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Silent film master D.W. Griffith's first talkie works as a companion piece to his classic BIRTH OF A NATION, providing a detailed biographical sketch of the 16th president. We see his birth in a log cabin, the tragic death of his first love, Ann Rutledge (Una Merkel), his debates with Douglas, his accepting of the presidency, .. Read more

Starring	Walter Huston, Una Merkel, Kay Hammond, Ian Keith
Director	D.W. Griffith
Genres	Drama

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Spielberg's Lincoln biopic still on track
- 16 Sep 2009
Director Steven Spielberg will go head to head with Robert Redford when they each produce movie biopics about Abraham Lincoln. Hollywood veteran Redford is working on Lincoln drama The Conspirator and recently revealed James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn had joined the cast. Spielberg announced plans for a film based on the life of the 19th century U.S. president earlier this year (09) with Liam Neeson as Lincoln, but the project has been delayed by funding and script alterations in the run-up... Read more
Neeson tipped for Lincoln role
- 13 Jan 2005
Liam Neeson is in negotiations to take on the role of the United States' most revered president in Steven Spielberg's long-anticipated biopic of Abraham Lincoln. The Northern Irish actor starred in the director's Holocaust epic Schindler's List and is now rumoured to be the frontrunner to play the American Civil War premier. Spielberg's company DreamWorks bought the rights to the as yet unpublished biography of Lincoln by Pulitzer prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin in 2001. But... Read more
Redford's accent demands left McAvoy exhausted
- 26 Nov 2009
Scottish actor James Mcavoy found his boss Robert Redford a tough taskmaster while working on the star's latest movie - after the Hollywood veteran ordered him to speak in an American accent at all times. The Last King of Scotland star is playing U.S. lawyer Frederick Aiken in Redford's The Conspirator, about the trial of a woman said to be involved in the assassination of 19th century American president Abraham Lincoln. But McAvoy found himself at work even when the cameras stopped rolling -... Read more
National Treasure sequel hits US top spot
- 24 Dec 2007
The sequel to action thriller National Treasure has hit the top of the US box office chart this weekend. National Treasure: Book of Secrets features Nicolas Cage once again as gold seeker Ben Gates, who investigates the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and uncovers a mystery hidden deep within history. I Am Legend followed in second place for the Christmas weekend, with Alvin and the Chipmunks in third place, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Charlie Wilson's War occupied number four, while... Read more
Declassified: Our Favourite Spies
- 13 Aug 2007
Declassified: Our Favourite Spies There's something very sexy about a spy. The fantasy of putting your life on the line for your country, with a get-out-of-jail free card for recompense; that license to kill, and steal, and lie, and to hell with traffic regulations too! Most of us have probably fantasized about it at one time or another, but I don't suppose any mother ever hoped that her little darling would go into espionage. It's not a position that career guidance counselors steer young... Read more

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  Silent film master D.W. Griffith's first talkie works as a companion piece to his classic BIRTH OF A NATION, providing a detailed biographical sketch of the 16th president. We see his birth in a log cabin, the tragic death of his first love, Ann Rutledge (Una Merkel), his debates with Douglas, his ...