| Theodore Roosevelt | |
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| Genre | Historical drama Miniseries |
| Based on | The Bully Pulpit byDoris Kearns Goodwin |
| Directed by | Malcolm Venville |
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| Composer | Giovanni Rios |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Doris Kearns Goodwin Martin Scorsese Jennifer Davisson Leonardo DiCaprio Mary Donahue Zara Duffy Beth Laski Eli Lehrer Jennifer Wagnan Knute Walker |
| Cinematography | Luis David Sansans |
| Editors | Emmet Adier Dave Marcus David Mehlman Joshua Pearson Thomas Vengris |
| Production companies | RadicalMedia Appian Way Productions Lionsgate Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | History |
| Release | May 30 (2022-05-30) – May 31, 2022 (2022-05-31) |
Theodore Roosevelt is a 2022 Americantelevision documentaryminiseries directed byMalcolm Venville. The two-part miniseries chronicles the life ofTheodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixthPresident of the United States and premiered on May 30, 2022, onHistory.[1][2][3]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [4] | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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| 1 | "The Great Adventure" | Malcolm Venville | Scott Bloom Elizabeth Bull | May 30, 2022 (2022-05-30) | N/A | |
After seeing thePresident Lincoln's funeral procession go by, a young sickly "TR" Theodore Roosevelt must be strong for America on the brink of global expansion. Born into wealth and privilege, Roosevelt learns from his late philanthropic father's teachings to make his mark in the world. He becomes an assemblyman and fought for the lower classes who were living in unhealthy tenements. After the deaths of his beloved wife and mother on the same day in 1884, he sets out into theBadlands to escape the city and toughen up in the rugged frontier. When he returns, he sees the best way to help the less fortunate was continuing with politics and fixing problems by law. He marries his childhood sweetheartEdith Kermit Carow, gets a job in civil service, and moves to Washington, D.C. They live in the capital for six years, growing his family until he itches to clean up the corruption in his hometown, becoming the New York Police Commissioner. Then he campaigns forWilliam McKinley, who gives him the job of assistant secretary of the Navy, strengthening it by the late 1890s. When the Cubans revolt against Spanish colonialism, TR stresses America help the oppressed after theU.S.S. Maine sinks and incites theSpanish-American War in 1898. TR forms the first volunteer cavalry, theRough Riders under his leadership of colonel. They captureSan Juan Hill, winning the war and making him a hero. After he campaigned across the state and won the election of New York's governor. He created better working environments, and franchises had to pay a special tax, causing the Republicans to see him as a reformer. In order to repress his ideas, they offer him the vice presidency, but their plan soon backfires when McKinley is assassinated. | ||||||
| 2 | "The Man in the Arena" | Malcolm Venville | Scott Bloom Elizabeth Bull | May 31, 2022 (2022-05-31) | N/A | |
After his predecessor died, Theodore Roosevelt, at 42-years-old becomes the youngest president of the United States, ushering in the industrial age in 1901. He moves into the Executive Mansion, nicknaming it theWhite House with six energetic kids like himself, becoming the first celebrity president. But America still has a turbulent history, especially with racial tension in the South. In his first term, TR violates the racial etiquette when he invitesBooker T. Washington to dinner, upsetting white supremacists. Then he turns his attention to capitalists likeJ.P. Morgan's railroad monopoly by taxing them and helps resolve the coal miners strike, establishing a worker's union before people run out of coal for the winter. Through the press, TR also takes onJ.D. Rockefeller who has the power and money to influence members of Congress. He builds thePanama Canal to establish quicker trade routes. For his second term, TR uses thebully pulpit to propose hisSquare Deal for equality for everyone. He exposes the unsanitary meat industry and saves millions of acres of forest reserve by creatingnational parks. After not wanting to run for a third term in 1908, TR hand-picksWilliam H. Taft to be his successor if he sticks to his policies. At age 50, TR travels to Africa and Europe, but when he comes home in 1910, he misses the power of the presidency as Taft is doing a terrible job. TR becomes aradical progressive with reforms on 8-hour workdays, medical insurance, and supportingwomen's suffrage. After seeing theOval Office built, he decides to run again in 1912, this time with the people's support. But when he didn't get the Republican nomination, he formed theProgressive Party or theBull Moose Party, made up of middle class andfeminists. TR gave an 84-minute speech after getting shot in the chest by an assailant, with only his steel eyeglass case saving his life. But DemocratWoodrow Wilson ran as a more extreme progressive and won by a landslide. After his loss, TR visits Brazil to go on an expedition to navigate theRiver of Doubt where he almost dies ofmalaria. He comes home to the crisis ofWorld War I and after he is denied, his four sons join up to fight—his youngest, Quentin was shot down in adogfight in 1918. When these soldiers came home, TR demanded pensions and disability for them, wanting to run for president in 1920. However, his body was in miserable shape, Roosevelt dies in his sleep of ananeurysm at his home on January 6, 1919 at 60 years old. He had gone out as a president who defined America and helped the country go in a different direction for the common good. | ||||||
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