Fans of Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th and, arguably, one of her greatest presidents, are in luck. A new teaser trailer for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film, “Lincoln,” has been released. While it’s only 44 seconds in length, the brief video provides a lens into a motion picture that’s likely to pique the interests of movie lovers and history buffs, alike.
Photo Credit: DreamWorks II Distribution Co.
The clip opens with Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address. As the voice-over progresses, imagery depicting the Civil War is shown. Then, the camera pans around to a profile of Lincoln’s face. While it’s not much in terms of content, it’s worth watching.
A short description of the film accompanies the clip:
Steven Spielberg directs two-time Academy Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln,” a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President’s tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Photo Credit: YouTube
While this is a short, sneak-peak version of the trailer, the official video will be released on September 13, during a special, online event. Spielberg and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (he plays Lincoln’s oldest son Robert Todd) will appear at a Google+ Hangout, where the full clip will be presented to the public.
Watch the teaser trailer, below:
(H/T: Gawker)
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orion1958
Sep. 11, 2012 at 10:39amMy Nephew is in this movie. He started out as a extra Confederate soldier. Then he got to play a Union solder. Then a higher up actor ended up dropping out and he got to play a high ranking officer & he gets to stand behind Grant in the ending seen..
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soybomb315_II
Sep. 11, 2012 at 1:24pmIf you believe like i do, that the federal government is too big and does too much – then you can blame the leaders of that time period as it transformed the role of our federal government. We can talk about socialism and Woodrow Wilson but NONE of that would have been possible in this country if it werent for the centralization of power that occured before, during, and after the Civil War.
I wish Glenn Beck would look into this because leaving this out of the ‘conservative’ history books masks the cause and solution to our tyrannical government.
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Kaoscontrol
Sep. 11, 2012 at 1:35pmGood for your Nephew, I guess. but is he bothered by how the right will be portrayed in this movie?
Though I’m a fan of (some of) Steven’s work, I’m curious about the timing of this release– just prior to the election. Spielberg made a statement several years back saying his take on Lincoln would destroy the Republicans. Recently he said:
“Our movie is really about a working leader who must make tough decisions and get things done in the face of overwhelming opposition…”
Sounds like this movie may be more Obama propaganda….
Wasn’t it Spielberg who was advising Nancy Pelosi about how to re-brand the Dems recently?
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TomSawyer
Sep. 11, 2012 at 2:23pmI am not watching this moving because Steven Spielberg gave money to Obama’s campaign.
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RobbieTLHughie
Sep. 11, 2012 at 3:55pmOh TomSawyer, you’re so cute. I’m sure Steven will miss your $7.50 very greatly.
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woemcat
Sep. 11, 2012 at 4:47pmhow cool!!!! glad he got to have that experience.
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TRUTHandFREEDOM
Sep. 11, 2012 at 6:38pmHERE was a true Crisis, not like the left’s global warming crap. Government expanded and government backed off after dealing with the aftermath and was built up later and at times without crisis existing beyond government expansion itself. Lincoln didn’t get the chance to use his second term. HE needed more time. Obama doesn’t.
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TRUTHandFREEDOM
Sep. 11, 2012 at 6:43pmand I think that Lincoln actually read the Gettysburg address a little louder than that.
Do we NEED a leftist’s movie of a Republican? What good is it?
There is a hunger for great movies about great people, but we get spin with occasional tips of the hat to allow the biased film maker to say that they respect their target.
I don’t need something else to waste my money on.
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Seymour
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:33pmSpielberg won’t be seeing another dime from my family. What’s the matter with you Hollowell? This is a guy that helped finance the PAC that produced “Romney is a murderer” Bain stole from the poor” and the “War on women”, et al. Are you okay with this? Liberals rewrite history and it’ll be a cold day in hell before I pay to see another Spielberg production. Non-negotiable.
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Dumpster Baby
Sep. 11, 2012 at 10:41pmSo your nephew is a member of the Screen Actor’s Guild. Union commie.
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sjohn70037
Sep. 11, 2012 at 10:36amThat Spielberg POS will not get one dime of my money.
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soybomb315_II
Sep. 11, 2012 at 1:36pmNothing ****** me off more than Lincoln worship…..
“If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.”
