History comes to life in the critically acclaimed Academy Award-winning Lincoln.
One of the year’s most critically acclaimed and best reviewed motion picture dramas of the year, DreamWorks Pictures and Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln arrives in North America on Blu-ray Combo Pack, Digital and On-Demand platforms on March 26, 2013. With two Academy Award-wins for Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role and Best Achievement In Production Design; a Golden Globe for Best Performance by An Actor In A Motion Picture-Drama; a BAFTA for Leading Actor; and AFI Movie Of The Year, Lincoln is this year’s must-own motion picture to add to any collection.
As a 2013 Oscar and Golden Globe Award-winner for his performance as America’s 16th president, Daniel Day-Lewis leads an all-star cast including Academy Award winners Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Field. Also starring David Strathaim, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and James Spader, Lincoln is based on a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tony Kushner. The film is scored by multiple Oscar-winner John Williams.
Inspired by the true-life events confronting Abraham Lincoln and his monumental moral and political challenge to amend the United States Constitution to permanently abolish slavery, Lincoln is a rich and compelling historical and human drama that has been hailed as one of the best film of the year. In-depth bonus features on the Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack takes viewers behind-the-scenes of director Spielberg’s life-long fascination with Lincoln and the 12 years it took to bring the story of one of history’s and mankind’s greatest triumphs to the screen.
