Lincoln / a Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures release of a DreamWorks Pictures ; 20th Century Fox and Reliance Entertainment presentation in association with Participant Media and Dune Entertainment of an Amblin Entertainment/Kennedy/Marshall Co. production ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy ; screenplay by Tony Kushner ; directed by Steven Spielberg.
Based on "Team of rivals : the political genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Originally released as a motion picture in 2012. Features: The journey to Lincoln. Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones, Lee Pace, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Costabile, Jackie Earle Haley, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jared Harris.
Summary:
Follows Abraham Lincoln during the last months of the American Civil War and his fight to pass the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery.
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