Hyde Park on Hudson

 

Hyde Park on Hudson

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Hyde Park on Hudson
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Roger Michell
Produced by	David Aukin Kevin Loader
Screenplay by	Richard Nelson
Starring	Bill Murray Laura Linney
Music by	Jeremy Sams
Cinematography	Lol Crawley
Editing by	Nicolas Gaster
Studio	Film Four Free Range Films Daybreak Pictures
Distributed by	Walmark Films (US) McWalker Pictures
Release date(s)	31 August 2012 (2012-08-31) (Telluride) 7 December 2012 (2012-12-07) (United States)
Running time	95 minutes[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	$3,209,885

Hyde Park on Hudson is a 2012 British biographical comedy-drama film directed by Roger Michell. The film stars Bill Murray and Laura Linney as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Margaret Suckley, respectively. It was based on Margaret Suckley’s private journals and diaries discovered after Suckley's death,^[2][3][4] about her love affair with and intimate details about President Franklin D. Roosevelt.^[3][4]

 

Plot

 

^{In June 1939, King George VI and his wife, the Queen Consort Elizabeth (parents of the current Queen Elizabeth II) made a visit to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's country estate in Hyde Park, New York. At the same time, the President was growing closer to his sixth cousin[5] and eventual mistress, Margaret Suckley.[6] No British monarch had ever visited the U.S. before, and Roosevelt hoped to bolster American support for the United Kingdom on the eve of World War II, which broke out less than three months later.[7][8][9][10]}