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With the Oscars wrapping up a few days ago, it’s hard not to reflect over the nominees, winners and how somethings didn’t seem to add up. Ben Affleck isn’t nominated for Best Director, but Argo wins Best Picture. I guess they loved everything about the film, just not necessarily the directing. Sounds crazy, right?
This year, the category of best actor caught my attention and sent an alarm through my film geek nervous system. | Full Story
We may see Ben Affleck directing more often, his dramatic thriller Argo took home the coveted Oscar for Best Picture in last nights show.
However, deciding a winner in the Best Picture category certainly wasn’t cut and dry for the Academy. Argo had some very stiff competition including the award favorite Life of Pi and the highly-praised Lincoln and Silver Linings Playbook. This also included Lincoln‘s Daniel Day-Lewis bringing home the Best Actor award and Silver Linings Playbook‘s Jennifer Lawrence falling over with excitement after her win as Best Actress. | Full Story
Debuting the same night as the first 2012 Presidential Debate, the second trailer for Steven Spielberg‘s Lincoln reminds us why Honest Abe was arguably the greatest president in U.S. history. (And why Daniel Day-Lewis will probably never play Mitt Romney.)
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Opening with a montage of important events in American history, including Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington, WWII, and post-9/11 New York, this new trailer explicitly targets the immense political strife and violence that ripped the nation apart during The Civil War. | Full Story
Since the trailer for Steven Spielburg’s Lincoln hit the internet yesterday, Critics have been hammering lead actor Daniel Day Lewis for his channeled Abraham Lincoln voice.
According to Harold Holzer, a Lincoln historian, “Lincoln’s voice, as far as period descriptions go, was a little shriller, a little higher.”
“He often was so nervous at the beginning, he would almost shift up into a falsetto before he settled himself said Ronald C. | Full Story
Earlier this afternoon, Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln released its long awaited trailer to an eager audience.
Although the film isn’t out until November, Spielberg and Co. have been doing a decent job leaking Lincoln material in stages.
First, they charmed us by showcasing Daniel Day-Lewis in full regalia. Next came the spectacular movie poster. Just when audiences began losing interest, they released a teaser focusing more on Day-Lewis’s vocal performance. | Full Story
Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln is getting quite the buzz as the countdown continues to the November 9 released date. Today, DreamWorks Studios has unveiled the official poster for Lincoln, Starring never work unless he wants to Daniel Day-Lewis as the title role. Sally Field, David Strathairn, David Oyelowo, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader and Tommy Lee Jones also join Lewis (a two time Oscar winner) to tell the story of our 16th President’s trials and tribulations while in office. | Full Story
A new photo has hit the web, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, featuring probably one of the most revered actors of our time, as one of the most beloved Presidents of all times.
In the photo below, sits Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln, in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. This is the first official photo of the actor and the resemblance is striking. Day-Lewis is in a league of his own in terms of transforming into characters. | Full Story
Steven Spielberg can finally relax now that his film Lincoln has met it’s deadline and will be a contender for the Academy Awards.
Shooting continues in Virginia for the film based on the book Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Award winning writer Tony Kushner has inked the screenplay and Daniel Day Lewis stars as Abraham Lincoln. The film will not cover a full account of Lincoln’s life, but rather centers around the former commander in chief and the powerful men in his cabinet who opposed his mission to abolish slavery and preserve the union. | Full Story
Here is another pic of Daniel Day-Lewis on the set of Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’. Courtesy of Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Here you see Spielberg and star Day-lewis walking on set in Richmond Virginia, where production has settled for the past 6 months.
Based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s best-selling book “Team of Rivals”, Spielberg’s version will follow Lincoln as president after he embarked on his mission to end the Civil War, preserve the Union and abolish slavery; a mission that seemed impossible, because of the powerful men in the cabinet who opposed him. | Full Story
Movies have enriched Dan Schindel's life so much that he decided
the best way to give back was to become a critic. In addition to Who Got the
Role?, he writes for ScreenPicks, We Are Movie Geeks, Off to
See the Elephant, and several other sites. He spent a year watching and
reviewing a documentary every day for his blog, Days of Docs, so now he
knows everything.
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