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Director:
Lamont Johnson
Writers (WGA):
Doris Kearns Goodwin (book)
William Hanley (teleplay)
Release Date:
18 February 1990 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
This sweeping mini-series profiling the Kennedy family ran three nights. The film chronicles 55 years... more
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations more
User Comments:
Entertaining more

Cast

  (Series Complete credited cast)

Casey Affleck ... Robert Kennedy - Ages 12-15

Cindy Baer ... Rose's Friend - 1906
Deborah Bancroft ... Sissy Thomas
Sullivan Brown ... King George
Allyn Burrows ... G.I.
Karen Chaffee ... Patricia Kennedy - Ages 13-14

Ken Cheeseman ... Ormsby-Gore
Jordan Clarke ... James Reedy
Richard Clarke ... Neville Chamberlain
Mara Clark ... Maid Ruth
Father Coppenrath ... Priest
Joe Costa ... David Sarnoff
Dawn Couch ... Cora
Michael Cumpsty ... Billy Hartington
Jean De Baer ... Josie Fitzgerald
Jerome Dempsey ... Joe Kane
Bill Devany ... Saloon Patron
Frank Dolan ... Dr. Place
Bruce Donaldson ... Customer's Man
William Duff-Griffin ... Henry Fitzgerald
Matthew Dundas ... Ted Kennedy - Ages 12-14
Paul Dunn ... Clark
Charles Durning ... John 'Honey Fitz' Fitzgerald
Michael Flanagan ... Dr. Coleman
Hal Fletcher ... Earl Warren
Will Gardner ... Robert Kennedy - Age 7
Edwin Gerard ... Henri
Peter Gerety ... Irish Driver
Thomas Gibson ... Peter Fitzwilliam
Michael Goodwin ... Joe Kennedy Jr. - Ages 11-12
Sam Gray ... William Burke

Tim Halligan ... Eddie Moore
Beth Herzig ... Jean Kennedy - Ages 16-20
Pat Hingle ... P.J. Kennedy
James Huston ... Joe Gargan
Venus Irving-Prescott ... Club Singer
David Ives ... Headmaster
Keith Jochim ... Dr. Martin
Eddie Jones ... Jim Fitzgerald
Kristen Kelly ... Patricia Kennedy

Tom Kemp ... Hill
Lily Knight ... Pat Wilson
Pete Kovner ... Harry
Thomas Krajewski ... Jack Kennedy - Ages 9-12

Olek Krupa ... Erich Von Stroheim
June Lion ... Nurse
Jane Loranger ... Agnes Firtzgerald

Deirdre Lovejoy ... Rosemary Kennedy
Dante Magnani ... Joe Kennedy Jr. - Ages 2-4
Kate Mailer ... Victoria
Bernie McInerney ... Dr. Bowles
Randle Mell ... Robert Kennedy
Chris Milberg ... Newsboy #2
Leah Monagle ... Eunice Fitzgerald - Age 5
Bill Moor ... Louis Howe
Hubert Murray ... Secretary
Hugo Napier ... Butler
Kelsey Nichols ... Kathleen Kennedy - Ages 8-9
Remi Nichols ... Rosemary Kennedy - Ages 8-11
Christina Nikitas ... Jack Kennedy - Ages 2-3
Madolyn Smith Osborne ... Gloria Swanson
Annette O'Toole ... Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Dossy Peabody ... Catherine Falvey

William Petersen ... Joseph P. Kennedy (as William L. Petersen)
Tracy Pollan ... Kathleen Kennedy
Richard Provost ... Chief Justice
Mathew Quinn ... Pianist
Halina Radosz ... Eunice Kennedy
Beckett Royce ... New York Woman
Danielle Schonbach ... Jean Kennedy - Ages 9-12
Fiona Scoones ... Young Woman

Campbell Scott ... Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
Ryan Shaughnessy ... Ted Kennedy - Ages 5-6
Josef Sommer ... Franklin D. Roosevelt
Shaun Sullivan ... Newsboy #1
John Terrence ... Gloria's Butler
Brian Tierney ... Jimmy Roosevelt
Jennifer Walsh ... Rosemary Kennedy - Ages 1-4

Steven Weber ... John F. Kennedy
Bronia Wheeler ... Nun (as Bronia Stefan Wheeler)
Chris Wilder ... Classmate
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Additional Details

Runtime:
278 min | 55 min (5 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Entertaining, 8 November 1999
Author: suessis

I have seen this Mini at least three times and have been impressed with its ambition. It attempts to cover almost the entire marriage of Rose and Joe Kennedy and does so with minimal confusion and clutter. While I had some trouble the first night following the action the rest seemed to be cohesive and entertaining.

William Peterson and Annette O'Toole are outstanding as Joe and Rose. Peterson's performance gives Joe Kennedy an evil undertone that is almost too hard to deal with. You loose respect for him as time goes on, particularly when it comes to the way in which he treats the women.

Charles Durning is fabulous as Rose's father "Honey Fitz", and there are also some interesting performances among the younger members of the cast, particularly Tracey Polan as Kick and Campbell Scott as Joe, Jr.

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