-Abraham Lincoln (Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862)
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Godfather.1
Sep. 11, 2012 at 1:44pm“While it’s only 44 seconds in length, the brief video provides a lens into a motion picture that’s likely to peak the interests of movie lovers and history buffs, alike.”
Billy Hallowell, learn to spell, or at least have someone proofread your article before posting.
You Blaze “journalists” have typos, spelling errors, and grammatical errors in almost every article. Yet, you have the audacity to point out spelling errors made by liberals.
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TRUTHandFREEDOM
Sep. 11, 2012 at 6:51pmSoybomb sounds like those founder bashers too.
Here is the deal with most founders and with Republicans;
Part ONE – The agenda was to end slavery, but in the case of the founders and in the case of Lincoln, the union needed to be secured first. Our nation’s strength and defense were considerable standing together and ready for defeat divided.
Part TWO: – A nation divided between slave holding and non slave holding countries means that the slaves would all wind up in the slave holding country with no one organized effort to free them! In a larger, united country, MANY were active in advocating abolition!
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soybomb315_II
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:40pm@TRUTHandFREEDOM
The right of secession was never in question. It wasnt until AFTER the Civil War that the federal government established that not part of the USA could leave the union. Ironically, that was the only thing holding back the wall of tyranny and after the Civil War, there was no limit to federal power
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TunaBlue
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:09pm@SoyBomb,
Let me take a guess, you’re a Southerner. And a believer in in the “Myth of Lost Cause.” The South lost, and for good reason, and who gives a crap that Lincoln overreached. This issue is so much more complex than your whining makes it out to be.
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resme
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:40pm“The South lost, and for good reason, and who gives a crap that Lincoln overreached.”
Who cares if Obama has a kill list?
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UnreconstructedLibertarian
Sep. 11, 2012 at 10:48pmExcuse me, Truthandfreedom.
Divided slave and non-slave states? Do you reckon the 4 slave states that remained in the Union, and the additional slave state added during the war, West Virginia, knew what you are talking about?
How about this, that prior to Lincoln calling up 75,000 troops to invade South Carolina – more slave states were in the Union than the Confederacy? 8 in the Union, 7 in the CSA. 4 seceeded After the call to invade. No mention of slavery in their declarations of secession – but nobody quotes those.
Look up Republicans of the time like Karl Shurz, Thaddeus Stevens, Charles A. Dana – and see what their politics were. How about August Willich. Brave enough?
Have you ever researched any actual “abolishionists”? It would pay you to, most were either foreign born socialists or homegrown socialist utopians. Kinda like the race-baiters of today.
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hialtitude
Sep. 11, 2012 at 10:28amDon’t know about the southern accent but I have read that Lincoln’s voice was rather soft. What bugs me is the way most actors read the Gettysburg Address. Apparently, in the phrase, “Of the people, by the people and for the people”, Lincoln emphasized “people” rather than the prepositions. FWIW.
Won’t go and see Spielberg’s interpretation of Lincoln because I’m pretty sure I won’t like it.
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GhostOfJefferson
Sep. 11, 2012 at 11:06amAnd high pitched as well. He didn’t have a booming, sonorous baritone like we hear in movies. More like a soft, strangely high pitched voice. Baffles the senses to think about really, lol.
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GoodStuff
Sep. 11, 2012 at 12:28pmI know history books say that Lincoln had a soft voice, but this trailer makes it sound like Lincoln had a high-pitched Mickey Mouse voice, which simply isn’t accurate. Silly voice.
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GhostOfJefferson
Sep. 11, 2012 at 1:28pm@Good
Actually he is reputed by sources who attended the Douglas/Lincoln debates, to have had a high pitched voice.
The more you know ™! :)
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Kozys
Sep. 12, 2012 at 2:04pmI have read at least two history books that report he had a high pitched voice. This is noted several times because in his public debates the audience could always hear the higher pitch of his voice. Mickey mouse or not it seems his voice was a higher tone.
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sbenard
Sep. 11, 2012 at 10:11amDo NOT believe anything Spielberg says regarding history! He’s just another collectivist rewriting history to mislead and deceive!
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soybomb315_II
Sep. 11, 2012 at 1:29pmObama says Lincoln was his favorite president. Gee, I wonder why…..
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Matt
Sep. 14, 2012 at 1:39amI came here, because I was hoping that SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE on the internet understood the real implications of this film and why it will be the worst film about any president in the whole history of filmmaking.
