The Day Lincoln Was Shot

The Day Lincoln Was Shot
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Directed by	John Gray
Produced by	Thomas John Kane
Written by	John Gray Tim Metcalfe
Starring	Lance Henriksen Rob Morrow
Music by	Mark Snow
Cinematography	Ronald Victor Garcia
Edited by	Scott Vickrey
Distributed by	TNT
Release dates	12 April 1998 ^[1]
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Day Lincoln Was Shot is an 1998 American television film based on the book by Jim Bishop. It is a re-creation of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, co-written and directed by John Gray, and stars Lance Henriksen as Abraham Lincoln and Rob Morrow as John Wilkes Booth.^[2]

The book had previously been adapted in 1956 as a live television play starring Raymond Massey as Lincoln, Lillian Gish as Mary, and Jack Lemmon as John Wilkes Booth. It was telecast on the CBS anthology series Ford Star Jubilee.

Plot

The film recreates the events leading up to and after the assassination of the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, by the actor John Wilkes Booth, as well as a glimpse into the personal lives of both men.

Cast

Home Releases

The film was first released on VHS in 2000 from Warner Home Video. The film is now available on DVD via the burn-on-demand Warner Archive service.^[3]

References

↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140613/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_ov_inf
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↑ oriolesbball61. "Day Lincoln Was Shot, The | WBshop.com | Warner Bros". Shop.warnerarchive.com. Retrieved 2015-03-12.

External links

The Day Lincoln Was Shot at the Internet Movie Database
The Day Lincoln Was Shot at TNT

Films directed by John Gray

Billy Galvin (1986) When He's Not a Stranger (1989) A Place for Annie (1994) Born to Be Wild (1995) The Glimmer Man (1996) The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998) The Hunley (1999) Brian's Song (2001) Martin and Lewis (2002) Helter Skelter (2004) White Irish Drinkers (2010)

Abraham Lincoln

February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865 16th President of the United States (1861–1865) U.S. Representative from Illinois (1847–1849)

Presidency	First inauguration Perpetual Union Lincoln Bible Second inauguration Civil War Confiscation Acts President Lincoln's 75,000 Volunteers War based income tax Seaports blockade RMS Trent Affair Habeas Corpus suspended Emancipation Proclamation West Virginia statehood Overland Campaign strategy Hampton Roads Conference Tour of Richmond Reconstruction 13th Amendment abolishing slavery Dakota War of 1862 Department of the Northwest Homestead Act of 1862 National Banking Acts Thanksgiving Day Birchard Letter Bixby letter National Academy of Sciences Department of Agriculture Pardons State of the Union Address, 1863 1864 Cabinet Judicial appointments Assassination Funeral and burial Lincoln catafalque

Speeches	Lyceum address (1838) Peoria speech (1854) "Lost Speech" (1856) House Divided speech (1858) Lincoln-Douglas debates (1858) Cooper Union Address (1860) Farewell Address (1861) First inaugural address (1861) Gettysburg Address (1863 event) Second inaugural address (1865)

Life and views	Early life and career Black Hawk War Matson Trial Spot Resolutions Boat lifting patent Hurd v. Rock Island Bridge Co. Baltimore Plot Lincoln's beard Medical and mental health Poetry Religion Sexuality Slavery

Homes and places	Lincoln Birthplace Knob Creek Farm Lincoln Boyhood Memorial Lincoln State Park Lincoln's New Salem Lincoln Home Cottage at the Soldier's Home Lincoln Bedroom Lincoln Sitting Room Ford's Theatre Petersen House Lincoln Tomb

Elections	Republican National Convention, 1856 1860 1864 National Union Party United States presidential election, 1860 1864 1860 campaign song

Legacy	Presidential Library and Museum The Papers of Abraham Lincoln Lincoln/Net Bibliography Lincoln Memorial Abraham Lincoln sculpture reflecting pool Mount Rushmore Lincoln's Birthday Lincoln, Nebraska statue Lincoln Highway Abraham Lincoln sculpture, Washington D.C. Abraham Lincoln: The Man statue Lincoln Park Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State statue Lincoln Trail State Memorial Kentucky statue Other memorials Photographs In art Cultural depictions films postage stamps Lincoln penny currency Lincoln Prize Abraham Lincoln Association White House ghost Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences

Family	Family tree Mary Todd Lincoln (wife) Robert Todd Lincoln (son) Edward Baker Lincoln (son) William Wallace Lincoln (son) Thomas "Tad" Lincoln (son) Mary Todd "Mamie" Lincoln (granddaughter) Abraham Lincoln II (grandson) Jessie Lincoln (granddaughter) Thomas Lincoln (father) Nancy Hanks Lincoln (mother) Sarah Lincoln (stepmother) Sarah Lincoln Grigsby (sister) Abraham Lincoln (grandfather) Mordecai Lincoln (uncle) Mary Lincoln Crume (aunt) John Hanks (cousin) Joseph Hanks (great-grandfather) Samuel Lincoln (17th-century ancestor)

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