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Lincoln
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Lincoln is a 2012 American war, biographical, trial, and drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Tony Kushner. The cast includes Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg, the film was distributed by 20th Century Studios, Imagine Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, and DreamWorks. Janusz Kamiński served as director of photography, while John Williams composed the score. The narrative is set in Washington, D.C., and Chicago, focusing on Abraham Lincoln and slavery in the United States.
The film has a runtime of 150 minutes and was released in the United States on November 9, 2012. It received a budget of $65,000,000 and generated $275,300,000 in revenue. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 7.3 based on 285,107 votes, while TMDb lists a vote average of 6.847 from 4,048 users. The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress. It won the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Academy Award for Best Production Design, the Satellite Award for Best Film, and was named to the National Board of Review Top Ten Films.
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6.8The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Cast
- Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln
- Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln
- David Strathairn as William Seward
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Robert Lincoln
- James Spader as W.N. Bilbo
- Hal Holbrook as Preston Blair
Themes
- mutiny
- usa president
- based on true story
- speech
- battlefield
- historical fiction
- family conflict
- american civil war
- cultural conflict
- battle of gettysburg
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- Abraham Lincoln
- Genre
- historical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Abraham Lincoln
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Screenwriter
- Tony Kushner
- Composer
- John Williams
- Producer
- Steven Spielberg
- Production company
- DreamWorks
- Cinematographer
- Janusz Kamiński
- Narrative location
- United States
- Filming location
- Washington, D.C.
- Duration
- 150
- FilmAffinity ID
- 588950
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.thelincolnmovie.com
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- publication date
- 2013-01-13
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- title
- Lincoln
- film editor
- Michael Kahn
- production designer
- Rick Carter
- after a work by
- Doris Kearns Goodwin
- distributed by
- Touchstone Pictures
- capital cost
- 65000000
- box office
- 275293450
- costume designer
- Joanna Johnston
- review score
- 87/100
- characters
- Robert E. Lee
- Commons category
- Lincoln (2012 film)
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Encyclopedic overview
Lincoln is a 2012 American biographical historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as United States President Abraham Lincoln. The film features Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, and Tommy Lee Jones in supporting roles.
Its screenplay by Tony Kushner was loosely based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's 2005 biography Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln and covers the final four months of Lincoln's life. The film focuses on President Lincoln's efforts in January 1865 to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude by having the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution passed by the United States House of Representatives.
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