Thank you for posting what you did. So far, it seems like we two are alone in getting it.
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ClaudeRains
Sep. 11, 2012 at 10:03amWill the soundtrack be a mix of rap and hip hop?
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Ming The Merciless
Sep. 11, 2012 at 4:49pmIt’s a legit question…
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wtd
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:32amSpielberg is full of himself. The following comment posted at the link sums it up nicely:
“The “World Trailer Premiere” followed by the World Premiere of the Trailer that IS the Post-Trailer Premiere which will be love blogged in real time on a blog and simulcast on Pay Per View all so that this movie will go STRAIGHT to DVD after one weekend in theaters. Whatever. “
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Mil-Dot
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:37amYep more liberal prog crap about how great Lincoln was. He was the original big govt goon.
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watersRpeople
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:38amYes, yes, put your love into a movie, and not in your own heart. Yes feel the want of another movie stirring your emotion, because you can not stir your own emotion. Yes, become harder than a stone that way when they smack you with Thor’s hammer you shatter into a billion tiny specks.
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doomytram
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:18amEven money Obozo makes a cameo. Well ears…
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progressiveslayer
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:28amHis name will be Toby
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asybot12
Sep. 11, 2012 at 7:47pmHey man I just checked my name is Toby, got no big ears and actually do a great job! and I am mixed Caucasian, Spanish and French according to our tree. no insults OK? the rest of your comments are fine although your tendencies are to insult rather than educate. Stick to the correct information and leave it to people to check it and make up their own minds , most ( I believe, although there is doubt) are adults.
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Tri-ox
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:17amNo doubt that Spielberg modeled his revisionist-history Lincoln after obama – Day Lewis even sounds like obama – limp and impotent. Spielberg is a raging anti-America obama-liberal. This movie is just a nonstarter on so many levels.
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progressiveslayer
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:15am“I will say than that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races, that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that here is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.”
-Abraham Lincoln (in a debate with Stephen Douglass on September 18, 1858)
Ole Abe was honest eh? Remember he freed the slaves,that’s what we were taught so it must be true right?
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adayrider
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:39amFunny how they rewrite history.
Great post.
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linearnonlinear
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:39amHey Little Cowboy! Did you look at the date of that statement. You put it there. God where do these people come from !
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AZindependent
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:49amGood old Abe could have avoided the entire Civil War by offering to buy out the slaves (would have been much cheaper than the war). He was in favor of sending them back to what is now Liberia. Buy their freedom and then ship them back. The importation of slaves had been outlawed decades before Lincoln. Farmers were switching to mechanized farming using newly invented machines. The whole war could have been avoided.
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progressiveslayer
Sep. 11, 2012 at 10:06amLINEAR The debates were held between June 17 and Oct. 15, 1858,what’s your point you can’t read a calender?
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GhostOfJefferson
Sep. 11, 2012 at 11:16am@Slayer
Yep, was thinking of that same quote myself. I do not belong to the Cult of Lincoln. I don’t hate or like the man, I simply approach him as the flawed human being he was. He, and Congress, were content with slavery existing, they just didn’t want any new states chartered as slave states. Had Kansas not gotten sassy in it’s attempt to form as a slave state, slavery would have existed long past the 1860′s (though not much longer, it was economically inefficient and capitalism was driving it out of business). He was a micro managing fellow who happily jailed editors of newspapers for daring to question his policies (Ohio had a few jailed). Last check, the BOR cannot be superseded by “war”, but he didn’t care.
Also, Congress freed the slaves, not Lincoln. The office of the Presidency, at the time, had no power to do that kind of thing. The 13th Amendment, passed in a ConCon via Congress, abolished slavery.
Dunno. Without Kansas, Lincoln would have gone down in history as just another guy in the office. He was not a crusader nor a holy man against slavery bound and determined to force it out of existence, as we’re taught.
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cristo52
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:14amI wouldn’t spend a dime to see a movie this leftie dirt bag made.
http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=name&lname=spielberg&fname=steven&search=Search
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salvawhoray
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:14amJust be happy that they didn’t get Will Smith for the roll.
Lincoln is back, but now he’s black.
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ClaudeRains
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:29amWith Martin Lawrence as the vice president. What a great buddy flick that would have been.
