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Encore: What We Can Learn From Lincoln

Web Extra: Lincoln, The ‘Prose Poet’

December 21, 2012
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In this web-only clip, screenwriter Tony Kushner and Bill discuss what inspires Americans — from politicians to historians to screenwriters — to examine Abraham Lincoln and his legacy again and again. Kushner talks about how he collaborated with actor Daniel Day-Lewis and director Steven Spielberg on the screenplay, and recalls how Day-Lewis asked him to include some of his favorite stories that Lincoln had told.

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TOPICS: Arts & Culture, History, Poets & Writers
TAGS: abraham lincoln, history, lincoln, speeches, tony kushner, web extra, writers
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