March 27 (1988-03-27) – March 28, 1988 (1988-03-28)
Lamont Johnson won an Emmy for directing Lincoln.[1] The miniseries was also nominated for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special, Outstanding Art Direction in a Miniseries or a Special, Outstanding Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special (Mary Tyler Moore), Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special, Outstanding Mini-series and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special (Ruby Dee) at the 40th Primetime Emmy Awards.
The miniseries was filmed almost entirely in Richmond, Virginia and cost $8 million to produce.[2]
It was broadcast by NBC in two episodes, each running two hours (with commercials), on Sunday March 27, 1988 and Monday March 28.[3]
lincoln, miniseries, lincoln, also, known, gore, vidal, lincoln, 1988, american, television, miniseries, starring, waterston, abraham, lincoln, mary, tyler, moore, mary, todd, lincoln, richard, mulligan, william, seward, directed, lamont, johnson, based, 1984,. Lincoln also known as Gore Vidal s Lincoln is a 1988 American television miniseries starring Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Todd Lincoln and Richard Mulligan as William H Seward It was directed by Lamont Johnson and was based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Gore Vidal It covers the period from Lincoln s election as President of the United States to the time of his assassination It can also be noted that Waterston would later dub the voice of Lincoln in Ken Burns s documentary The Civil War the following year LincolnGenreBiographyWritten byGore Vidal novel Ernest Kinoy screenplay Directed byLamont JohnsonStarringSam Waterston Mary Tyler Moore Richard Mulligan Tim Guinee John HousemanComposerErnest GoldCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of episodes2ProductionExecutive producersBill FinneganPat FinneganSheldon PinchukProducerBob ChristiansenCinematographyWilliam WagesEditorJames OliverRunning time188 minutesProduction companiesChris Rose ProductionsFinnegan Pinchuk ProductionsOriginal releaseNetworkNBCReleaseMarch 27 1988 03 27 March 28 1988 1988 03 28 Lamont Johnson won an Emmy for directing Lincoln 1 The miniseries was also nominated for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special Outstanding Art Direction in a Miniseries or a Special Outstanding Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special Mary Tyler Moore Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special Outstanding Mini series and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special Ruby Dee at the 40th Primetime Emmy Awards The miniseries was filmed almost entirely in Richmond Virginia and cost 8 million to produce 2 It was broadcast by NBC in two episodes each running two hours with commercials on Sunday March 27 1988 and Monday March 28 3 Cast editSam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Todd Lincoln Richard Mulligan as William H Seward Deborah Adair as Kate Chase Gregory Cooke as Robert Lincoln Steven Culp as Johnny Hay Jeffrey DeMunn as William Herndon Jon DeVries as Edwin Stanton James Gammon as Ulysses S Grant Thomas Gibson as William Sprague Ruby Dee as Elizabeth Keckley John Houseman as Winfield ScottReferences edit Emmy Winning Director Lamont Johnson Dies at 88 Emmys tv October 26 2010 Retrieved January 25 2012 Television A Filtered Portrait of Lincoln Comes to the Small Screen Shales Tom 1988 03 26 LINCOLN INCISIVE AND WISE Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved 2023 11 16 External links editLincoln at the Internet Movie Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lincoln miniseries amp oldid 1189648762, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
