In the wake of the assassination of President Lincoln in 1865, a country mourns its leader, and eight people are charged with conspiring to kill the President, Vice President and Secretary of State. The lone woman accused, Mary Surratt (Robin Wright), owns the boarding house where the attack was planned. Faced with a certain death, Surratt's only hope comes in the form of a newly minted lawyer and Union war hero, Frederick Aiken (James McAvoy), who reluctantly agrees to defend Surratt before a military tribunal. As the courtroom trial unfolds, Aiken realizes his client may be innocent and that she is being used as bait in order to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive manhunt, her son (Johnny Simmons).
Special Features:
- Audio commentary with Director Robert Redford
- "The Conspirator: The Plot to Kill Lincoln" - feature-length documentary
- Introduction to the American Film Company
- "Making of" featurette - Interviews with Cast and Crew
- Introduction to the History Behind the Film featurette
- Production Design featurette
- Costume Design featurette
- Props and Special Effects featurette
- "The Conspiracy" featurette
- "Mary Surratt's Catholicism" featurette
- Military Trial featurette
- "Frederick Aiken: Defense Lawyer" featurette
- "Mary Surratt: Guilty or Innocent" featurette
- "Sentence and Execution" featurette
- Video commentary with Director Robert Redford (Blu-ray only)
The Conspirator was released April 15th, 2011 and stars Robin Wright, James McAvoy, Evan Rachel Wood, Alexis Bledel, Justin Long, Tom Wilkinson, Norman Reedus, Kevin Kline. The film is directed by Robert Redford.
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J. David
@moviegeek I agree. Very slow, but very good.
12 months agoby @moviefreak97Flag
moviegeek
Good classroom-y movie.
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CelluloidDreams
This was fast ...didn't last long in theaters......!!!
1 year agoby @2movieguysFlag
Nautical
Netflix please
1 year agoby @nautical05Flag