Daisy – and through her, for us all – a deeper understanding of the mysteries of love and friendship.
Aww! That all sounds swell, and the film also stars a whole bunch of wonderful (again with the 1930s tone) actors including Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Samuel West, and Olivia Colman and will be out in time for Awards Season.
I’m getting in early and calling Bill Murray this year’s Jeff Bridges/Colin Firth.
Via Collider
