Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 150 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States, India
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
The story
The revealing story of the 16th US 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.
- mutiny
- usa president
- based on true story
- speech
- battlefield
- historical fiction
- family conflict
- american civil war
- cultural conflict
- battle of gettysburg
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Peter McRobbie — George Pendleton
- Directed
- Steven Spielberg
- Written
- Tony Kushner
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 4,110 ratings
- Studio
- DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Participant, Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Dune Entertainment
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