Teddi mellencamp biography of abraham lincoln
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First look: 'The fate of human dignity is in our hands': Daniel Day-Lewis transformed into campaigning Abraham Lincoln in new trailer
By JOEL COOPER FOR THE DAILY MAIL
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He is notoriously selective when it comes to starring in major motion picture films.
But it looks like Daniel Day-Lewis knows how to pick a winner if his latest trailer for new movie Lincoln is anything to go by.
The award-winning 55-year-old actor portrays the 16th President of the United States in the eagerly anticipated drama by Steven Spielberg.
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Spitting image: Daniel Day-Lewis portrays the 16th US President, Abraham Lincoln
Celebrations: The White House in Washington DC is featured in Lincoln scenes
Popular President: In spite of his public popularity, 16th US President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865 at age 56
The film depicts the final four months of the President’s life and is based on a biography written by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.
It follows Abraham Lincoln and the political manoeuvring that he undertook during the final throws of the Civil War, in his quest to outlaw slavery.
The trailer shows Lincoln as he is counselled on how to deal with the situation by politi
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Another Liberal Lion
Posting has been light as I’ve been on several assignments.
But I wanted to point to the visit last week of George McGovern to the Luncheon Society, the regular series of Q&A with politicos and authors that draws an industry crowd and is organized by Bob McBarton. Although the sessions are usually off the record — the likes of Gary Hart and Michael Dukakis have offered pretty candid comments of the political environment — McBarton offers a recap of the latest event on their blog.
McGovern was routed in his 1972 bid for president, but his campaign in many respects marked the rise of the Hollywood liberal wing as a significant and later dominant part of the industry’s political activity.
McBarton writes, “As I looked around the tables at both Luncheon Society gatherings in Los Angeles and San Francisco, I was struck by how the contours of history had played out. Dan Ellsberg sat across the table from McGovern in San Francisco and in Los Angeles, Max Palevsky and Stanley Sheinbaum sat on either side of him. Bennet Kelley later told me that Sheinbaum organized Ellsberg’s defense after he leaked “The Pentagon Papers” to The New York Times and the Washington Post. Ellsberg said that with
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