The Kennedys

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1. #001

   Tom Wilkinson and Diana Hardcastle play the married couple Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Kennedy, while in real life they have been married since 1988 and have two daughters.

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2. #002

   In the film Selma (2018), Tom Wilkinson — who plays Joe Kennedy in this miniseries — portrayed Lyndon B. Johnson, who took the presidential oath of office immediately after John F. Kennedy's assassination.

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3. #003

   The miniseries was first produced by the History Channel, but it was ultimately shelved due to issues of inappropriateness, further heightening the Kennedy family's evident displeasure with the series. In the end, the miniseries was picked up by the Albuquerque-based ReelzChannel, whose on-air personalities include film enthusiasts Leonard Maltin and Richard Roeper.

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4. #004

   Greg Kinnear (Jack Kennedy) was only 158 days old when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

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5. #005

   Lead actors Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes had previously appeared together in the film The Gift (2000) as an engaged couple.

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6. #006

   Actors Barry Pepper and Tom Wilkinson later appeared together in The Lone Ranger (2013).

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7. #007

   Greg Kinnear and Barry Pepper had previously appeared together in Mel Gibson's film We Were Soldiers (2002).

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8. #008

   Katie Holmes and Tom Wilkinson had previously appeared together in the film Batman Begins (2005). Among the other actors, Linus Roache played Bobby Kennedy in RFK (2002), while Gary Oldman played Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK (1991). Pat Hingle, from the Batman cast, also played Patrick Joseph Kennedy Sr. in The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990).

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9. #009

   The Kennedys (2011) is a television miniseries about the lives of the political Kennedy family, including the major triumphs and tragedies they experienced. It stars Greg Kinnear, Barry Pepper, Katie Holmes and Tom Wilkinson and is directed by Jon Cassar. The series premiered in April 2011 on Reelz Channel in the United States, on History Television in Canada and on the History Channel in the United Kingdom.

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