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The conspirator

In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, the Vice-President, and the Secretary of State. The lone woman charged, Mary Surratt, 42, owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth and others met and plan...

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Main Authors: Solomon, James (Author, Screenwriter), Bernstein, Gregory, 1955- (Author, Screenwriter), Isham, Mark (Composer), Jennings, Tom, 1961- (Author, Director, Screenwriter)
Corporate Authors: Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)
Other Authors: Redford, Robert (Director, Producer), Shapiro, Greg (Producer), Holderman, Bill (Producer), Falk, Brian Peter (Producer), Stone, Robert, 1964- (Producer), Ricketts, Joe 1941- (Producer), Samuels, Jeremiah (Producer), Stone, Webster, 1960- (Producer), McAvoy, James, 1979- (Actor), Wright, Robin, 1966- (Actor), Kline, Kevin (Actor), Wood, Evan Rachel, 1987- (Actor), Huston, Danny, 1962- (Actor), Long, Justin, 1978- (Actor), Meaney, Colm, 1953- (Actor), Bledel, Alexis, 1981- (Actor), Dale, James Badge, 1978- (Actor), Kebbell, Toby (Actor), Simmons, Johnny, 1986- (Actor), Reedus, Norman, 1969- (Actor), Cullum, John, 1930- (Actor), True, Jim (Actor), Groff, Jonathan (Actor), Root, Stephen (Actor), Bauer, Chris (Actor), Andrews, David, 1952- (Actor), Wilkinson, Tom, 1948- (Actor)
Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
Spanish
Published: Santa Monica, CA : Lions Gate Films, Ã2011.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Assassination > Drama.
Surratt, Mary E. > (Mary Eugenia), > 1820-1865 > Drama.
Military courts > Drama.
Trials (Assassination) > Washington (D.C.) > Drama.
Political crimes and offenses > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century > Drama.
Presidents > Assassination > United States > Drama.
Conspiracies > Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Historical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Summary: In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, the Vice-President, and the Secretary of State. The lone woman charged, Mary Surratt, 42, owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth and others met and planned the simultaneous attacks. Against the ominous back-drop of post-Civil War Washington, newly-minted lawyer Frederick Aiken, a 28-year-old Union war hero, reluctantly agrees to defend Surratt before a military tribunal. As the trial unfolds, Aiken realizes his client may be innocent and that she is being used as bait and hostage in order to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive manhunt--her own son.
Item Description: Originally produced as a motion picture in 2010.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD-video; region 1, NTSC; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround; widescreen presentation, 2.35:1 aspect ratio, for 16x9 televisions.
Audience: MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violent content.
Production Credits: Director of photography, Newton Thomas Sigel ; production designer, Kalina Ivanov ; editor, Craig McKay ; costume designer, Louise Frogley ; music, Mark Isham ; consulting historians, Frederic L. Borch, James McPherson, Thomas R. Turner.
Access: For private home use only.

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