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How Accurate Is the Movie Lincoln? Harold Holzer on Spielberg's 2012 Film
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How accurate is Steven Spielberg's Lincoln ? And what did the movie get wrong? Listener Elijah wants to know how closely the 2012 film starring Daniel Day-Lewis matches the real history of Abraham Lincoln—and there may be no better person to answer than Harold Holzer, one of America's leading Lincoln historians and the film's principal historical advisor. Harold takes Bob Crawford behind the scenes of Lincoln , explaining what the movie gets remarkably right—and where Hollywood took some liberties. He reveals how the filmmakers approached Lincoln's voice, personality, storytelling, political maneuvering, and relationship with the people around him. The conversation goes deep into the…