Movie Review: Killing Lincoln – Narrated by Tom Hanks
BASED ON THE #1 BEST-SELLING BOOK BY BILL O’REILLY & MARTIN DUGARD ~ KILLING LINCOLN.
The Suspenseful Thriller that Will Take You Behind the Bullet that Killed America’s Greatest President Debuts on Digital HD May 21 and Blu-ray and DVD June 11th, 2013.
Narrated by Oscar winner Tom Hanks* and produced by Tony Scott (Unstoppable, The A-Team) & Ridley Scott (Prometheus, American Gangster), KILLING LINCOLN delivers a thrilling perspective into the criminal mind of John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators. Watch the conspiracy unfold on Digital HD May 21 and Blu-ray and DVD June 11 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment – just in time for Father’s Day!
Based on The New York Times best-selling novel, KILLING LINCOLN is the suspenseful, eye-opening account of the events surrounding the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. While some aspects of the plot to slay Lincoln and cripple the newly forming union are widely known, much more of the history unfolds in this insightful thriller. As John Wilkes Booth becomes increasingly obsessed with removing Lincoln from office, a secret faction of conspirators forms, and ultimately empowers Booth to carry out an event that will change America forever. Narrated by Oscar® Winner Tom Hanks* and produced by Tony Scott and Ridley Scott, this historical masterpiece stars Billy Campbell (TV’s The Killing) in a spectacular turn as President Lincoln.
KILLING LINCOLN recounts one of the most dramatic events in American history and details how one gunshot changed the country forever. The movie premiered on the National Geographic Channel and was seen by 3.4 million people, making it the most-watched broadcast in the network’s history. This epic chronicle is the first in a trilogy of books written by Bill O’Reilly and his researcher and partner Martin Dugard that will be adapted for the screen with National Geographic and Scott Free Productions. The second in the trilogy is “Killing Kennedy,” a riveting chronicle of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The final installment in the trilogy is “Killing Jesus,” which follows the events leading up to the crucifixion.
Our Thoughts: I am not much of a history buff but my husband is! Matter of fact, he will drag me to numerous history and civil war museums whenever he can. With that said, one of my favorite directors of all time is Ridley Scott (Blackhawk Down), so I was excited to check out this DVD for all of you.
To our surprise…this movie held our attention and the acting was fantastic! One of the things I enjoyed seeing in the movie was the period costumes (yes, I am weird like that when it comes to period historical flicks) and the costumes in this movie were fun to see!
In school we were taught a little bit about the assassination of President Lincoln but this movie goes in-depth and really takes a hard & close look at all of the characters (people) who were involved in it. In my opinion, John Wilkes Booth was a total nut case who was greedy for power, fame and money. It was interesting to see how fixated he was on President Lincoln and how ‘warped” his thinking was.
Overall, hubby and I were pretty impressed with this DVD and next weekend our two teenage nephews will be coming down to watch it again with us. My brother wants them to view it to get a good history lesson from it. On our rating scale…we give it 7 1/2 stars out of 10 stars on our entertainment scale!
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