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How National Geographic's 'Killing Lincoln' Tries to Find a New Way to Put History on Screen
16 February 2013 7:27 AM, PST | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Don't call it a docudrama. Premiering on Sunday, February 17th at 8pm, "Killing Lincoln" is National Geographic's first real venture into scripted television, aside from November's "Zero Dark Thirty Lite" acquired feature "Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden." The new movie about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln doesn't take the typical approach to a historical drama. Written by Erik Jendresen ("Band of Brothers") and directed by Adrian Moat ("Gettyburg"), "Killing Lincoln" is based on Bill O'Reilly's nonfiction bestseller of the same name, though the Fox News host had no direct involvement in the TV movie, which was handled by Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions. It takes place in what's left as an ellipsis in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," delving into the conspiracy headed by John Wilkes Booth (Jesse Johnson) that lead up to the murder »
- Alison Willmore
How National Geographic's 'Killing Lincoln' Tries to Find a New Way to Put History on Screen
16 February 2013 7:27 AM, PST | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Don't call it a docudrama. Premiering on Sunday, February 17th at 8pm, "Killing Lincoln" is National Geographic's first real venture into scripted television, aside from November's "Zero Dark Thirty Lite" acquired feature "Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden." The new movie about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln doesn't take the typical approach to a historical drama. Written by Erik Jendresen ("Band of Brothers") and directed by Adrian Moat ("Gettyburg"), "Killing Lincoln" is based on Bill O'Reilly's nonfiction bestseller of the same name, though the Fox News host had no direct involvement in the TV movie, which was handled by Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions. It takes place in what's left as an ellipsis in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," delving into the conspiracy headed by John Wilkes Booth (Jesse Johnson) that lead up to the murder...
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- Alison Willmore
First Trailer for National Geographic’s Killing Lincoln, narrated by Tom Hanks
7 January 2013 10:00 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Based on the bestselling book of the same name, Killing Lincoln marks National Geographic’s first foray into scripted drama, and if this first trailer is anything to by, they’ve done a fine job first time around.
Due to air next month, the drama is narrated by the ever-brilliant Tom Hanks, with Ridley Scott and his late brother, Tony Scott, serving as producers.
Courtesy of Waterstones, here’s the synopsis for Bill O’Reilly’s original book, Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever:
“Based on Fox News host Bill O’Reilly’s bestselling book, Killing Lincoln chronicles the final days of President Lincoln (Billy Campbell) and the plot by his assassin John Wilkes Booth (Jesse Johnson).”
Golden Globe-nominated Billy Campbell (Once and Again) stars as the eponymous Lincoln, with Jesse Johnson starring as the notorious John Wilkes Booth, with the drama also delving into the »
- Kenji Lloyd
'Killing Lincoln' Producer: John Wilkes Booth Could Be 'Poster Child for the Tea Party'
4 January 2013 12:47 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Erik Jendresen, writer and executive producer of the upcoming Nat Geo film "Killing Lincoln," says presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth could have been a modern-day "poster child for the Tea Party." Jendresen spoke about the film, which stars Billy Campbell (left) as Lincoln, at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. The film is based on the book co-written by "O'Reilly Factor" host Bill O'Reilly, a noted supporter of many Tea Party ideals. Also read: Tom Hanks Joins 'Killing Lincoln,' Based on Bill O'Reilly's Book Jendresen stressed that Booth wasn't a madman, but »
- Tim Molloy
Producer: Lincoln's assassin could be tea party poster boy
4 January 2013 12:09 PM, PST | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
The writer-producer of the upcoming film Killing Lincoln says infamous presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth could be a “poster boy for the tea party.”
The incendiary comment was made on National Geographic Channel’s press tour panel Friday. Killing Lincoln dramatizes the final days of the 16h president and the man who killed him. The film’s writer and executive producer Erik Jendresen criticized the typical portrayal of Booth as a crazed failed actor and said Killing Lincoln takes a more rounded approach.
“The true story is more fascinating and disturbing,” Jendresen said. “This is not the act of somebody »
- James Hibberd
‘Killing Lincoln’ Writer Says John Wilkes Booth “Could Be Poster Child For Tea Party”: TCA
4 January 2013 11:52 AM, PST | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s coverage of TCA. Erik Jendresen, the writer and executive producer of the forthcoming National Geographic Channel film Killing Lincoln, told critics during a TCA panel this morning that while Abraham Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth is often dismissed as a laundry-list psychopath, in fact “he could be the poster child for the Tea Party (movement).” Jendresen explained that he was astonished by the parallel feelings coursing through the country in Lincoln’s time that there are today. “If you look at the politics of the time, and the epithets hurled at Lincoln, the feeling is not dissimilar” to the feelings that grip many in the U.S. with regard to President Obama. “The idea today of this imperial Presidency and (Obama) declaring himself King and taking over…It’s just stunning to read the newspaper articles, letters, papers from back (in Lincoln »
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