“The Conspirator”—a Film Well Worth Seeing

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“The Conspirator”—a Film Well Worth Seeing
By Matthew Rothschild
Editor of The Progressive
April 25, 2011

I saw a real good movie last weekend.

It’s called “The Conspirator,” and it’s about John Wilkes Booth’s plot to assassinate President Lincoln, and whether all the convicted conspirators were actually guilty.

The film, directed with great skill by Robert Redford, focuses on Mary Surratt, who ran the boarding house where several of the conspirators either stayed or gathered. Powerfully played by Robin Wright, the strong character of Surratt comes through, as does the ambiguity of the evidence against her.

Kevin Kline steals the show with his cynical portrayal of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, a Cheney-like character who insists on convictions at all costs in a classic ends-justifies-the means argument.

Read the full article at:

http://www.progressive.org/wx042511.html

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1. So.. do you think she was guilty?

I will probably see it, but I tend to be rather wimpy about movies that include execution scenes... Love Redford's work, though