The Conspirator (Blu-ray, Deluxe Edition) PG-13
One bullet killed the President. But not one man.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 2 hours, 2 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 16, 2011
- Originally Released: 2010
- Label: Lions Gate
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Tom Wilkinson, Evan Rachel Wood, Robin Wright, James McAvoy, Justin Long, Kevin Kline & Alexis Bledel | |
Performer: | Jonathan Groff, Norman Reedus, Danny Huston, Stephen Root & Colm Meaney | |
Directed by | Robert Redford | |
Screenwriting by | James D. Solomon | |
Composition by | Mark Isham | |
Story by | James D. Solomon & Gregory Bernstein | |
Director of Photography: | Newton Thomas Sigel |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: A- --
Atmospheric, illuminating and affecting, The Conspirator captivates like an untold story -- one that you can't believe you've never heard until now, and won't soon forget.
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Film.com
[T]he resolution and strength of Wright's unimpeachable performance makes the whole story seem flesh-and-blood real...
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 3/5 --
The Conspirator deserves a lot more praise than it got on initial release: yes it is slow in parts and even provocatively tentative, but it is intricately crafted, a wonderful example of precision and attention to detail.
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What Culture
Rating: 2/5 --
Makes you pause and consider, not the fragility of justice and human rights in extreme circumstances, but the fusty and enfeebled condition to which Robert Redford's filmmaking has sunk.
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Rating: 2.5/5 --
The bigger problem is that the central character of [Mary] Surratt, as pictured here, is completely unengaging.
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Washington Examiner
Rating: 2/5 --
A very stately, bland piece of work, perhaps best shown to high school history classes.
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Guardian
3.5 stars out of 5 -- A thriller that's riveting from start to finish....Redford has crafted a revealing look at a key chapter in our nation's history that you only thought you knew.
Box Office
Product Description:
Robert Redford focuses on the chaotic moment in history directly following President Lincoln's assassination to tell the story of the proud mother charged with committing the monumental crime, and the ambitious young lawyer who reluctantly becomes her defense attorney. The Civil War has ended, and upon returning home, Union War hero Frederick Aiken (James McAvoy) endeavors to enter the world of politics by establishing himself as a lawyer. Though a high-society ball provides Aiken with the unique opportunity to gain an audience with standing Secretary of War Edwin Stanton (Kevin Kline), history intervenes when John Wilkes Booth fires the fateful bullet that ends the president's life. The nation is soon engulfed in turmoil as a massive manhunt for Booth's collaborators commences, leading lawmen to Confederate sympathizer Mary Surratt (Robin Wright), whose son John has become a prime suspect, yet remains dubiously out of reach. Meanwhile, as the American public cries out for justice, former attorney general Reverdy Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) persuades Aiken to act as Mrs. Surratt's defense lawyer, and the mounting pressure both in and out of the courtroom begins to weigh on the conflicted barrister's conscience as the pressure turns up on John to give himself up, and save his mother from paying for his crime in the gallows. Kevin Kline, Alexis Bledel, Evan Rachel Wood, and Justin Long co-star.