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Share your thoughts on WARM SPRINGS with other HBO Films fans.
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Jul 24, 2005 12:01 PM
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 First congratulations to HBO on their nomination for "Warm Springs". I truly enjoyed this movie very much. This movie has taught me many things especially overcoming fear. For a while I was afraid to drive even though I had my license for many years. Until I saw the scene where Roosevelt who was stricken with Polio. I'm sure he was scared, but when he started the car, it gave him the independence that he so cherished. I thought if this man could do it, then so can I. We always hear about the negativity of TV, instead of focusing on the positve of TV. To me this was a positive. Again to HBO BRAVO!
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Jul 14, 2005 9:39 PM
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I'm was born in Warm Springs, and lived in Meriwether County until 5 years ago. Just thought that I would share a little about the area, just in case some of you want to go visit someday.
Warm Springs isn't a big town. When it was first developed, it was actually called Bullochville. My great great grandfather was one of the founders. Just down the road a was a community called Cold Springs. The two merged, creating Warm Springs. It's name, of course, comes from the warm springs that flow out of the ground. The water just down the road in "Cold Springs" is much much colder than the water that flows up on the hill. You can actually visit the pools that he used, and feel the constant temperature of the water. If you visit Warm Springs in the future, be sure that you visit the Little White House. Everything there is as is on the day that FDR passed away. You can go into the buildings, see his automobiles, and visit a museum with artifacts pertaining to his life. Personally, I am amazed at his walking stick collection. There are even scratch marks on the facing of the front door left by his dog Fala.
The Roosevelt-Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation has come a long way since Roosevelt's time. It was primarily used for people with polio, but has since become a rehabilitation hospital for all kinds of spinal cord injures, debilitating diseases, and head injuries. This is a great place.
FDR State Park is just on top of Pine Mountain. On Dowdell's Knob, an overlook point on the mountain, you can find FDR's favorite picnic spot. They filled the BBQ pit that he used to use with concrete after he passed. There is a marker on the pit telling you about the area.
The view there is fantastic. There is a campgound near Lake Delano in the park as well. Callway Gardens is close by.
Warm Springs is a great place to visit. I am proud to call it HOME.
Message was edited by localgal at Jul 14, 2005 6:41 PM
Message was edited by localgal at Jul 14, 2005 6:43 PM
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Jul 8, 2005 1:58 PM
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I love this movie--the setting--acting and story line are all fantastic. I firmly believe Kenneth Brannaugh deserves an EMMY--he was so convincing with his acting--I believed he was actually FDR. The supporting cast was brilliant--I visited Warm Springs, Georgia this past Spring--and would encourage anyone who believes in FDR's work--to see it. I have been trying to be patient--but can anyone please advise me as to when the movie will be broadcast again. I watch it every time I catch it--and miss seeing it very much. Thanks HBO--you make tremendous movies!
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Jun 6, 2005 7:42 AM
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i really enjoyed this movies.i wish.they could more movies like warm springs.wonderful movies
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May 26, 2005 12:06 AM
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After seeing this really fine movie, I realized I did not know as much about FDR as I though I did. I lived during the depression and my knowledge of him came mostly through my father as he was an avid fan.I was also very much aware of polio as it was something we were terrified of--there were many times we could not go the beach as it was thought to be a source of contamination. Those very heavy braces and big shoes were a common sight to me. I so appreciated this particular movie for a great story well done. The acting of Kenneth Branagh was superb. The entire cast was great--but Branagh made this icon very human . Thanks
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May 24, 2005 2:08 AM
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I loved this well written, superbly acted drama. The script
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May 19, 2005 3:05 PM
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Rosemary:
After I read your comment I had to go away then re-read it because it was so powerful. That could not have been easy to write, but thank you for doing so.
FDR, the hero of the movie Warm Springs, becomes a hero by adapting as best he can to polio, especially by helping others in similar situations who are less fortunate. I hope you realize that by what you did, especially by entering medicine, that definition applies to you too.
God bless you.
Lyn
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May 19, 2005 1:55 PM
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I was flipping through the channels and caught the last hour of "Warm Springs". I was so move by it I could hardly wait until the next showing to see the beginning. The only word I can think of that discribes what I felt afterwards is "WOW".
Kenneth Branagh's portrayal of FDR was exceptional--worthy of another emmy. Thank you HBO for the expanded history lesson.
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May 18, 2005 10:24 PM
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Warm Springs, the Movie
In early December 1951, as I lay on a gurney at Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehabilitation Institute, little did I dream that I would be bustling around that same triage lobby in 1985 as an intern for my Master
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May 13, 2005 2:52 PM
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First, thanks go to HBO Films for making movies of this caliber. Warm Springs is an intelligent, beautifully crafted film with fine performances.
As you watch the young FDR in the beginning, you can picture this dynamo as President. But what kind of President would he have been? Everything comes fast and easy to him. When you see him again 3 years later, every movement is slow and painful. You cannot pick this man as successful at anything, let alone becoming President. Polio almost won here; it broke his body, ruined his career and, as with all people who have a permanent disabilty, strained his family relations and injured his pride.
Warm Springs shows the reality of what FDR had to face everyday with his disability. I find it telling that this man who didn't need to work, found himself again by giving himself the job of rehabilitating others. That speaks volumes about the depth of FDR's soul.
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May 12, 2005 2:44 PM
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"Warm Springs" is a very well done UPDATE on another drama about FDR's struggle with polio."Sunrise at Campobello" was first an award winning Broadway play (1958) and in 1960 the Warner Bros. movie of the same title.
I appreciated the interview with Margaret Nagel. I wish she had given aknowledgement to "Sunrise at Campobello." Branagh gave a compelling performance as FDR; what was best about it was the growing sense of compassion FDR gained as he struggled with polio. The viewer could "look ahead" and see the FDR leading the nation during the Depression. Cynthia Nixon gave us a reserved but credible Eleanor Roosevelt.(It must have been intimidating to be on the same set as Jane Alexander, who had played the best Eleanor to date.) David Paymer did his usual excellent job as Louis Howe (Paymer is one of the best character actors working today).
The surprise of "Warm Springs" was the character of Tom Loyless -- can Margaret tell us more about the historical person behind his character.
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May 9, 2005 12:26 PM
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The HBO site only mentions and shows photos of the main characters. The other people appearing in the film playing smaller roles are not mentioned. I feel their names and photos should also appear on the website.
Any information on the rest of the cast?
The other polios (as they are referred to in the film)The staff at Warm Springs? The "push boys?"
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May 9, 2005 12:45 AM
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Roosevelt has always been my favorite president, not just for what he did politcally but for the obstacles he had to overcome in order to get there.
There is a country song called " Song of the South " by Alabama.
One of the lines:
Well somebody told us wall street fell
But we were so poor that we couldn
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May 8, 2005 2:00 PM
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I've watched Warm Springs several times and it touches me each time. Being disabled myself, I understand what FDR went through, but I'm sad to say I never knew about. It's too bad it was so hidden from the public. I have to wonder if/when a disabled person will ever be elected to the presidency again. But I'll keep hoping.
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May 2, 2005 12:45 PM
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Excellent movie even with inaccuracies however, could not believe that there was absolutely no mention of the March of Dimes (or National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis as it was originally named)even at the end when the verbiage with additional information on FDR and his Polio Crusade scrolled down the screen. The entire movie was about FDR and Polio and here the man founds the organization responsible for it's near eradication and it gets no mention. 
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