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Robert Redford is currently shooting The Conspirator, a film about Mary Surratt, the woman executed for taking part in the Lincoln assassination.
This is the first I've heard of this movie, but I'm extremely interested, even if I can see why a story of her has never been filmed before. She's not exactly a sympathetic character, and I do wonder what the moral center of this film will be.
According to a bit of research, Mary always proclaimed her innocence, but it seems to me that the testimony by a couple of the conspirators leads me to believe she wasn't. But, there was thought that she thought it would be a kidnapping of Lincoln, not his murder. Also, she was tried by a military tribunal instead of a judge and jury, and Andrew Johnson ignored the military plea for mercy to not have her hanged.
Anyway, James MacAvoy plays her lawyer and Robin Wright Penn plays Surratt. I just hope the film doesn't play fast and loose with history. It might make for a pretty interesting story but I hate it when they veer too far away from the facts.
A couple of links:
http://screenrant.com/robert-redford...el-ross-30758/
http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2009...nd-alexis.html
This is the first I've heard of this movie, but I'm extremely interested, even if I can see why a story of her has never been filmed before. She's not exactly a sympathetic character, and I do wonder what the moral center of this film will be.
According to a bit of research, Mary always proclaimed her innocence, but it seems to me that the testimony by a couple of the conspirators leads me to believe she wasn't. But, there was thought that she thought it would be a kidnapping of Lincoln, not his murder. Also, she was tried by a military tribunal instead of a judge and jury, and Andrew Johnson ignored the military plea for mercy to not have her hanged.
Anyway, James MacAvoy plays her lawyer and Robin Wright Penn plays Surratt. I just hope the film doesn't play fast and loose with history. It might make for a pretty interesting story but I hate it when they veer too far away from the facts.
A couple of links:
http://screenrant.com/robert-redford...el-ross-30758/
http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2009...nd-alexis.html