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Warm Springs

2005 · 121 min

A sincere, slow-burning portrait of resilience that balances physical struggle with quiet hope, anchored by a commanding lead performance.

Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Genres: Drama, Tv movie
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, David Paymer

Tagline: The greatest challenge FDR faced was the one we never saw.
Overview: Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.

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Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Genres: Drama, Tv movie
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, David Paymer

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: healing
identity
isolation
family
ambition
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, tv movie
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Written by: Margaret Nagle
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, David Paymer, Tim Blake Nelson, Matt O'Leary, Matt Malloy, Andy Davoli, Nelsan Ellis
Music: Bruce Broughton
Runtime: 121 min
Languages: English

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