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2014 television film

American TV series or program

The Roosevelts
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Also known as The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Genre Documentary
Based on The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
by Geoffrey Ward and Ken Burns
Written by Geoffrey Ward
Directed by Ken Burns
Starring Paul Giamatti
Edward Herrmann
Meryl Streep
Narrated by Peter Coyote
Theme music composer David Cieri
Country of origin United States
Original language English
No. of episodes 7
Producers Ken Burns
Paul Barnes
Pam Tubridy Baucom
Cinematography Buddy Squires
Allen Moore
Editors Paul Barnes
Tricia Reidy
Erik Ewers
Daniel J. White
Running time 120 minutes
Production company Florentine Films
Original network PBS
Original release September 14 (2014-09-14) –
September 20, 2014 (2014-09-20)

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History is a 2014 American documentary television miniseries directed and produced by Ken Burns. It covers the lives and times of the three most prominent members of the Roosevelt family, Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican and the 26th President of the United States; Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, the 32nd President of the United States, and fifth cousin of Theodore; and Eleanor Roosevelt, the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, a niece of Theodore, and wife of Franklin. As a result of the influence of Theodore and Franklin as Presidents, as well as Eleanor as First Lady, a modern democratic state of equal opportunity was begun in the United States. The series begins with the birth of Theodore in 1858 and ends with the death of Eleanor in 1962.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

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Actors and historians[edit]

The series is narrated by Peter Coyote. Actors read lines of various historical figures and a series of noted commentators give background information. They include:

As themselves:

Other voices include: Adam Arkin, Keith Carradine, Kevin Conway, Ed Harris, Josh Lucas, Carl Lumbly, Amy Madigan, Carolyn McCormick, Pamela Reed, Billy Bob Thornton, and Eli Wallach.

Episodes[edit]

Critical response[edit]

The series premiered to positive reviews and was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator for Peter Coyote’s narration of the first episode.[17] In September 2014, The Roosevelts became the most streamed documentary on the PBS website to date.[18]

According to critic James Poniewozik of Time magazine, “The Roosevelts tells the story of the American 20th century in triptych. Teddy (who became President in 1901) is progressivism, expansionism and reform. FDR is the rise of American power and the rewriting of the social contract. (Conservative pundit George Will sums up his legacy: the government would not just ‘provide the conditions for the pursuit of happiness’ but ‘deliver happiness, understood as material well-being.’) Eleanor looks ahead to postwar globalism and the move of women and minorities in from the margins.”[4] Further, Poniewozik states, “The Roosevelts brings up a kind of nature-nurture question: did these leaders make the times, or did the times make these leaders? It can’t answer this question. But it does manage to tell an educational, emotional story of how these leaders and their times made us.”[4]

Hank Stuever, critic at The Washington Post, writes, “Let’s start with the end. When it’s over — when you make it through the marathon that is Ken Burns’s beautiful, seven-part documentary The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, … you may find yourself with a lingering, nebulous grief. You’re sorry it’s over. You’re sorry they’re over. You’re sorry a certain expression of American ideals is, or often appears to be, completely over.”[19]

Timothy Egan of The New York Times wrote, “Ambitious and deeply moving.”[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Moore, Frazier (September 10, 2014). “PBS’ ‘The Roosevelts’ portrays an epic threesome”. AP News. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  2. ^ Genzlinger, Neil (September 12, 2014). “A Family’s Rough Ride Through an American Era”. New York Times. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Egan, Timothy (September 4, 2014). “Roosevelts to the Rescue”. New York Times. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Poniewozik, James (September 12, 2014). “Review: The Roosevelts Gets Up Close and Personal With History”. Time Magazine. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  5. ^ Bianco, Robert (September 10, 2014). “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History PBS, **** out of four”. USA Today. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  6. ^ Lowry, Brian (September 10, 2014). “TV Review: ‘The Roosevelts: An Intimate History’“. Variety. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  7. ^ Hollander, Sophia (September 5, 2014). “Ken Burns Tackles the Roosevelts”. Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  8. ^ Hollander, Sophia (September 5, 2014). “More Questions for Filmmaker Ken Burns On ‘The Roosevelts: An Intimate History’“. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  9. ^ “The Roosevelts – Episode Guide”. PBS. 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  10. ^ “The Roosevelts – Episode 01”. PBS. 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  11. ^ “The Roosevelts – Episode 02”. PBS. 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  12. ^ “The Roosevelts – Episode 03”. PBS. 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  13. ^ “The Roosevelts – Episode 04”. PBS. 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  14. ^ “The Roosevelts – Episode 05”. PBS. 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  15. ^ “The Roosevelts – Episode 06”. PBS. 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  16. ^ “The Roosevelts – Episode 07”. PBS. 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  17. ^ Ge, Linda (September 12, 2015). “Creative Arts Emmys: The Complete Winners List”. The Wrap. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  18. ^ “Ken Burns’ ‘The Roosevelts’ Docu His Most Streamed To Date”. Deadline Hollywood. September 22, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
  19. ^ Stuever, Hank (September 12, 2014). “‘The Roosevelts’: Once you finish all 14 hours, you’re sorry to see them go”. The Washington Post. Retrieved June 18, 2018.

External links[edit]

Quotations related to Theodore Roosevelt at Wikiquote
Quotations related to Franklin D. Roosevelt at Wikiquote
Quotations related to Eleanor Roosevelt at Wikiquote


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