ATLANTA PREMIERE OF THE HBO FILM "ALL THE WAY" AT THE CARTER CENTER

ATLANTA PREMIERE OF THE HBO FILM "ALL THE WAY" AT THE CARTER CENTER

MAY 19, 2016

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS JAY ROACH AND ROBERT SCHENKKAN




WHAT: Following its critically acclaimed, award-winning Broadway
run, ALL THE WAY, a riveting behind-the-scenes look at
President Lyndon B. Johnson's tumultuous first year in office
in the wake of President Kennedy's assassination, comes to HBO
on Saturday, May 21 (8pm). Bryan Cranston (four-time Emmy(R)
winner for "Breaking Bad") reprises his Tony Award-winning
role for the HBO Films presentation, which is directed by Jay
Roach ("Trumbo"; Emmy(R) winner for HBO's "Game Change" and
"Recount") from a screenplay by Robert Schenkkan (Pulitzer
Prize winner for "The Kentucky Cycle"; two-time Emmy(R)
nominee and Writers Guild Award winner for HBO's "The
Pacific"), who has adapted his Tony Award-winning play of the
same name. Co-starring with Cranston are Anthony Mackie (Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.) Melissa Leo (Lady Bird Johnson),
Bradley Whitford (Hubert Humphry), and Frank Langella (Senator
Richard Russell).


The HBO Films presentation follows LBJ during his early
administration, as he stakes his presidency on what would be
an historic, unprecedented Civil Rights Act. Johnson finds
himself caught between the moral imperative of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. and the expectations of the southern
Democratic Party leaders who brought Johnson to power. As King
battles to press Johnson while controlling more radical
elements of the Civil Rights movement, Johnson navigates the
bill through Congress, winning a landslide victory against
Barry Goldwater, but causing the South to defect from the
Democratic Party.


WHO: Jay Roach, Director

Robert Schenkkan, Screenwriter


WHEN: THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2016

5:15 PM - Talent media opportunity

5:30 PM -- Reception

6:30 PM - Screening


WHERE: THE CARTER CENTER

453 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30307


PRESS RSVP: Valerie Harris, valerie@kinseygrouppr.com, 404-966-2445


/PRNewswire -- May 13, 2016/

SOURCE HBO

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