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I dunno if anyone has heard much about this since it's literally in the process of filming, but has anyone heard anything about the film Conspirator? Robert redford is in the process of filming it in Savannah, Ga. The film is about the trial of Mary surratt and the plot to assasinate lincon. Though the film is set in DC, they chose to film down here since the historic districs of both cities are very similar, at least in their colonial nature. Anyway, iv had the fortune of seeing a lot of the people working on this movie around town and its quite a surreal experience. the crews use a lot of open space around the city as a backdrop. Hope the film turns out well.
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The Conspirator is a 2010 Historical Drama about the trial of Mary Surratt, the only female co-conspirator in the Abraham Lincoln assassination and the first woman to be hanged by the United States federal government. It stars Robin Wright Penn as Surratt, James McAvoy as Fredrick Aiken, Surratt's defense lawyer. The cast also includes Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood, Tom Wilkinson, Alexis Bledel, Kevin Kline, and Toby Kebbell.
Cast Robin Wright Penn as Mary Surratt: the only woman among the group charged with killing the president. James McAvoy as Fredrick Aiken: an idealistic young war hero who reluctantly defends Surratt and in the process comes to believe she is innocent. Justin Long as Aiken's best friend, a one-armed Civil War veteran. Evan Rachel Wood as Anna Surratt: Mary Surratt's daughter Toby Kebbell as John Wilkes Booth Tom Wilkinson as Reverdy Johnson: the former attorney general who as U.S. Senator is the mentor to Aiken Alexis Bledel as Catherine Morgan: Aiken's wife Kevin Kline as Edwin Stanton: Lincoln’s Secretary of War
Synopsis Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.
Production Principle photograhy began in October, 2009, in Savannah, Georgia.
thanks for posting about it. it looks promising. looking forward to it.
Post subject: Re: Conspirator - robert redford film
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:08 pm
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rafa_garcia18 wrote:
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The Conspirator is a 2010 Historical Drama about the trial of Mary Surratt, the only female co-conspirator in the Abraham Lincoln assassination and the first woman to be hanged by the United States federal government. It stars Robin Wright Penn as Surratt, James McAvoy as Fredrick Aiken, Surratt's defense lawyer. The cast also includes Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood, Tom Wilkinson, Alexis Bledel, Kevin Kline, and Toby Kebbell.
Cast Robin Wright Penn as Mary Surratt: the only woman among the group charged with killing the president. James McAvoy as Fredrick Aiken: an idealistic young war hero who reluctantly defends Surratt and in the process comes to believe she is innocent. Justin Long as Aiken's best friend, a one-armed Civil War veteran. Evan Rachel Wood as Anna Surratt: Mary Surratt's daughter Toby Kebbell as John Wilkes Booth Tom Wilkinson as Reverdy Johnson: the former attorney general who as U.S. Senator is the mentor to Aiken Alexis Bledel as Catherine Morgan: Aiken's wife Kevin Kline as Edwin Stanton: Lincoln’s Secretary of War
Synopsis Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.
Production Principle photograhy began in October, 2009, in Savannah, Georgia.
thanks for posting about it. it looks promising. looking forward to it.
cool, I actually didnt know anything about the film till you posted that. I thought kevin kline was going to play lincon for some reason. he actually does fit the build. Its kinda funny justin long only has one arm in the movie, that must be akward to film like that.
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Post subject: Re: Conspirator - robert redford film
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:21 pm
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Maybe filiming it in Georgia is to remind us of the evils of the Northern War of Aggression, what with Sherman's march to the sea and all. Atlanta doesn't have many buildings from this era left, eh?
Post subject: Re: Conspirator - robert redford film
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:04 am
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simple schoolboy wrote:
Maybe filiming it in Georgia is to remind us of the evils of the Northern War of Aggression, what with Sherman's march to the sea and all. Atlanta doesn't have many buildings from this era left, eh?
No but Savannah, for the most part (where the movie was filmed) does. the movie takes place in DC, and for the most part, alot of historical drama's of the colonial states are filmed in places like that (glory took place in boston, filmed in Savannah)
I saw this movie, it was ok, not amazing. Mackavoy did a great job overall. I really just wanted to see what they did after meeting alot of the cast and production crew. I had a buddy from college tell me he had a short five second appearance as an extra, but didn't catch it.
It was actually kind of funny watching that movie and being like 'oh I know the name of that house. There is a huge ammount of spanish moss in the trees there, and the crew removed it for the shots, and put it back after they were done filming, I hope they wore heavy gloves...
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