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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
4.5 / 10• 2009• 1h 30m•NR• English
DocumentaryHistory
Storyline
Just days after the Civil War ended, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre. As a fractured nation mourned, a manhunt closed in on his assassin, the twenty-six-year-old actor, John Wilkes Booth. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln tracks the converging paths of the president and his killer, then tracks and draws connections between their last journeys, in the forms of Lincoln's funeral train route and Booth's desperate efforts to escape.
Cast & Crew
Will Patton
John Wilkes Booth (Voice)
LeadGG
Guy Gane
John Wilkes Booth
JR
Jason Roberts
David Herold
AF
Alexander Fedorchak
Young John Wilkes Booth
Chris Cooper
Himself (Narrator)
TA
Terry Alford
Himself
DB
David Blight
Himself
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Barak Goodman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
