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Dec 17, 2012 · At the heart of Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" is a quiet scene between President Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) and two young men, Samuel Beckwith (Adam Driver) and David Homer Bates (Drew Sease), in an otherwise empty telegraph cipher office. Lincoln has to make a crucial decision: Does he consider a peace proposal from a Confederate ...
Feb 1, 2013 · Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” (2012) is a two-and-a-half hour film that zeroes in on a defining moment from near the end of the Civil War –January 1865 and the debate over the proposed amendment to the Constitution abolishing slavery.
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In Lincoln’s stirring opening, a Union soldier recites the President’s Gettysburg Address to show the President that men were dying for their belief in abolishing slavery. Seeing how Lincoln’s speech inspires others is a poignant reminder of the historical stakes and the necessity to fight for one’s ideals. Yet the Gettysburg Address did not have t...
At this point, Abraham Lincoln is synonymous with the image of his stovepipe hat. The past president’s accomplishments can be overshadowed by his caricature depiction of a tall man with a chin beard and a top hat. Lincoln portrays the person behind the iconic image. Daniel Day-Lewis gives one of the best performances of the decadeby showing the Pre...
Lincoln’s main enthralling scene is also one of its primary fabrications. From the film, the dramatic debates between congress members on the 13th Amendment were passionate and personal. Congressmen would trade insults with each other, sneer, scream, and based on the movie, Thaddeus Stevens even called a fellow representative a “fatuous nincompoop....
During the rousing congressional debate, the First Lady watches the vote tally in the House of Representatives. Contrary to the movie’s scene, however, Mary Todd Lincoln would have never witnessed this significant vote due to the historical treatment of women. While Mrs. Lincoln is regarded as politically savvy, the role of women was so restricted ...
While Lincoln is understandably the focal point of Lincoln, the movie ignores the role of free African Americans in the fight to end slavery. The film focuses on the relationship between the President and Congress, but critics have argued that the lack of African-American representation in the story neglects the critical purpose of the 13th Amendme...
Many of Lincoln’s true story changes emphasize the President’s complex and formidable role in this crucial time of history. To this purpose, Lincoln succeeds in showing the person clothed with immense power. If inaccuracies were made, they were often minor to the film’s theme to unite a nation, heal it, and begin anew. Historians and film critics p...
Daniel Day-Lewis IS Lincoln in this film. It really felt like I was watching the real Lincoln and not a person playing him. DDL captured everything about Lincoln perfectly. I walked out of the theater and the first thing I said was “Hand him the Oscar now.” He absolutely deserved the Oscar for the role. He BECAME Lincoln in a way nobody ...
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Nov 9, 2012 · Went to see Lincoln last night. I was disappointed. I probably slept through numerous high school and college history classes and the civil war was not real...
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. [8] It features Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, and Tommy Lee Jones in supporting roles.
