The Day Lincoln Was Shot
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Directed by | John Gray |
Produced by | Thomas John Kane |
Written by | John Gray Tim Metcalfe |
Starring | Lance Henriksen Rob Morrow |
Music by | Mark Snow |
Cinematography | Ronald Victor Garcia |
Edited by | Scott Vickrey |
Distributed by | TNT |
Release dates
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12 April 1998 [1] |
Running time
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96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Day Lincoln Was Shot is an 1998 American television film based on the book by Jim Bishop. It is a re-creation of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, co-written and directed by John Gray, and stars Lance Henriksen as Abraham Lincoln and Rob Morrow as John Wilkes Booth.[2]
The book had previously been adapted in 1956 as a live television play starring Raymond Massey as Lincoln, Lillian Gish as Mary, and Rob Morrow as John Wilkes Booth. It was telecast on the CBS anthology series Ford Star Jubilee.
Plot
The film recreates the events leading up to and after the assassination of the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, by the actor John Wilkes Booth, as well as a glimpse into the personal lives of both men.
Cast
- Lance Henriksen as Abraham Lincoln
- Rob Morrow as John Wilkes Booth
- Donna Murphy as Mary Lincoln
- Wil Wheaton as Robert Lincoln
- Titus Welliver as Lewis Powell
- Jaimz Woolvett as David Herold
- Kirk B. R. Woller as George Atzerodt
- Eddie Jones as Edwin M. Stanton
- Jeremy Sisto as Frederick W. Seward
- John Pleshette as William H. Seward
- Gregory Itzin as William Crook
- Adam Lamberg as Tad Lincoln
- John Ashton as Ulysses S. Grant
- Nancy Robinette as Mary Surratt
Home Releases
The film was first released on VHS in 2000 from Warner Home Video. The film is now available on DVD via the burn-on-demand Warner Archive service.[3]
References
External links
- The Day Lincoln Was Shot at the Internet Movie Database
- The Day Lincoln Was Shot at TNT
- Articles with dead external links from March 2015
- Pages with broken file links
- English-language films
- Films set in the 1860s
- Films about Presidents of the United States
- 1998 television films
- American television films
- American films
- TNT Network original films
- Films directed by John Gray (director)
- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln