Hyde Park on Hudson (Bilingual) [DVD]

Features

• Type: DVD
• Studio: Focus Features
• Language(s): english, french
• Subtitle(s): spanish, french
• Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: english
• Director(s): Roger Michell
• Actor(s): Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Samuel West, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Marvel, Olivia Williams, Elizabeth Wilson

In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Academy Award® nominee Bill Murray) and his wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams) host the King and Queen of England (Samuel West and Olivia Colman) 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 (Academy Award® nominee Laura Linney), 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. ------------------ En juin 1939, le président Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Bill Murray) et sa femme Eleanor (Olivia Williams) reçoivent le roi et la reine d?Angleterre (Samuel West et Olivia Colman) pour une fin de semaine à la résidence des Roosevelt d?Hyde Park sur l'Hudson, dans l?État de New York - la première visite en Amérique d?un monarque anglais régnant. Alors que l?Angleterre fait face à une guerre imminente avec l?Allemagne, les monarques cherchent désespérément le soutien du président. Cependant, les affaires internationales sont entremêlées avec celles de la résidence du président alors que sa mère, sa femme ainsi que ses maîtresses s'accordent pour faire de cette visite royale un week-end inoubliable! President Franklin D. Roosevelt, incarnated in the person of Bill Murray, is spending another summer at Hyde Park in upper New York State. Distant cousin and near neighbor Daisy (Laura Linney) is summoned to the president's house to--well, we're not sure at first, except to keep FDR company in some vague way, maybe take his mind off the worries of global statesmanship. This sounds innocuous, or maybe it doesn't, especially as we become aware that Franklin is a man who enjoys showing his stamp collection to women other than his wife Eleanor (the excellent Olivia Williams). If you know what we mean. (Daisy was a real person, who left behind a batch of diaries and letters describing her closeness to FDR after she died in 1991.) Hyde Park on Hudson takes an odd tone toward this situation, which unfolds against a visit to Hyde Park from the British royal couple, George VI and Elizabeth (Samuel West and Olivia Colman). It's whimsical, for sure, but with a slightly seamy undertone as regards the prez and his receptiveness to sexual attention. Meanwhile, Murray's jovial presence doesn't really suggest the Roosevelt whose political savvy would shape the world, with the exception of one charming wee-hours sequence between king and president during which the two men share a few drinks and some mutual sounding-out. The movie's an odd sort of non-event, even if the circumstances play out on a very important stage. --Robert Horton Special Features ? Deleted Scenes ? A Look Inside Hyde Park On Hudson ? First Days ? Feature Commentary w/Director Roger Michell and Producer Kevin Loader