Lincoln

Resource Information

The work Lincoln represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Milton Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Lincoln

Statement of responsibility

DreamWorks Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and Reliance Entertainment presents ; in association with Participant Media ; an Amblin Entertainment/Kennedy/Marshall Company production ; screenplay by Tony Kushner ; director, Steven Spielberg

Contributor

• Dreamworks Pictures
• Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Day-Lewis, Daniel
• Field, Sally
• Goodwin, Doris Kearns
• Gordon-Levitt, Joseph, 1981-
• Haley, Jackie Earle, 1961-
• Harris, Jared, 1961-
• Hawkes, John, 1959-
• Holbrook, Hal
• Jones, Tommy Lee, 1946-
• Spader, James
• Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
• Strathairn, David

Subject

• African Americans -- History -- Fiction
• Biographical films
• Cabinet officers -- United States -- Fiction
• Feature films
• Historical films
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Fiction
• Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882 -- Fiction
• Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 -- Fiction
• Slavery -- United States -- History -- Fiction
• Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868 -- Fiction
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
• United States, President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• spa
• eng
• fre
• eng

Summary

A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come

Biographical or historical data

Described video for the visually impaired.

Cataloging source

lbi

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music by John Williams ; director of photography, Janusz Kaminski ; edited by Michael Kahn

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Canadian Home Video Rating: PG

Language note

English (5.1), English DVS (2.0) French or Spanish dialogue (5.1); Spanish, English or French subtitles

PerformerNote

Sally Field, Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jackie Earle Haley, John Hawkes, Jared Harris, David Strathairn

Runtime

150

Target audience

general

Technique

live action