New Trailer for Steven Spielberg’s LINCOLN Starring Daniel Day-Lewis
The two minute extended TV spot for Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln (previously titled Abraham Lincoln: Slavery Abolisher!) that played directly after the US presidential debate has been released online by DreamWorks. It features some new footage and feels starkly different than the first trailer we saw a few weeks back mainly due to the intro “Unite” and score selection. Based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s highly-acclaimed book Team of Rivals, the film focuses on the last four months of Lincoln’s (Daniel Day-Lewis) life and the political strategizing he undertook at the close of the Civil War to ensure that slavery would be forever outlawed.
Steven Spielberg directs two-time Academy Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln,” a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President’s tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, John Hawkes, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Strathairn, Walton Goggins, David Oyelowo, Tim Blake Nelson, Bruce McGill, Jackie Earle Haley, Lee Pace, and Jared Harris co-star. Not a bad cast… Lincoln opens November 16th.