Lincoln (1988)
Lincoln (1988)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln

Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Todd Lincoln

Richard Mulligan
William H. Seward

Deborah Adair
Kate Chase

Ruby Dee
Elizabeth Keckley

Thomas Gibson
William Sprague

Tom Brennan
Sen. Charles Sumner

Gregory Cooke
Robert Lincoln

Steven Culp
Johnny Hay

Jerome Dempsey
Congressman Elihu Washburne

Jeffrey DeMunn
William Herndon

Jon DeVries
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton

George Ede
Edward McManus

Robin Gammell
Stephen Douglas

James Gammon
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Tim Guinee
Col. Elmer Ellsworth

David Leary
Gen. George McClellan

Cleavon Little
Frederick Douglass

John McMartin
Salmon P. Chase

John Houseman
Gen. Winfield Scott

Patrick Rowe
Ward Hill Lamon

Gore Vidal
Novel

Ernest Kinoy
Screenplay

Lamont Johnson
Director

William Wages
Cinematography

Donna Isaacson
Casting

R. Lynn Smartt
Set Decoration

Paul Peters
Production Design

Ernest Gold
Music

George L. Little
Costume Design

Jim Oliver
Editor

John S. Lyons
Casting

Adrian Rieder
Fred Grant
Details.
Release DateMarch 27, 1988
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes2
Running Time3h 8m
Genres
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Lincoln, also known as Gore Vidal's Lincoln, is a 1988 American television miniseries starring Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln, Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Todd Lincoln, and Richard Mulligan as William H. Seward. It was directed by Lamont Johnson and was based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Gore Vidal. It covers the period from Lincoln's election as President of the United States to the time of his assassination. (It can also be noted that Waterston would later dub the voice of Lincoln in Ken Burns's documentary The Civil War the following year.)
Lamont Johnson won an Emmy for directing Lincoln.
The miniseries was also nominated for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special, Outstanding Art Direction in a Miniseries or a Special, Outstanding Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special (Mary Tyler Moore), Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special, Outstanding Mini-series and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special (Ruby Dee) at the 40th Primetime Emmy Awards.
The miniseries was filmed almost entirely in Richmond, Virginia and cost $8 million to produce.
It was broadcast by NBC in two episodes, each running two hours (with commercials), on Sunday March 27, 1988 and Monday March 28.
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