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Abraham Lincoln Movies. The story of Mr. Lincoln and his self-appointed bodyguard, U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon - a banjo-playing Southerner who foiled repeated attempts on the President's life, and kept him functioning during the darkest hours of the Civil War.

Lincoln: Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. As the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.

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. It features Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, and Tommy Lee Jones in supporting roles. The screenplay by Tony Kushner was loosely based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's 2005 ...

6. The Better Angels. The Better Angels shows Abraham Lincoln’s childhood and path to greatness, highlighting his upbringing in rural Indiana. Featuring a moving performance by Braydon Denney ...

'Abe Lincoln in Illinois' (1940): If you get past the fact that a Canadian, Raymond Massey, was cast as the Great Emancipator, the movie is an involving look at the pre-presidential years. Massey ...

Young Mr. Lincoln. June 9, 1939. In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd.

The hallmark of the man, performed so powerfully by Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln," is calm self-confidence, patience and a willingness to play politics in a realistic way. The film focuses on the final months of Lincoln's life, including the passage of the 13th Amendment ending slavery, the surrender of the Confederacy and his assassination.

With the nation embroiled in still another year with the high death count of Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln brings the full measure of his passion, humanity and political skill to what would become his defining legacy: to end the war and permanently abolish slavery through the 13th Amendment. Having great courage, acumen and moral fortitude, Lincoln pushes forward to compel the nation ...

The new Abraham Lincoln movie from Steven Spielberg will be hitting theaters before the end of 2012. Lincoln will focus on the president’s fight to get the 13th Amendment through a reluctant Congress.. In advance of Spielberg’s Lincoln movie, HistoryNet presents six other portrayals of Abraham Lincoln in film and television.. In the early 20th century a short, plump gentleman walked into ...