The story of the most fabled political family in American history told in a manner similar to The Godfather: a manipulative egocentric father determined to live out his own ambitions through his sons who in turn spent their lives dancing to his tune while at the same time trying to stand on their own. This is history through personality - the tangled relationships through which paint a picture of one of the most turbulent periods of the modern age. Viewers will be upstairs at the White House not in the Cabinet Room. Through iconic events in history - the Bay of Pigs... the Cuban Missile Crisis the civil rights struggle the mob connection - viewers will learn about the lesser known yet critical personal stories. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The story of the most fabled political family in American history told in a manner similar to The Godfather a manipulative egocentric father determined to live out his own ambitions through his sons who in turn spent their lives dancing to his tune while at the same time trying to stand on their own This is history through personality - the tangled relationships through which paint a picture of one of the most turbulent periods of the modern age Viewers will be upstairs at the White House not in the Cabinet Room Through iconic events in history - the Bay of Pigs the Cuban Missile Crisis the civil rights struggle the mob connection - viewers will learn about the lesser known yet critical personal stories Actors Greg Kinnear Barry Pepper Katie Holmes Tom Wilkinson Jake Beale Diana Hardcastle Robbin MacDonald Ava Preston Eliza Preston Kristin Booth Angela Besharah Serge Houde Rachel Wilson Chris Diamantopoulos & Kristin AdamsCertificate PGYear 2010Screen Widescreen 1781Languages English - Dolby Digital (51)Subtitles English for the hearing impairedClosed Captions YesDuration 5 hours and 46 minutes (approx)Region Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players
All eight episodes of the US drama mini-series that charts the rise to power and the defining historical events in the life of the iconic political family. With driven patriarch Joe Sr. (Tom Wilkinson) determined to have his two sons, Jack (Greg Kinnear) and Bobby (Barry Pepper), enter the political arena, it's not long before the charismatic Jack and his wife, Jackie (Katie Holmes), become America's first couple. The series reveals the private lives behind the public personas, as the ambitions, triumphs and ultimate tragedies of the various family members are played out under the world's spotlight.
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