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DVD Reviews
I enjoyed this TV Movie a lot. HBO always does great
films, series and documentaries. This story concentrates on
LBJ's life after Kennedy got assassinated and before he got
elected. It's a nice slice of history. They researched it
well and used real events and dialogue, some of which I
recognized from TV news and documentaries. I'm sure you know
by now that Bryan Cranston is an amazing actor, and no less
so here as LBJ. Of course, he's much better looking than LBJ
ever was, even with some makeup and prosthetics here to make
him look more like LBJ. The real LBJ was pretty ugly. All of
the actors do a very good job, and you'll recognize many
familiar faces, such as Melissa Leo, Frank Langella, Bradley
Whitford and others. Anthony Mackie is particularly good as
Dr. Marthin Luther King, Jr.
I can't speak for how
historically accurate it is, overall. However, there was one
part I didn't like. When they showed the black delegation at
the convention, who wanted to have a vote, and Johnson tried
to get them the vote as "delegates at large," the movie made
it sound like Johnson won that battle by convincing Georgia
to stay. However, he lost that and they didn't get to vote.
I thought it was a little odd that they didn't make it clear
that it was a loss, not a win.
Anyone who's not that
familiar with LBJ might be a little bit shocked by some of
the things he says. He was quite a character and was not shy
about talking about body parts or even displaying them
sometimes in public. You should definitely check out this
movie if you missed it on HBO.
There are 2 good
features on the DVD about the making of the movie. One is
about the makeup they used on Bryan Cranston, and the other
is just a behind-the-scenes feature about making the movie.
I wish there were more! But it's still worth buying.
MORE INFORMATION:
ALL THE WAY
Nominated for 8 Emmy
Awards® Including
Outstanding
Television Movie &
Outstanding Actor –
Bryan Cranston
DVD with Digital HD
& Blu-ray® with
Digital HD will
street on September
6, 2016
“Until justice is
blind to color,
until education is
unaware of race,
until opportunity is
unconcerned with the
color of men’s
skins, emancipation
will be a
proclamation, but
not a fact.” --
Lyndon B. Johnson. HBO
Home Entertainment
proudly presents the
July 11th
Digital HD and
September 6th DVD
with Digital HD and
Blu-ray with Digital
HD release of the
critically
acclaimed All
the Way. Following
its critically
acclaimed,
award-winning
Broadway run, All
the Way (starring
four-time Emmy®
winner Bryan
Cranston who
reprises his Tony
Award-winning role,
is a riveting
behind-the-scenes
look at President
Lyndon B. Johnson’s
(LBJ)
tumultuous first
year in office in
the wake of
President Kennedy’s
assassination.Bonus
material on both
sets a Historical
Featurette and Bryan
Cranston’s
Transformative Video
becoming
LBJ.
Hailed as
“dramatically
dazzling” (Baltimore
Sun) and
“powerful” (Chicago
Sun-Times), All
the Way was
nominated for eight
2016 Emmy Awards®
including
Outstanding
Television Movie,
Outstanding Lead
Actor in a Limited
Series or Movie
(Bryan Cranston, who
reprises his Tony®
Award winning role).
The film follows
LBJ
during his early
administration, as
he stakes his
presidency on what
would be an
historic,
unprecedented Civil
Rights Act. Johnson
finds himself caught
between the moral
imperative of Dr.
Martin Luther King,
Jr. and the
expectations of the
southern Democratic
Party leaders who
brought Johnson to
power. As King
battles to press
Johnson while
controlling more
radical elements of
the Civil Rights
movement, Johnson
navigates the bill
through Congress,
winning a landslide
victory against
Barry Goldwater, but
causing the South to
defect from the
Democratic Party.
Co-starring with
Cranston are Anthony
Mackie (Martin
Luther King, Jr.),
Melissa Leo (Lady
Bird Johnson),
Bradley Whitford
(Hubert Humphrey)
and Frank Langella
(Sen. Richard
Russell). Additional
cast members include
Joe Morton (Roy
Wilkins), Stephen
Root (J. Edgar
Hoover), Marque
Richardson (Bob
Moses), Aisha Hinds
(Fanny Lou Hamer),
Todd Weeks (Walter
Jenkins), Mo McRae
(Stokely Carmichael)
and Spencer Garrett
(Walter Reuther).
The film was
directed by Jay
Roach (Emmy® winner
for HBO’s Game
Change and Recount)
from a screenplay by
Robert Schenkkan
(Pulitzer Prize
winner for “The
Kentucky Cycle”;
two-time Emmy®
nominee and Writers
Guild Award winner
for HBO’s The
Pacific), who
has adapted his Tony
Award-winning play
of the same name.
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