In the shadow of a national tragedy, a complex and often underestimated political figure is thrust into the most powerful office on earth. Rob Reiner’s gripping political drama, LBJ, chronicles the tumultuous ascent of Woody Harrelson as Lyndon B. Johnson, a master legislator whose towering ambition is matched only by his profound insecurities. The film captures Johnson’s fraught relationship with the Kennedy administration, where he serves as a frustrated and marginalized Vice President to Michael Stahl-David as President John F. Kennedy, under the watchful eye of Richard Jenkins as Senator Richard Russell. When catastrophe strikes in Dallas, Johnson must navigate unimaginable grief and instant global scrutiny to seize the reins of a fractured nation. Facing resistance from Kennedy loyalists like Jeffrey Donovan as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and leveraging his hard-won relationships on Capitol Hill, the new president embarks on a relentless drive to honor his predecessor’s legacy by passing historic civil rights legislation. This intimate portrait explores the raw political cunning and deeply human vulnerabilities of a man determined to forge his own destiny in the crucible of crisis.