Trailer For Steven Spielberg’s `Lincoln’ Released
In a little over two months, the much-anticipated Steven Spielberg biopic on the life of Abraham Lincoln, called, approrpriately enough, Lincoln, will be released. Here’s the first trailer:
You can’t always judge a movie by its trailer, but I’ve got a good feeling about this one. Spielberg has always excelled when taking on serious history in movie form (see e.g., Amistad and Schindler’s List) and he’s assembled what what seems like a stellar cast. I’m particularly impressed that Daniel Day-Lewis has seemingly nailed the Kentucky “twang” that contemporary writers described Lincoln as speaking in.
So….he wasn’t a vampire hunter? I’m confused.
Sam Waterston was very good as Lincoln in a mini-series done back in the 80’s, its worth checking out. It will be interesting to see what an actor with the chops Daniel Day-Lewis has brings to the role.
Wow, looks really good.
One of the all-time great movie posters, and one of my special favs.
I’m usually wary of Spielberg movies – he always goes for the obvious emotions, he hardly ever uses subtlety or nuance. Schindler’s List was a good example of that.
That said, I’ll probably watch the movie.
@anjin-san:
That was the Gore Vidal Lincoln, with Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Todd Lincoln. It was good; Waterston was excellent.
@al-Ameda:
On the other hand, there’s Munich which is probably the only movie since 9/11 to seriously wrestle with the “He who fights with monsters…” problem at the center of the War on Terror.