Lincoln review roger ebert

2012 film by Steven Spielberg

Lincoln is a 2012 American biographicalhistorical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as United States PresidentAbraham Lincoln.^[8] 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 biography Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln and covers the final four months of Lincoln's life.

The film focuses on 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.

The film was produced by Spielberg and frequent collaborator Kathleen Kennedy, through their respective production companies, Amblin Entertainment and the Kennedy/Marshall Company. Filming began Oct A saintly wheeler-dealer movie review (2012) - Roger Ebert GIFY