Abraham Lincoln, who was born on this day in 1809, is not only the subject of Steven Spielberg's Oscar-nominated "Lincoln," but also "Saving Lincoln," an indie historical drama filmed entirely on green-screen. The film comes out in select theaters this Friday. Exclusive to Indiewire, writer-director Salvador Litvak shares a scene from his film and explains his process to bring it to the screen. Long before Steven Spielberg announced he was making a movie about Abraham Lincoln, my wife/writing partner, Nina Davidovich, and I had embarked on our own Lincoln film. Writing a Lincoln script is not a casual undertaking: he is the second-most-written-about human being, and we dug as deeply as we could into that literature. After nearly two years of solid work, we had a polished screenplay and our agent set a date for submission to the studios. There hadn't been a feature film about Lincoln in a long time,...
- 2/12/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Films about the Great Emancipator have seemingly become all the rage as of late. The R rated Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter hit theaters in June to a dismal box office reception, Steven Spielberg.s Lincoln will be released November 9 with Daniel Day-Lewis playing the 16th President and Terrence Malick’s film about Lincoln, The Green Blade Rises, was recently announced.
Not to be lost in the fray, check out these new photos from the upcoming movie Saving Lincoln. Directed by Salvador Litvak and starring Tom Amandes, Lea Coco, Penelope Ann Miller, and Bruce Davison, Saving Lincoln tells a unique tale in a unique way: using actual Civil War era photographs as locations, the film explores Lincoln.s fiery trial as Commander-in-Chief through the eyes of his closest friend and protector . U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon. Production on the film wrapped July 12th.
In the process, Saving Lincoln officially introduces...
Not to be lost in the fray, check out these new photos from the upcoming movie Saving Lincoln. Directed by Salvador Litvak and starring Tom Amandes, Lea Coco, Penelope Ann Miller, and Bruce Davison, Saving Lincoln tells a unique tale in a unique way: using actual Civil War era photographs as locations, the film explores Lincoln.s fiery trial as Commander-in-Chief through the eyes of his closest friend and protector . U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon. Production on the film wrapped July 12th.
In the process, Saving Lincoln officially introduces...
- 8/6/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
NEW YORK -- Lesley Ann Warren is teaming with an ensemble cast that includes Jack Klugman, Michael Lerner, Shiri Appleby and Mili Avital for Twin Falls Idaho producer Steven J. Wolfe's indie feature When Do We Eat. Eat revolves around a Passover seder at which the family patriarch is slipped a dose of Ecstasy by one of his kids, "igniting conflict and chaos on the way to healing and redemption," the filmmakers said. The comedy -- by helmer Salvador Litvak -- also features Ben Feldman, Max Greenfield, Adam Lamberg, Meredith Scott Lynn and Cynda Williams. Nina Davidovich Litvak penned the screenplay. Amy Salko Robertson is serving as co-producer. Said Wolfe: "The fun of this film was putting together the perfect dysfunctional family. When you combine such well-respected actors as Michael Lerner, Lesley Ann Warren and the legendary Jack Klugman with such an unbelievably gifted ensemble, the humor and comic timing on the set each day makes it hard to feel like you're really at work." The film is shooting in Los Angeles. Warren is repped by Innovative Artists and Acronym Entertainment.
- 12/23/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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