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Lincoln (2012 film)
Lincoln
is a 2012 American
epic
historical drama film
directed by
Steven Spielberg
, starring
Daniel Day-Lewis
as
United States President
Abraham Lincoln
and
Sally Field
as
Mary Todd Lincoln
. The screenplay by
Tony Kushner
was loosely based on
Doris Kearns Goodwin
's biography
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
, and covers the final four months of Lincoln's life, focusing on the President's efforts in January 1865 to have the
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
passed by the
United States House of Representatives
.
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