![]() He offers jobs, promotions, titles and pork barrel spending. Lincoln is not above political vote buying. This is a film not about an icon of history, but about a president who was scorned by some of his political opponents as just a hayseed from the backwoods. ![]() This ambience reflects the descriptions in Gore Vidal's historical novel "Lincoln," although the political and personal details in Tony Kushner's concise, revealing dialogue is based on "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin. The White House is less a temple of state than a gathering place for wheelers and dealers. The images by Janusz Kaminski, Spielberg's frequent cinematographer, use earth tones and muted indoor lighting. The capital city of Washington is portrayed here as roughshod gathering of politicians on the make. Neither these nor any other performances in the film depend on self-conscious histrionics Jones in particular portrays a crafty codger with some secret hiding places in his heart. ![]() Thaddeus Stevens ( Tommy Lee Jones), the most powerful abolitionist in the House. In the film, the passage of the amendment is guided by William Seward ( David Strathairn), his secretary of state, and by Rep. Lincoln believed slavery was immoral, but he also considered the 13th Amendment a masterstroke in cutting away the financial foundations of the Confederacy. ![]()
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