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Lincoln (Original title)
Dates: 2012 (Copyright), 09 November 2012 (Release)

Countries: USA, India

Director: Steven Spielberg

Synopsis: Drama. President Abraham Lincoln strives to see an amendment passed that will bring an end to slavery.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865), American Civil War (1861-1865), Politics, Congress, Constitutions, Slavery
Releases
Date: 09 November 2012Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / SDDS / DataSatAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): English
Date: 25 January 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / SDDS / DataSatAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)

Credits (47)
©: LLC DreamWorks II Distribution Co., ©: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, ©: Dune Entertainment III LLC, Production Company: Amblin Entertainment, Production Company: Kennedy/Marshall Company, Presents: Twentieth Century Fox, Presents: DreamWorks Pictures, Presents: Reliance Entertainment, [Presented] in association with: Participant Media, Dune Entertainment, Executive Producer: Daniel Lupi, Executive Producer: Jeff Skoll, Executive Producer: Jonathan King, Produced by: Steven Spielberg, Produced by: Kathleen Kennedy, Unit Production Manager: Susan McNamara, Location Manager: Colleen Gibbons, Post-production Supervisor: Justin Ostensen, First Assistant Director: Adam Somner, Script Supervisor: Anna Rane, Casting by: Avy Kaufman, Screenplay by: Tony Kushner, Based in part on the book 'Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln' by: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Director of Photography: Janusz Kaminski, Visual Effects by: Framestore Limited, Inc., The Garage VFX, Edited by: Michael Kahn, Production Designer: Rick Carter, Art Director: Leslie McDonald, Art Director: David Crank, Art Director: Curt Beech, Set Designer: Michael H. Ward, Set Designer: Jim Hewitt, Set Designer: Scott Herbertson, Costume Designer: Joanna Johnston, Make-up Designer: Lois Burwell, Hair Department Head: Kay Georgiou, Main/End Titles by: Scarlet Letters, Prints by: DeLuxe, Music by: John Williams, Music Performed by: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Production Sound Mixer: Ronald Judkins, Re-recording Mixer: Andy Nelson, Re-recording Mixer: Gary Rydstrom, Supervising Sound Editor: Richard Hymns, Stunt Co-ordinator: Garrett Warren
Cast (14)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Abraham Lincoln), Sally Field (Mary Todd Lincoln), David Strathairn (William Seward), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Robert Lincoln), James Spader (W.N. Bilbo), Hal Holbrook (Preston Blair), Tommy Lee Jones (Thaddeus Stevens), John Hawkes (Robert Latham), Jackie Earle Haley (Alexander Stephens), Bruce McGill (Edwin Stanton), Tim Blake Nelson (Richard Schell), Joseph Cross (John Hay), Jared Harris (Ulysses S. Grant), Lee Pace (Fernando Wood)