Historians to talk about making of Lincoln movie

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Image from article, with caption: Daniel Day-Lewis portrayed Abraham Lincoln in the 2012 film "Lincoln."

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See and hear how historians at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum assisted Hollywood in making the 2012 blockbuster film, “Lincoln,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at Farley’s Music Hall.

Ian Patrick Hunt, the Lincoln library’s chief of acquisitions, will present clips from the acclaimed movie together with explanations of how he and others at the Springfield museum helped Academy Award-winning actor, Daniel Day-Lewis, Pulitzer Prize author Doris Kearns Goodwin, and “Lincoln” producer Kathleen Kennedy achieve historic accuracy and authenticity in the Steven Spielberg film about the 16th president.

Ian Hunt has advised on numerous publications, television programs and movies about the Civil War and Lincoln. He is also a consultant to the U.S. State Department Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis] Program. ...