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Saving Lincoln

Play trailer Poster for Saving Lincoln 2013,  1h 38m,  History/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 27% 15 Reviews Tomatometer 67% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
27% Tomatometer 15 Reviews 67% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon (Lea Coco) foils repeated assassination attempts while serving as President Lincoln's (Tom Amandes) self-appointed bodyguard.

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Mark Olsen Los Angeles Times Feb 20, 2013
2/5
The film feels like an animated Wikipedia page, just sort of running through the greatest hits of Lincoln's life in office - the Emancipation Proclamation! Gettysburg! The Theater! - without any real insight. Go to Full Review
Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine Feb 15, 2013
1.5/4
Under even the best of circumstances, Saving Lincoln would have to inevitably face the scrutiny of potential redundancy. Go to Full Review
Neil Genzlinger New York Times Feb 14, 2013
2/5
Note to filmmakers: Just because you can do something doesn't necessarily mean you should do it. Go to Full Review
Brent Simon Shockya.com Apr 18, 2013
C
An ancillary curio about the man and his struggles, at least for history buffs, and an unusual exception to an old screenwriting rule -- a movie whose framing device benefits it much more than its actual execution. Go to Full Review
Nora Lee Mandel Film-Forward.com Feb 25, 2013
6/10
The innovative look. . .of thrusting actors directly into archival photographs, . .the primary reason to see the film, is particularly striking. . .as visual authenticity. Go to Full Review
Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru Feb 16, 2013
5.45/10
A bold visual feat undermined by an overstuffed, cold and shallow screenplay and awkward theatrical performances. Go to Full Review
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Theodore S Sep 4, 2017 One of the better Lincoln movies showing how he dealt with the horrors of war
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Cast & Crew

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Salvador Litvak

Director

Tom Amandes

Abraham Lincoln

Lea Coco

Ward Hill Lamon

Penelope Ann Miller

Mary Todd Lincoln

Bruce Davison

William H. Seward

Creed Bratton

Sen. Charles Sumner

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Movie Info

Synopsis U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon (Lea Coco) foils repeated assassination attempts while serving as President Lincoln's (Tom Amandes) self-appointed bodyguard.
Director
Salvador Litvak
Producer
Reuben Lim, Salvador Litvak
Screenwriter
Salvador Litvak, Nina Davidovich Litvak
Distributor
Pictures From the Fringe
Production Co
Lane Street Pictures, Pictures from the Fringe, Saving Lincoln
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 15, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 8, 2017
Runtime
1h 38m
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