"Lincoln" Film Award Nominations & Wins

[Thomas Thorne]

I am a member of the Lincoln Group of New York. On Thursday we and the Civil War Round Table of New York gave our 2012 Lincoln awards to the film "Lincoln."

Tony Kushner was present and accepted the award on behalf of the film. I think he revealed a certain bitterness in being passed over at awards season but tried to hide it joking that he expected we would give our awards to "Argo."

Mr. Kushner revealed that he writes with a fountain pen and even would take notes with a fountain pen at story conferences. From the very beginning of the project Steven Spielberg announced the film would be no more than 150 minutes and it was obvious from the start the filmmakers felt they could not do justice to a full narrative 1861-1865 rendition of "Team of Rivals."

When asked what his favorite Lincoln film was -with the exception of his own-Kushner replied "Young Mr. Lincoln." he said loved its poetry.
Tom