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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

2009 · 90 min Documentary History
4.5 / 10 · TMDB

Just days after the Civil War ended, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre. As a fractured nation mourned, a manhunt closed in on his assassin, the twenty-six-year-old actor, John Wilkes Booth. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln tracks the converging paths of the president and his killer, then tracks and draws connections between their last journeys, in the forms of Lincoln's funeral train route and Booth's desperate efforts to escape.

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Year 2009
Genre Documentary, History
Director Barak Goodman
Runtime 90 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.5/10 (2 votes)

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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln is an acquired taste at 4.5/10. We recommend checking the trailer and synopsis before diving in.

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A 2009 film from an era before CGI overload, with real performances that still hit hard. Best for: genre fans and those open to something unconventional.

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