My wife and I watched this at home on DVD from our public library. A gripping movie from beginning to end, kudos for letting us see a bit more inside the iconic LBJ.
I was a freshman in college in 1963 when the key events occurred, President Kennedy was killed in Dallas then the Vice President, LBJ, was sworn is as the new POTUS. As a young man I didn't pay too much attention to who this LBJ was but over the years I have heard that he was a relentless deal-maker and used a very forceful style to get things done.
Woody Harrelson with appropriate makeup and prosthetics is in the role of LBJ, Lyndon B. Johnson, and he carries it very well. Harrelson has a very distinctive voice and early on all I saw was Woody, but as the movie moved along I started to actually see LBJ. This will not be a problem for the younger audience who never had any appreciable exposure to the real LBJ.
All in all a totally enjoyable movie of an interesting and seminal time in the history of the USA, his first great achievement was pushing through one of Kennedy's prime focuses and having the Civil Rights Bill passed.
I was a freshman in college in 1963 when the key events occurred, President Kennedy was killed in Dallas then the Vice President, LBJ, was sworn is as the new POTUS. As a young man I didn't pay too much attention to who this LBJ was but over the years I have heard that he was a relentless deal-maker and used a very forceful style to get things done.
Woody Harrelson with appropriate makeup and prosthetics is in the role of LBJ, Lyndon B. Johnson, and he carries it very well. Harrelson has a very distinctive voice and early on all I saw was Woody, but as the movie moved along I started to actually see LBJ. This will not be a problem for the younger audience who never had any appreciable exposure to the real LBJ.
All in all a totally enjoyable movie of an interesting and seminal time in the history of the USA, his first great achievement was pushing through one of Kennedy's prime focuses and having the Civil Rights Bill passed.