November 15, 201213 yr Spielberg's "Lincoln" more than 10 years in the making. The film covers a four-month period of Lincoln’s presidency in which he is absorbed with trying to get Congress to pass the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery. It follows the political process closely and accurately portrays a drama few have heard about from the last four months of Lincoln’s life. Looking forward to seeing this one. Anyone else? Lincoln Movie
November 15, 201213 yr I think I'm going to have an outing where my AP US History classes meet, and we watch it. Sound great. For those interested, here is the book the movie is based on: Amazon.com: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (9780743270755): Doris Kearns Goodwin: Books
November 16, 201213 yr I think I'm going to have an outing where my AP US History classes meet, and we watch it. Sound great. For those interested, here is the book the movie is based on: Amazon.com: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (9780743270755): Doris Kearns Goodwin: Books I think I am putting the book on my Christmas wish list.
November 16, 201213 yr I think I am putting the book on my Christmas wish list. Another good short book by Kearns is "Wait 'til Next Year", about her story growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s as a Dodger fan. There is a lot about the culture in NYC and America as well. Very good book, I just finished it. She's written a lot of American History books that are very highly thought of.
November 16, 201213 yr I think I'm going to have an outing where my AP US History classes meet, and we watch it. Sound great. For those interested, here is the book the movie is based on: Amazon.com: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (9780743270755): Doris Kearns Goodwin: Books Good plan! I can't wait to watch this!
November 16, 201213 yr Another good short book by Kearns is "Wait 'til Next Year", about her story growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s as a Dodger fan. There is a lot about the culture in NYC and America as well. Very good book, I just finished it. She's written a lot of American History books that are very highly thought of. I remember watching her on Ken Burns' "Baseball" and that she was a Brooklyn fan...
November 16, 201213 yr I'm going to try to see it tomorrow in Winchester. Sounds like a great movie. There's a lot of Oscar buzz surrounding the movie. Day-Lewis, Field, and Jones could possibly get acting nominations. All three have won before.
November 16, 201213 yr After watching a couple trailers, I have to ask: is there anyone in Hollywood that isn't in this movie? They've seemingly pulled in every single character actor they could get and put them in this movie. That aspect alone would have me really interested... The fact that it's Daniel Day Lewis getting together with Steven Spielberg makes it EXTREMELY compelling.
November 16, 201213 yr After watching a couple trailers, I have to ask: is there anyone in Hollywood that isn't in this movie? They've seemingly pulled in every single character actor they could get and put them in this movie. That aspect alone would have me really interested... The fact that it's Daniel Day Lewis getting together with Steven Spielberg makes it EXTREMELY compelling. No joke! In that last thread that MJ posted, I commented with the list of names...it's IMPRESSIVE who all is attached to this movie!! Stephen Spielberg Daniel Day Lewis Sally Field Joseph Gordon-Levitt Tommy Lee Jones David Straithairn Lee Pace Jared Harris James Spader Jon Hawkes Hal Holbrook Tim Blake Nelson S. Epatha Merkerson
November 16, 201213 yr The fact that it's Daniel Day Lewis getting together with Steven Spielberg makes it EXTREMELY compelling. I think I'd go see any movie that involved these two together, without knowing anything about it.
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