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tothepoint
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:13amI only hope that Hollywood leftie Spielberg does not tarnish or lie about Lincoln in this project.
And, I sure hope he didn’t put Obama in the picture in any way as Narcissist Obama has rewritten the White House Presidents’ history to include himself in their Bios.
So, we shall see what Hollywood does to the first Republican President – President Abraham Lincoln.
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Mil-Dot
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:41amLincoln was a murdering POS big govt goon. That is why the black folks like him so much.
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GoodStuff
Sep. 11, 2012 at 12:21pm“Lincoln was a murdering POS big govt goon.”
Seek help.
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Seabird
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:06amI believe this will be another revision of history! If only Mr. Spielberg would tell his stories as he use to.
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mike_trivisonno
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:03amIf Spielberg is involved, it will be a fantasy film.
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bigkahuna1953
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:58amJust a quick question for my Blaze Brethren, why do Hollywood filmmakers insist on using non-Americans for major/lead roles in their movies that depict Americans? Daniel Day Lewis as Lincoln, Christian Bale as Batman just to name a few. Now I’m not sure, but I wouldn’t doubt if casting Lewis in this role is just another finger in the eye to the Republican Party from Spielberg, one of the Progressive Democrats major cheerleaders.
BTW – Please, can we use spell check when posting on The Blaze?
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GoodStuff
Sep. 11, 2012 at 12:26pm“why do Hollywood filmmakers insist on using non-Americans for major/lead roles”
Because in America, acting is considered gay (which it is), so very few real mean (not the effeminate kind) get in to acting. Hence, there are very few American actors to play big tough guy roles. All the real men in America have real jobs. Effeminate “men” get in to acting. In Euope, Australia, etc, acting is not considered gay, therefor tough guys get in to acting all the time.
Nowadays, if Hollywood is looking for a tough guy, they go to England, Australia.
That’s all. But, acting is still gay.
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RiseLiberty
Sep. 11, 2012 at 3:50pmThe answer to your question is because America has very few exceptional actors any more. Look at the powerhouses coming out of the UK and Australia — Kate Blanchett, Tom Hardy, Eric Bana, Jude Law, Charleze Theron, Daniel Day Lewis, Naomi Watts, etc. etc. Anyone of them could nail a NY accent and we wouldn’t know the difference. Or Tennessee or Minnesota or Texas… and at the same time, be comfortable doing Shakespeare.
Who do we have that do that? Tom Cruise? George Clooney? Will Smith? We have one. One great actress left. Merryl Streep. All the tough dudes are too old… Pacino, DiNiro… Sad.
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changedone
Sep. 12, 2012 at 7:06pmNope. It’s so the movies will get good reviews and make more bank in other countries. Look at “Cold Mountain.” Shot in Yugoslavia because a sweet-heart deal the producer made with that government. Had an Aussie and a Brit in the lead roles as Americans. More than likely to make it more palletable to foreign audiances.
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ClaudeRains
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:50amBFD Obama would have solved everything by raising taxes, passing Obamacare and announcing the withdrawal date of the troops from the south. He would have protected the Union troops thinking they were actually in a union.
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RobbieTLHughie
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:01amDude A+ analysis! Do they pay you to make those awesome, well thought out comments?
TOTALLY MAKES SENSE! AND FUNNY! LOLOLOL
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tothepoint
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:18amAnd, since the Democrats wanted to continue slavery, it would have progressed into the neutral states and been more widespread. Further, since the Democrats started the K K K, Obama would have been caught in a vise there and would have had to invoke his white 50%, renouncing his mostly Arab, 15% black bloodline.
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Mandors
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:31amDarn, I thought he was going to put on his hat and run away from a boulder, then be taken up in a spaceship, before fighting cloned dinosaurs on an island.
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TheMajority
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:46amThat is par for the progressive study course. “Duhhh–may be I will get lucky, and be a government “worker” all my life”. That is not what I dreamed to be as a little kid, back when hollywood was American, and helped you to think “for” your “self” a bit.
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TheMajority
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:29amI don’t watch hardly anything hollywood, (about USA History especially) that was not written before 1950. Just a “rule of thumb” of mine, since the progressive movement took over hollywood about that time.
Check out 1950 “Born Yesterday” for a good flick,——— because Mr. Spielberg,——- we were not.
