Spielberg's Lincoln

[Joe Di Cola]

I see that the Lincoln film will be released in November. In this past Sunday's NY Times Arts & Entertainment section there was a full-page ad for the film, featuring a profile shot of Daniel Day Lewis as Lincoln. On another page, there was another, but different, profile shot of Lewis as Lincoln. Now I hate to pick nits but, while he appears "Lincolnesque", he sports a full beard. Since the film centers on the last four months of Lincoln's life (at least that is what I have read), he should not have a full beard, but only chin whiskers--as is evident from the Gardner photos of February 5, the Warren photos of March 6, the Gurney death photo from April, and even "close-ups" of Lincoln on the inaugural platform in March. With all of the technological advances in make up. the nose could have been crafted to be more like Lincoln's. I hope to heck he doesn't speak with the melliflous tones of, say, an Everett Dirksen, but more in the higher-pitched twang we should expect. Any thoughts on this?