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Lincoln (miniseries)
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Wikipedia article
'Lincoln', also known as 'Gore Vidal's Lincoln', is a 1988 American television miniseries starring Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln, Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Todd Lincoln, and Richard Mulligan as William H. Seward. It was directed by Lamont Johnson and was based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Gore Vidal. It covers the period from Lincoln's election as President of the United States to the time of his assassination. (It can also be noted that Waterston would later dub the voice of Lincoln in Ken Burns's documentary 'The Civil War' the following year.)
Lamont Johnson won an Emmy for directing 'Lincoln'.
The miniseries was also nominated for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special, Outstanding Art Direction in a Miniseries or a Special, Outstanding Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special (Mary Tyler Moore), Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special, Outstanding Mini-series and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special (Ruby Dee) at the 40th Primetime Emmy Awards.
The film was shot almost entirely in Richmond, Virginia, and it cost $8 million to produce.[https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/20/arts/television-a-filtered-portrait-of-lincoln-comes-to-the-small-screen.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm Television: A Filtered Portrait of Lincoln Comes to the Small Screen]
Cast
* Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln
* Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Todd Lincoln
* Richard Mulligan as William H. Seward
* Deborah Adair as Kate Chase
* Gregory Cooke as Robert Lincoln
* Steven Culp as Johnny Hay
* Jeffrey DeMunn as William Herndon
* Jon DeVries as Edwin Stanton
* James Gammon as Ulysses S. Grant
* Thomas Gibson as William Sprague
* Ruby Dee as Elizabeth Keckley
* John Houseman as Winfield Scott
References
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