Warm Springs (2005) - Movie

Warm Springs (2005)
After polio threatens his political career in the early 1920s, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Kenneth Branagh) desperately searches for a cure to his newly acquired disease, hoping to regain the use of his legs. He learns of a promising spa in Warm Springs, Ga., and travels there, only to find it dilapidated. Determined to overcome polio, Roosevelt invests in the spa's revitalization and sets about recovering, aided by the support of his wife (Cynthia Nixon) and physical therapist (Kathy Bates).
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Release Date: 2005

DVD Release Date: August 30th, 2005

Not Yet Rated |1 hr 57 min

Plot Summary

After polio threatens his political career in the early 1920s, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Kenneth Branagh) desperately searches for a cure to his newly acquired disease, hoping to regain the use of his legs. He learns of a promising spa in Warm Springs, Ga., and travels there, only to find it dilapidated. Determined to overcome polio, Roosevelt invests in the spa's revitalization and sets about recovering, aided by the support of his wife (Cynthia Nixon) and physical therapist (Kathy Bates).

Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, Jane Alexander, Kathy Bates, Tim Blake Nelson, David Paymer, Matt O'Leary, Matt Malloy

Director: Joseph Sargent

Genres: Docudrama , Biography

Keywords: Emotional, Quest, Fall, Rise, Mother, Transformation, Inspiring