"The American Experience"
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (1996)

Regisseur:

David Grubin

Drehbuchautoren:

David Grubin (writer)
Geoffrey C. Ward (writer)

TV-Serie:

"The American Experience" (1988)

Erstausstrahlung:

6. Oktober 1996

Genre:

Dokumentarfilm | Biographie | Historienfilm

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Acronym In Title | Character Name In Title | Reenactment | Public Media | Anthology

Nutzerkommentare:

Good documentary

Besetzung

John Morton Blum	...	Himself
John Milton Cooper	...	Himself
Edith Derby Williams	...	Herself
John Gable	...	Himself
William Harbaugh	...	Himself
Nancy Jackson	...	Herself
Walter LaFeber	...	Himself
David McCullough	...	Himself
Jason Robards	...	Narrator
Theodore Roosevelt IV	...	Himself
Kermit Roosevelt	...	Himself
P. James Roosevelt	...	Himself
Theodore Roosevelt	...	Himself (archive footage)
Tweed Roosevelt	...	Himself
Jean Strouse	...	Herself
William Howard Taft	...	Himself (archive footage)

Länge:

UK:110 Min (2 parts)

Produktionsland:

USA | Canada

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss | Farbe | Schwarzweiss (archive footage)

Drehorte:

Badlands, North Dakota, USA

Good documentary

The title is actually, "TR: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt." It is part of PBS's American Experience series.

I enjoyed it, even though it runs around 4 hours. TR was an especially energetic president and would most likely be an Independent today. He romanticized war (a Republican characteristic), but supported labor (Democratic). He was chauvinistic, but a conservationist and did more to preserve land and parks and animals than probably anyone.

Grubin (the director) left out a good deal of history, but at 4 hours I suppose he had to leave out a lot. I recommend supplementing this documentary with a few biographies beforehand.

Also, this film tends to err on the side of "the good TR," rather than one we might disapprove of. Still, it's a good work and I recommend it.