Day Lincoln Was Shot, The - DVD

Among the most masterful matchups of actor and role in screen history is this stirring film of Robert E. Sherwood's beloved play taking a thoroughly human look at the early years of our 16th President, with all his frailties and strength of character. Best Actor Oscar nominee* Raymond Massey (who originated the role on stage) wonderfully plays the future Great Emancipator in a chronicle of his backwoods childhood through his first roman

The Lincoln Conspiracy is an engrossing, eye-opening tale of speculative fiction for anyone interested in one of the most significant events in American history. It reveals the real story of how Lincoln was killed, a vast conspiracy and cover-up containing secrets kept hidden for over 100 years, like how John Wilkes Booth escaped to Canada after assassinating the president. Directed by James L. Conway (The Boogens) from the book by David W. Balsiger and Charles E. Sellier Jr. And boasting an excellent cast with Robert Middleton (The Tarnished Angels) as Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, John Dehner (The Day of the Dolphin) as Colonel Lafayette C. Baker, Whit Bissell (The Hallelujah Trail) as Senator John Conness, John Anderson (Soldier Blue) as President Abraham Lincoln and Bradford Dillman (Compulsion) as shooter John Wilkes Booth.

On the evening of Saturday, November 4th, 1995, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated with three bullets at the end of a political rally in the center of Tel-Aviv. His killer, apprehended at the scene, was a 25-year-old student (and observant Jew). The following investigation reveals a frightening world that made this killing possible a subculture of hate fueled by hysterical rhetoric, paranoia and political intrigue. In Rabin, The Last Day, acclaimed filmmaker Amos Gitai (Kadosh) masterfully combines staged re-enactments with actual news footage of the shooting (and it's aftermath) to create a thought-provoking political thriller.