Lincoln: The Pivotal Year, 1863

• Director: Peter W. Kunhardt
• Genre: History
• Movie Type: Politics & Government, Biography
• Themes: Heads of State
• Release Year: 1992
• Run Time: 60 minutes

Plot

President Abraham Lincoln leads the Union in the fight to end the awful bloodshed of the Civil War. The year is 1863. The president had a continuous struggle with the commanders of his army, and the bloodshed from the fighting at Antietam and Fredericksburg distressed him greatly. 1863 was the year of his Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address. Listen to the story of the events that led to the amazing address at Gettysburg. Actor Jason Robards brings to life the voice of President Lincoln. PBS originally aired this program, the second of a four-volume set narrated by actor James Earl Jones. ~ Linda J. Shriver, All Movie Guide

Cast

Ned Beatty - Dennis Hanks; Philip Bosco - Frederick Seward; Stockard Channing - Clara Harris; Jill Clayburgh - Emilie Todd Helm; Glenn Close - Mary Todd Lincoln; Gordon Connell; Jim Dale - Baltimore Correspondent; Blythe Danner - Elizabeth Todd Edwards; Rex Everhart; Fred Gwynne - Edwin Stanton; Barnard Hughes - Horace Greeley; Jason Robards, Jr. - Abraham Lincoln; James Earl Jones - Narrator; Robert Katims; Stacy Keach - George McClellan; Frank Langella - John Wilkes Booth; Adam Le Fevre; Laurence Luckinbill - Joshua Speed; E.G. Marshall - Gideon Welles; Gordon Rigsby; John Shea - John Barnes; Maureen Stapleton - Sarah Bush Lincoln; Rod Steiger - U.S. Grant; Robert Vaughn - Isaac Arnold; Eli Wallach - William Crook; Richard Widmark - Ward Hill Lamon; Oprah Winfrey - Elizabeth Keckley; Robby Benson - William Stoddard; Keith Carradine - William Herndon; Dabney Coleman - Stephen A. Douglas; Ossie Davis - Frederick Douglas; Richard Dreyfuss - William T. Sherman; Burgess Meredith - Winfield Scott; Arnold Schwarzenegger - John G. Nicolay; Richard Thomas - John Hay; James Smith

Credit

Peter W. Kunhardt - Director, John Martin - Editor, Alan Menken - Composer (Music Score)