memories from the set of Warm Springs

Warm Springs                                                                                
HBO Premier April 30th, 2005 at 8 pm

In the emotionally-riveting bio-drama, Franklin Delano Roosevelt struggles against the crippling effects of polio in Warm Springs, a southern resort that has fallen on hard times and through the process finds his political soul. Starring Keneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, Jane Alexander, Tim Blake Nelson, Kathy Bates and introducing Shawn Murray as a poor mother.

Written by Margaret Nagel and directed by Emmy award-winner Joseph Sargent ("Something the Lord Made").

He was the only U.S. President to be re-elected three times, and is admired for his leadership during some of this nation's most challenging times, most notably World War II and the Great Depression. Despite these historic accomplishments, many Americans at the time were unaware of Franklin Roosevelt's greatest achievement-overcoming polio. Starring Kenneth Branagh (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City), and Kathy Bates (About Schmidt), this inspiring, true story reveals one man's secret quest for hope during his darkest days, in a place that would serve as his source of strenght for the rest of his life.
   

Shawn Murray playing a poor mother in the one room school-house graduation scene.


 

Kenneth Branagh & Cynthia Nixon as
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the First Lady


 

Shawn & friend on the set of Warm Springs
 

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