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OMG I am all over this. Those scenes driving through the countryside are probably around Warm Springs, Georgia... FDR apparently used to love to give the Secret Service the slip and zoom around in the southern countryside like he wasn't the president of the United States.
I'm friends with two different folks (who don't know each other) who were once tour guides at the "Little White House," FDR's home in Warm Springs. (Which is gorgeous, BTW- I recommend the tour if you're ever down this way.)
Bill Murray has wanted to be an actor and not a comedian for a long time... the fact that FDR was a very funny, witty guy makes this a perfect match. The trailer looks like it's going to be overripe Hollywood baloney, but I'll probably actually see this one.
Looks light and enjoyable. As much as I loved him in Lost in Translation, I always feel like that young-woman-with-old-dude movie conceit is a barrier to me. This film looks like a nice way for him to play a more appropriately older role and still exercise his natural wit. And, damned if he doesn't look believable as FDR.