Kenneth Branagh and Cynthia Nixon in Warm Springs (2005)

Warm Springs

TV Movie2005• Not Rated• 2h 1m
BiographyDrama
⭐ 7.4 / 10(3,557)

The stirring true story of Franklin D. Roosevelt's battle with polio in 1921.

Rated
Not Rated
Runtime
2h 1m
Released
2005
Country
United States

Details

Release year: 2005

Storyline

The stirring true story of Franklin D. Roosevelt's battle with polio in 1921.

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Cast
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Awards

5 wins & 11 nominations

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Did you know

• Most of the actors and actresses playing disabled people in this movie are actually disabled, including "I Won't Dance" cast member Teal Sherer.

• The cottage in Warm Springs in which FDR stays was filmed at one of the real cottages in which Franklin D. Roosevelt actually stayed.

• The swimming pool in which Sir Kenneth Branagh and the actors and actresses who play the Warm Springs patients swim is the actual pool in which Franklin D. Roosevelt and the real patients swam, and the water is the same mineral water that was used in the pool. The pool was especially refurbished for this movie.

User reviews

⭐ 8/10

It's not a political biography

👍 17 · 5/16/2005
⭐ 6/10

Realistic up to a point

👍 33 · 10/15/2005
⭐ 8/10

I only wish it was truer to the facts

👍 9 · 7/4/2013

Technical specs

Aspect ratio
1.78 : 1
Color
Black and White, Color
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