Lincoln

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Lincoln is a 2012 historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg that focuses on U.S. President Abraham Lincoln’s efforts to pass the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery.

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Abraham Lincoln 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
historical drama film
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Art Direction
surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
basedOn Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
book by Doris Kearns Goodwin
cinematographyBy Janusz Kamiński
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Steven Spielberg
distributor DreamWorks Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
editedBy Michael Kahn
genre biographical film
historical drama
language English
mainSubject Abraham Lincoln
Thirteenth Amendment
surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

abolition of slavery in the United States
musicBy John Williams
narrativeFocus final months of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency
passage of the Thirteenth Amendment
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
portrays American Civil War era politics
Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States) in the 1860s

Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States) in the 1860s

United States House of Representatives
portraysCharacter Abraham Lincoln
Mary Todd Lincoln
Robert Todd Lincoln
Thaddeus Stevens
William H. Seward
producer Kathleen Kennedy
Kristie Macosko Krieger
Steven Spielberg
publicationDate 2012
runtime 150 minutes
screenwriter Tony Kushner
setInPlace Washington, D.C.
setInTimePeriod 1865
starredActor Daniel Day-Lewis
David Strathairn
Hal Holbrook
James Spader
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Lee Pace
Michael Stuhlbarg
Sally Field
Tommy Lee Jones

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Daniel Day-Lewis notableWork Lincoln
Tommy Lee Jones notableWork Lincoln
Jeff Skoll notableWork Lincoln
Gore Vidal notableWork Lincoln
Bruce McGill notableWork Lincoln
Lee Pace notableWork Lincoln
Jeremy Strong notableWork Lincoln
Jeremy Strong appearedIn Lincoln
Steven notableWork Lincoln
subject surface form: Steven Spielberg
Walton Goggins notableWork Lincoln
David Strathairn notableWork Lincoln
Bill Camp notableWork Lincoln
Jared Harris notableWork Lincoln
Janusz Kamiński notableWork Lincoln
Frank Marshall notableWork Lincoln
Tim Blake Nelson notableWork Lincoln
Sally Field notableWork Lincoln
Michael Kahn editedFilm Lincoln
Elizabeth Marvel notableWork Lincoln
Joanna Johnston notableWork Lincoln
Joanna Johnston workedOnFilm Lincoln
Walter Huston notableWork Lincoln
this entity surface form: Abraham Lincoln
Gulliver McGrath notableWork Lincoln
Peter McRobbie notableWork Lincoln
Tony Kushner notableWork Lincoln