HBO and Charter Communications Present the Premiere of HBO Films' Warm Springs, Filmed in its Entirety in Georgia

HBO and Charter Communications Present the Premiere of HBO Films' Warm Springs, Filmed in its Entirety in Georgia

Screening at the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta

Director Joseph Sargent, Executive Producer Celia Costas, Screenwriter Margaret Nagle, Producer Chrisann Verges, Actor Tim Blake Nelson and Director

of Photography Robbie Greenberg Are Scheduled To Attend.

WHAT: The riveting story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's struggle with polio and his treatment at Warm Springs is the subject of the intimate HBO film WARM SPRINGS, to premiere on Tuesday, April 19 at the Carter Presidential Center. In attendance for the invitation-only premiere will be the film's director Joseph Sargent, executive producer Celia Costas, screenwriter, Margaret Nagle, producer Chrisann Verges, actor Tim Blake Nelson and director of photography, Robbie Greenberg. The premiere is presented in partnership with the Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehabilitation Institute. WARM SPRINGS was filmed in its entirety in Georgia.

WHEN: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 Media Interviews: 6:00 - 6:45 p.m. Reception: 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. Screening: 7:30 - 9:50 p.m. Coffee & Dessert: 9:50 - 10:30 p.m.

WHERE: The Carter Presidential Center 453 Freedom Parkway Atlanta, GA

WHY: Starring Kenneth Branagh (Emmy winner for HBO's "Conspiracy") and Cynthia Nixon (Emmy winner for HBO's "Sex and the City"), the film follows Franklin Delano Roosevelt, left a paraplegic at age 39, as he seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of rural Georgia. There he encounters the lives of those not only affected by the disability but also by poverty, illiteracy and racism. In time he comes to learn that though he may not walk again, he can still lead. In Warm Springs a future four-time American president finds his personal and political soul. WARM SPRINGS debuts on Saturday, April 30 at (8 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT).

MEDIA: Media interviews with the film's director, executive producer, screenwriter producer and actor will be granted on a first-come basis.

CONTACT: Diane Larche (for HBO): 404-273-3227, dlarchepr@aol.com

PRNewswire - April 18

Source: Home Box Office

Web site: http://www.hbo.com/

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