Looking for a film for Presidents Day? Here are a few classics.
The Crossing (2000)
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It is Dec. 17, 1776. Hounded by
superior British forces, his army decimated by disease, desertion and lack of
funds, General George Washington (Jeff Daniels) faces the unthinkable: he is
losing the war for American Independence. A week later, on Christmas Eve,
Washington will make one of the most bold decisions in military history.
Staking everything on a surprise
attack against a garrison of battle-hardened Hessian mercenaries, Washington
sets out across the icy Delaware River.
The Conspirator (2011)
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In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's
assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with
conspiring to kill the President, the Vice-President, and the Secretary of
State. The lone woman charged, Mary Surratt, owns a boarding house where
John Wilkes Booth and others met and planned the simultaneous attacks. Newly-minted
lawyer Frederick Aiken, a 28-year-old Union war hero, reluctantly agrees to
defend Surratt before a military tribunal. As the trial unfolds, Aiken
realizes his client may be innocent and that she is being used as bait and
hostage in order to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive
manhunt--her own son. With James
MacAvoy and Robin Wright.
Lincoln (2012)
Steven Spielberg's Lincoln chronicles the final four
months in the life of the man regarded as America's greatest President.
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role, the story focuses on a
defining moment in Abraham Lincoln's life - as commander-in-chief of a
country in chaos; as a husband and father afraid of losing his own son to
the war; and as a man guided by his conscience to end slavery. With the
Civil War nearing conclusion, President Lincoln fights to convince Congress
to pass a Constitutional amendment that will change the course of history.
Facing fierce opposition, he wages a battle of strategy, persuasion, and
political force to build a coalition out of his team of rivals.
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter (2012)
Filmmakers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov bring a fresh and visceral voice to the
bloodthirsty lore of the vampire, imagining Lincoln as history's greatest
hunter of the undead.
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
Views Lincoln's life, from his early days as a young
woodsman to his election to the presidency in 1860. Includes his first love
with Ann Rutledge, his marriage to Mary Todd, his early law practice, and
his debates with Stephen Douglas. Starring Raymond Massey and Ruth Gordon.
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