Lincoln yes, FDR no

Spielberg’s Lincoln did well in Reno, but residents will apparently not get the same kind of cinematic look at Franklin Roosevelt, as interpreted by Bill Murray.

Though previewed in Reno on Dec. 5, Cinemark listings for all four of its Truckee Meadows area theaters read “No showtimes” for Hyde Park on Hudson. Cinemark local has a monopoly on first-run theaters. The movie, which has created Oscar buzz around Murray (Kenneth Turan/Los Angeles Times: “Murray is very much the reason to see Hyde Park”), was released into theaters on Dec. 7. Wide release comes next month.

But it’s a Focus Features film, and theaters are made nervous by the art company’s movies, which seldom guarantee box office.

The movie is based on a collection of FDR records kept by his sixth cousin and close friend Margaret Suckley—played by Laura Linney—which were discovered in 1991.