LBJ: My Fellow Americans

2016TV Episode⏱️ 1h 51mTV-PG

⭐ 8.2

IMDB Rating

130 votes

Award winning filmmaker David Grubin profiles one of the most controversial U.S. presidents, Lyndon Baines Johnson, who rose from obscurity to the pinnacle of power, only to suffer disillusionment and defeat. Witness the events th...

Director

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Writers

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Stars

Lyndon B. Johnson, David McCullough, Cox Ava

Release Date

October 1, 1991

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🎭 Top Cast

Lyndon B. Johnson

as Self

David McCullough

as Self - Host

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Cox Ava

as Self

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George Ball

as Self

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Larry Berman

as Self

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William Bundy

as Self

Stokely Carmichael

as Self

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S. Douglas Carter

as Self

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Clifford Clark

as Self

Clark Clifford

as Self

🎬 Technical Specs

Production

David Grubin Productions, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Robert Stone Productions

🏷️ Keywords

presidentpresident of the united statespolitical powercongressvictory

⭐ Featured Review

Exceptional--and a very good followup.

by planktonrules • 2011-10-13

10/10

"This biography on Lyndon Johnson runs almost four hours! It's the most complete one out there, that's for sure. Because it was so long, "The American Experience" cut it in half. The first portion consists of Johnson's early life all the way up to his escalating US involvement in Vietnam in 1964--which, interestingly, coincided with his re-election campaign. The second portion has to do with Johnson as an elected president (he'd assumed the presidency in 1963 after the assassination of John Kennedy) in 1964 until his death in 1973. Not surprisingly, the bulk of pa..."

📖 Synopsis

Award winning filmmaker David Grubin profiles one of the most controversial U.S. presidents, Lyndon Baines Johnson, who rose from obscurity to the pinnacle of power, only to suffer disillusionment and defeat. Witness the events th...