Lastly, one the Academy missed: In an unjustly Oscar-ignored presidential portrayal, Bill Murray channeled FDR in "Hyde ParkonHudson, " showing the four-term president as a charming man in need.
"Hyde ParkonHudson, " which was directed by Roger Michell from a screenplay by Richard Nelson, invents freely and for the most part successfully on the theme of the king and the president forging a friendship buddy-bonding at the highest level that foreshadows their nations' wartime alliance.
He says the new Bond film Skyfall has attracted audiences "literally from eight to 80" and predicts that forthcoming releases HydeParkon the Hudson, Hitchcock and Les Miserables will also have broad appeal.