Saving Lincoln

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  • Opened February 15, 2013 
  • 1 hr 38 min
  • NR
  • U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon (Lea Coco) foils repeated assassination attempts while serving as President Lincoln's (Tom Amandes) self-appointed bodyguard. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Tom Amandes, Lea Coco, Penelope Ann Miller
  • Director: Salvador Litvak
  • Genres: Political Drama, Drama

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Even though some critics have been downright mean about this movie, it gives an insight to Lincoln and a friendship that lasted for years. It also does not just focus on the last four months of the...

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New York Post
| Lou Lumenick

Odd and not entirely uninteresting little docudrama. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
| John DeFore

A curiosity telling the President's story through the eyes of longtime friend Ward Hill Lamon, it's of interest only to serious history-hounds and techies curious about its unusual green-screen production. Read full review

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The New York Times
| Neil Genzlinger

The whole affair has an artificial look reminiscent of a community theater production on a cardboard set. The vintage images don’t add enough to make up for the visual distraction. The story, though, is of moderate interest. Read full review

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The script, while largely historically accurate, is undermined by stilted dialogue, and the picture is laced with ill-fitting parts that wind up literally all over the matte. The result is a film better suited to classrooms than theaters. Read full review

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A scene from "Saving Lincoln."