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"An Excellent Mini-Series", December 22, 2010
Brad Davis is probably best known for his extraordinary performance in 1978's "Midnight Express" (1978), a film written by Oliver Stone. However, one of the last greatest roles of Brad's career (before his untimely death from AIDS in 1991) was his convincing performance as Robert Kennedy in "Robert Kennedy and His Times". This mini-series originally aired on CBS in February, 1985 and received huge ratings indicating the American public still had a fascination with the Kennedy family.
Brad's role as the would-be President was welcomed positively by critics who commented that Brad not only looked like Bobby Kennedy, but had his mannerisms and gestures perfected.
The movie followed Robert Kennedy's life from the time he was born, to the time his brother was killed by bullets in Dallas, Texas in 1963, to when Bobby decided to run for President as he decided he was no longer going to live in his famous brother's shadows.
An excellent made-for TV mini-series, "Robert Kennedy and His Times" not only features a wonderful performance by Davis, but by Jack Warden, Veronica Cartwright, Beatrice Straight, and Ned Beatty. Shannen Doherty, River Phoenix, and Jason Bateman (early in their careers) all have supporting roles.
The mini-series originally aired as a three-parter. It comes in a two-disc set and is 315 minutes in length, comes with English subtitles, and is closed captioning.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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RFK, an inspiration, August 3, 2003
This review is from: Robert Kennedy & His Times [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Up late at night, I finally got around to watching this three-part series, and it totally blew me away. RFK gave me back the hope that America will not give into cynicism, that with political leaders willing to stand up for what they believe in, we really can change our destiny. RFK stood up against the very people that WE find it difficult to stand up against everyday, like bullies, cynics, and sometimes even family. RFK shows us that change is sometimes mundane, other times it's exciting and often it's downright scary. RFK sets a fine example for politicians and Americans, just be prepared to be moved with this video because as we all know, if you're willing to stick your head out into the open and voice your opinion - you're gonna get shot at.
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Why this not out on DVD?, March 24, 2005
This review is from: Robert Kennedy & His Times [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I'd been awaiting for that movie to come out on DVD just until I watched it so many times on Starz. Yeah Brad Davis is such a good actor and always be remembered. Yeah I didn't know that he had passed or else been under a drug overdose or something. Long story short, This is a good interesting and mostly inspirational flick on the life on the life of Robert "Bobby" F. Kennedy (1925-1968).
Still remains my favorite Kennedy movie of all-time. Check out "RFK" and "The Kennedys" for example.
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