The Day Lincoln Was Shot (TV film, 1998)
- The Day Lincoln Was Shot (TV film, 1998)
"The Day Lincoln Was Shot" was a film made for the TV channel TNT. It is a re-creation of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. It is based on the book by Jim Bishop. It stars Lance Henriksen as Abraham Lincoln and Rob Morrow as John Wilkes Booth.
Cast
*Rob Morrow as John Wilkes Booth
*Lance Henriksen as Abraham Lincoln
*Donna Murphy as Mary Lincoln
*Wil Wheaton as Robert Lincoln
*Titus Welliver as Lewis Paine
*Jaimz Woolvet as David Herold
*Jeremy Sisto as Frederick Seward
*Kirk B.R. Woller as George Atzerodt
*John Pleshette as William H. Seward
*Gregory Itzin as William Crook
*Adam Lamberg as Tad Lincoln
*John Ashton as Ulysses S. Grant
*Eddie Jones as Edwin M. Stanton
*Nancy Robinette as Mary Surratt
Historical accuracy
The film portrays the events around the assassination during April 3-April 15, 1865. There were very few errors in the movie, but among them are:
# There were only a few people present at the death of Lincoln. In the movie, there are many.
# Clara Harris wore a white satin dress on the actual night. In the film, it is black.
# The other boxes in the theatre, other than the one containing the presidential party, were not in use that night.
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140613 "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" at IMDB]
* [http://alt.tnt.tv/movies/tntoriginals/lincoln "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" at TNT]
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