Lincoln (1988)
Lincoln (1988)
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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
Tom Brennan
Sen. Charles Sumner
Thomas Gibson
William Sprague
Gregory Cooke
Robert Lincoln
Steven Culp
Johnny Hay
Ruby Dee
Elizabeth Keckley
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
Lamont Johnson
Director
Ernest Kinoy
Screenplay
Gore Vidal
Novel
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.