DramaHistory

LBJ

The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.

Release Date : 2017-11-03

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : ITS CapitalAcacia Filmed EntertainmentCastle Rock EntertainmentAlmost Never FilmsStar Thrower Entertainment

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Lyndon B. Johnson

Original Name : Woody Harrelson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robert F. Kennedy

Original Name : Michael Stahl-David

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sen. Richard Russell

Original Name : Richard Jenkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Bird Johnson

Original Name : Jennifer Jason Leigh

Gender : Female

Character Name : John F. Kennedy

Original Name : Jeffrey Donovan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ralph Yarborough

Original Name : Bill Pullman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rufus Youngblood

Original Name : Brian Stepanek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Larry O'Brien

Original Name : Tim Ransom

Gender : Male

Character Name : Walter Jenkins

Original Name : C. Thomas Howell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hubert H. Humphrey

Original Name : Doug McKeon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pierre Salinger

Original Name : Rich Sommer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Everett Dirksen

Original Name : Gary Grubbs

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Connally

Original Name : John Burke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jacqueline Kennedy

Original Name : Kim Allen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ted Sorensen

Original Name : Brent Bailey

Gender : Male

Character Name : McGeorge Bundy

Original Name : Joe Chrest

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robert McNamara

Original Name : Judd Lormand

Gender : Male

Character Name : Abe Fortas

Original Name : Dan Hewitt Owens

Gender : Male

Character Name : George Reedy

Original Name : John Ellison Conlee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kenny O’Donnell

Original Name : Michael Mosley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jack Valenti

Original Name : Darrel Guilbeau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bill Moyers

Original Name : Oliver Edwin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Senator / Police Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Aaron Mitchell

Gender : Male

Reviews

wizzardss

@wizzardss

2021-06-23

Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, his Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson, stepped up to take the main job. This biopic stars Woody Harrelson as Johnson, and tells the story of LBJ as Vice President under Kennedy. Other than the tragic circumstances from which he inherited the role, when compared with his predecessor, JFK, and his eventual successor, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson had an uneventful presidency. _LBJ_ digs into what made the man tick. Like many political flicks - especially those released around an election (in this case Trump in 2016) - much of its content has to be taken with a pinch of salt but, in truth, it is difficult to see what story _LBJ_ was trying to tell in the first place. Johnson comes across as a confused individual, caught between his loyalties to his Southern heritage and his reluctant thrust into Kennedy's progressive administration, often jerking from a ruthless and power-hungry politician, to a sensitive and loyal husband. The film attempts to concentrate on the Civil Rights movement, but oddly skirts over other defining issues such as Vietnam, giving it the feeling of an evening documentary with dramatic recreations. Overall it is Harrelson - distracting and inaccurate makeup aside - that keeps the film together. His sombre portrayal of Johnson provides just enough charm to keep the film flowing, turning what would have otherwise been a drab documentary into appreciable entertainment. Worth watching for a little more insight between the Kennedy and Nixon years.

GenerationofSwine

@GenerationofSwine

2023-01-12

Every now and again you get an IMDB moderator that strikes down anything political that he doesn't agree with... ... in this case it's saying that LBJ wasn't a great movie and that he wasn't a great president. This is the president that took out his manhood when the press asked him why we were still in Vietnam. This was the president that tried to force an astronaut's wife with a speech impediment to appear with him on television to further his career. LBJ ignores all of that. LBJ falsely makes the case that Johnson devoted his presidency to expanding Kennedy's policies. In reality he reversed him. His first act as POTUS was to reverse NSAM #263 and sent thousands of kids to die in Vietnam. LBJ glosses over all of that to make him look like a virtuous president concerned only about carrying on Jack's legacy. This is an epic of revisionist history.