Rough Riders - Tom Berenger as Teddy Roosevelt

In honor of Colonel Roosevelt's 151st birthday... my favorite scene from John Milius's Rough Riders (1997), where Roosevelt (Tom Berenger) and his wife (Illeana Douglas) crash a swanky Washington dinner party. "Oh, more good Republicans!"

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Film & Animation

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• rough
• riders
• theodore
• roosevelt
• teddy
• john
• milius
• tom
• berenger
• illeana
• douglas
• dale
• dye

[GSPatton89]

Who else thinks our current president has the backbone of an eclair?

[WhiteTrashBarbarian]

Poor copy, but a great scene that does Tom Berenger credit as an actor, and I'm sure would have pleased Roosevelt.

[SillyRollieMcmuffin2]

Which President was that at the beginning? Cleveland or Harrison?

[rockinrobintweets]

@m611martin I fist became a fan of Tom s when he was in Eddie And The Crusiers..it didnt requre the acting that his latter movies did but I stil love the movie. I love his protrail of T.R.. From what I read and film clips Tom has Teddy down beatifuly. I love this film and Tom s fine performance.

[oldsreo]

Theodore Rex indeed.

[rohan6612]

ha that flower amasing

[Onlymusical]

@mjam93 Yes, it's fascinating to hear the crude recordings of his speeches. And to realize that he was shot in the chest while making a speech then continued to speak for quite a while even though people were begging him to stop and go to a hospital. He's the very definition of a larger than life character, his whole life makes Indiana Jones seem sheltered by comparison.

[mjam93]

@Onlymusical

I agree that he wasn't so hyper he didn't know where he was going.

The film also seems to have captured the way TR spoke.

[CaesarInVa]

If I didn't know better, I would say that as characterized here, President Roosevelt exhibited all the behavioral symptoms of a cocaine user, which back in those days was quite easily obtainable.

[Onlymusical]

This is the first time I've seen an actor capture that blazing energy we always read about but he was also a superb diplomat and this vignette with him knocking people over makes him seem a bit more buffoonish than I'd surmise that he could've been. Good to finally see the proper energy level, though.