Omnibus: James Agee's Mr Lincoln and the Civil War by Entertainment One

Description

An ambitious, five-part tele-biography by renowned author, screenwriter, and film critic James Ageee, Mr. Lincoln (1952) earned wide acclaim as the centerpiece of OMNIBUS s inaugural season, and proved that long-form, historical drama could draw a rapt, national audience. Starring: Royal Dano and Joanne Woodward, with memorable funeral-train sequences by second-unit director Stanley Kubrick, plus an appearance by Agee himself, this pioneering production set an enduring standard for all subsequent portrayals of the log cabin president.

This HISTORIC 2-DISC COLLECTION also includes these additional OMNIBUS features:

Uncle Tom s Cabin (1955) An excerpt from the Harriet Beecher Stowe
classic adapted by Ellen Violett
The Four Flags of the Confederacy (1955)15-minute historical feature by Arnold Sundgaard
Lee at Gettysburg (1957) broadcast on NBC A three-act play in blank verse by Alvin Sapinsley

Bonus OMNIBUS SEGMENTS:
Lincoln and Ann Rutledge discussed by historian Allan Nevins and author James Agee (1953)
Interview with USN Capt. John M. Ellicott, who witnessed the Civil War duel of the first ironclad warships, Monitor vs Virginia (a.k.a. Merrimack),
and fought 36 years later at the Battle of Manila Bay.
Also includes:
Historical analysis from author Jeffrey Couchman,with contributions by the Archive of American Television