Where to watch Lincoln (2012)
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In the final months of the American Civil War, a determined president works to end the conflict, reunite a divided nation, and abolish slavery. He faces fierce opposition, difficult moral choices, and tense negotiations as he tries to secure support for a historic constitutional amendment.
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones, John Hawkes, Jackie Earle Haley, Bruce McGill, Tim Blake Nelson, Joseph Cross
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Trivia & production notes
- Spielberg expressed interest in acquiring the film rights to Team of Rivals immediately after Doris Kearns Goodwin mentioned her plans to write the book in 1999.
- John Logan's initial script draft centered on Lincoln's friendship with Frederick Douglass before being rewritten by Paul Webb.
- Spielberg postponed filming scheduled for January 2006 because he was dissatisfied with Paul Webb's screenplay.
- Tony Kushner's first draft of the screenplay was 500 pages long and covered four months of Lincoln's life, which he later condensed to focus on just two months surrounding the Thirteenth Amendment.
- Paramount Pictures initially delayed the Lincoln project over concerns it would be too similar to Spielberg's underperforming film Amistad.
- Daniel Day-Lewis declined the role of Lincoln in 2003, telling Spielberg the casting idea was preposterous.
- Liam Neeson exited the Lincoln role in July 2010 after realizing during a table read that he was too old to play the part, despite being only three years older than Lincoln was during the depicted period.
- After Day-Lewis eventually accepted the Lincoln role, he initially rejected Sally Field for the part of Mary Todd Lincoln due to their age difference, though Field was ultimately cast following a successful screen test.
- The Virginia State Capitol was used to film both the interiors and exteriors of the US Capitol as well as the exteriors of the White House.
- Spielberg announced his intention to film Lincoln in early 2009 and release it in November to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth.
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