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johnjamison
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:01amYeah, Spielberg and his hard core liberal ideology is on my no watch list.
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RightUnite
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:14amEh…. Not going to spend another dime on Hollyweird… Just can’t and won’t do it.
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TheMajority
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:33amI rent a DVD once in a while, and it is hard to find stuff that isn’t “dumming”. hollywood defiantly needs some “pro American”, “pro decency” competition.
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NewLife56
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:13amLincoln was a republican, the dems wanted to keep slavery and they still do, a slave to the government
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bigkahuna1953
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:05amIf only Obama supporters were smart enough to see that the Democrat Party seeks to enslave as many Americans as possible (Blank, White, Hispanic etc.). WAKE UP AMERICA!!!
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RightUnite
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:12amSo, are they going to have Obama in there as a savior somehow?? Hehehehehe! Wouldn’t surprise me in the least.
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RobbieTLHughie
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:58amDamn it, you people are weird…
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tothepoint
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:15amThat is not unrealistic of you to say that since Obama went back through the White House Presidential bios and inserted himself into them. So, you may just be right as I noted in my earlier tweet.
I sure hope not, though.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Sep. 11, 2012 at 7:56amShould be an interesting movie; expect the Democrats to savage it across the board.
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GoodStuff
Sep. 11, 2012 at 12:37pmIt was made by uber-leftist Spielberg, and uber leftist writer Tony Kushner; I doub’t Dems will hate it. Lincoln will probably be a gay, socialist ballet dancer. Booth will be a homophobic, Bible-thumping creationist or something.
In fact, Kushner said he was writing the screenplay while watching Obama’s inauguration and it inspired him. Except this film to be a leftist fantasy!
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Critters58
Sep. 11, 2012 at 7:46amWimpy voice, need bold deep voice!
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Gonzo
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:30amI hope that wasn’t supposed to be Lincoln’s voice.
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Sophie47
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:48amRecollections from people who knew Lincoln indicate that he had a rather high pitched voice, not deep and resonant as we may wish. Who cares about voice, Obama’s voice is deep and it is highly offensive to my ears.
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Exidor
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:55amI was thinking the same thing!
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Gonzo
Sep. 11, 2012 at 10:06amI’m not surprised by the tenor of his voice, it’s the accent. It sounds like a Southern accent to me. I know he was born in KY, but did he have a slight Southern accent?
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GhostOfJefferson
Sep. 11, 2012 at 11:18am@Gonzo
Actually, Lincoln had a high pitched voice. The deep baritone was a Hollywood invention.
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CaptainCaveman
Sep. 11, 2012 at 12:58pmAnyone complaining about Lincoln’s voice obviously doesn’t know anything about the man beyond what they’ve seen in movies.
Lincoln DID have a wimpy voice. He had a high pitched, lilting way of speaking. He also had an Appalachian accent. The way that his voice is portrayed in this movie is actually not wimpy enough.
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SDAJumpmaster
Sep. 11, 2012 at 7:42am…but does it accurately display his vampire hunting prowess?
Just kidding, folks…. looking forward to this one!
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Critters58
Sep. 11, 2012 at 7:40amWhat a whimpy voice! Who does that? Lincoln should be bolder, deeper! I won’t see it!
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....Death is not the worst of evils.
Sep. 11, 2012 at 7:59amI’m guessing the producers were going for authenticity. Lincoln’s voice was not bold or deep. Accounts from the time say that his voice was higher pitched, not what people expected from a man of his size.
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RobbieTLHughie
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:59amYou’re not seeing it because you don’t like THE VOICE? WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE THESE DAYS.
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Matt
Sep. 14, 2012 at 1:36amSoyBomb Principle trumps everything. If there is a conflict between what the spirit or foundation of the law would require, and what the letter of the law would require, then it is necessary to break the letter to fulfill the spirit.
This nation was founded on the principles of “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
In order to be living according to our charter we had the moral obligation as a nation to force slavery to end.
Just as a criminal loses his rights when he commits murder, so did the plantation owners lose their right to secede when they kept fellow americans in slavery. Those who violate the law, whether in letter, OR IN SPIRIT, cannot ask for protection the of those rights. The only moral course of action was to stop slavery at any cost AND keep the union together. If that meant the death of every single plantation owner, then not only would it still have been a just cause, but that would have been a just dessert for those evil men.
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