Abraham Lincoln
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Precious director may join march...Selma. The film is being put together by the British producer of Slumdog Millionaire, Christian Colson, and its screenplay will be by Paul Webb, who is also writing Steven Spielberg's long-gestating biopic of Abraham Lincoln. The film... In this article: Lee Daniels, Slumdog Millionaire, Voting Rights Act, Martin Luther King, Oscar, Steven Spielberg, and Abraham Lincoln |
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Chicago Tribune | November 08, 2009
Tony Kushner gets serious at Humanities Festival
...bites into heady analysis. Jones delved at length into Kushner's as-yet-unproduced screenplay about Abraham Lincoln for director Steven Spielberg, enabling the writer to get off the first of many shots at Republicans. He said in Lincoln's day...
In this article: Tony Kushner, Barack Obama, Angels in America, Mormons, Catholic Church, Sarah Palin, and Steven Spielberg
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New Kerala | September 16, 2009
Steven Spielberg, Robert Redford to go head to head with Lincoln biopics
Steven Spielberg, Robert Redford to go head to head with Lincoln biopics Washington, Sept 16 : Steven Spielberg will continue work on his new movie based on the life of Abraham Lincoln, even as Robert Redford is making another biopic on the...
In this article: Steven Spielberg, Robert Redford, American Civil War, and Washington
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Seattle Times | October 04, 2009
The many faces of Lincoln in the arts
...Kushner ("Angels in America") and adapted from the book "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Another planned Lincoln-related film, "The Conspirator," under Robert Redford's...
In this article: Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Robert E. Sherwood, Intiman Theatre, Mary Todd Lincoln, Liam Neeson, Raymond Massey, and Seattle
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Chicago Tribune | October 31, 2009
2009 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize: Tony Kushner
...that his current model is Lincoln. In fact, the Lincoln screenplay is pretty much an attempt to answer Eustis' question about how to chart the right relationship between the pragmatic and the practical. The decision to collaborate with...
In this article: Tony Kushner, Barack Obama, Steven Spielberg, NEW YORK, Anarchism, Civil War, Broadway, and Chicago
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Steven Spielberg's Abraham Lincoln biopic still on track
...run-up to production. However, the Jaws filmmaker insists the project, simply titled Lincoln, is still in the works - and he welcomes Redford's take on Lincoln's life because it will be so different from his own. Spielberg tells industry...
In this article: Steven Spielberg, Robert Redford, Lincoln's assassination, American Civil War, Liam Neeson, James McAvoy, Robin Wright Penn, Jaws, and Hollywood
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boston.com - Celebrity news | August 19, 2009
Redford hunts `Conspirator' in Lincoln film
...year. The film joins another high-profile Lincoln-related saga. Steven Spielberg has the film biography "Lincoln" in development, though no production date has been set. © Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This...
In this article: Robert Redford, Lions for Lambs, All rights reserved, Sundance Film Festival, Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, and John Wilkes Booth
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BBC News | August 19, 2009
Redford 'to direct Lincoln film'
...Booth and his accomplice with weapons, Surratt was hanged three months later. Liam Neeson is tipped to play Lincoln in a separate Steven Spielberg biopic. The actor and director previously worked together on the Oscar-winning Schindler's...
In this article: Robert Redford, Washington, US, Oscar, Our American Cousin, Liam Neeson, James McAvoy, and Steven Spielberg
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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. As the war was drawing to a close, Lincoln became the first American president to be assassinated. Before his election in 1860 as the first Republican president, Lincoln had been a country lawyer, an Illinois state legislator, a member of the United States House of Representatives, and twice an unsuccessful candidate for election to the U.S. Senate.
As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States, Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that year. His tenure in office was occupied primarily with the defeat of the secessionist Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. He introduced measures that resulted in the abolition of slavery, issuing his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoting the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which passed Congress before Lincoln's death and was ratified by the states later in 1865.
- Birth Date:
- February 12, 1809
- Birthplace:
- Hardin County, Kentucky
- Death Date:
- April 15, 1865
- Place of Death:
- Washington, D.C.
- Religion:
- See: Abraham Lincoln and religion
- Nationality:
- American
- Spouse:
- Mary Todd Lincoln
- Occupation:
- Lawyer
- Political party:
- Whig (1832-1854), Republican (1854-1864), National Union (1864-1865)
- Vice President:
- Hannibal Hamlin
- Title:
- 16th President of the United States
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