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Lincoln
Genre	Biography
Based on	Lincoln by Gore Vidal
Screenplay by	Ernest Kinoy
Directed by	Lamont Johnson
Starring	Sam Waterston Mary Tyler Moore Richard Mulligan Tim Guinee John Houseman
Composer	Ernest Gold
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producers	Bill Finnegan Pat Finnegan Sheldon Pinchuk
Producer	Bob Christiansen
Cinematography	William Wages
Editor	James Oliver
Running time	188 minutes
Production companies	Chris/Rose Productions Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	March 27 (1988-03-27) – March 28, 1988 (1988-03-28)

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.

Cast

• Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln
• Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Todd Lincoln
• Richard Mulligan as William H. Seward
• Deborah Adair as Kate Chase
• Gregory Cooke as Robert Lincoln
• Steven Culp as Johnny Hay
• Jeffrey DeMunn as William Herndon
• Jon DeVries as Edwin Stanton
• James Gammon as Ulysses S. Grant
• Thomas Gibson as William Sprague
• Ruby Dee as Elizabeth Keckley
• John Houseman as Winfield Scott

References

1. "Emmy-Winning Director Lamont Johnson Dies at 88". Emmys.tv. October 26, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
2. Television: A Filtered Portrait of Lincoln Comes to the Small Screen
3. Shales, Tom (1988-03-26). "'LINCOLN,' INCISIVE AND WISE". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

External links

• Lincoln at the Internet Movie Database

• 1988 television films
• 1988 films
• American television films
• 1980s American television miniseries
• American biographical series
• Depictions of Abraham Lincoln on film
• Cultural depictions of Ulysses S. Grant
• Films based on American novels
• Films scored by Ernest Gold
• Films based on works by Gore Vidal
• Television series about the American Civil War
• Films directed by Lamont Johnson
• NBC original films