Lincoln (2012)

By Paras Pitafi
Entertainment Correspondent, SAM Daily Times

As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
Director of the movie is Steven Spielberg and is written by Tony Kushner (screenplay).  Daniel Day-Lewis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Tommy Lee Jones are the main lead in the flick which is shot mainly in USA in its four different cities. Every actor in the movie is impressive. Genres are biography, drama, history and war.
Lincoln – A name expected to hear called over and over this Oscar season.
Steven Spielberg has once again brought an amazing docudrama to the big screen. This movie is based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln". It begins shortly after Abraham Lincoln's election to a second term in office and takes us through to his assignation. The story focuses on the fight to end the civil war and pass the thirteenth amendment.
Not only is the cast phenomenal, pulling the characters right of history and on to the screen, but the rest of the movie is just as well done. The sets, costume, and make-up artists all come together to turn well known actors into the historical personages they are portraying.
Unless you completely skipped high school history, you probably have a pretty good idea who won the American Civil War and wither or not the 13th amendment, outlawing slavery and involuntary servitude, passed. The true art of this film is in the way it takes those topics and shows us the details behind them making a tense, suspenseful story out of a history we already know and the same is expected from this film releasing in USA on 9th of november, and in UK on 25th january 2013.