Killing Lincoln

[John E.]

I left the following response to the inaccurate review:

Seat 42, if you were writing this review based upon the book 'Killing Lincoln', I wouldn't have a rebuttal to your remarks. But since this is IMDB and a review of the movie, I had to address your comments. I was privileged to see an advanced screening of the movie and couldn't disagree with you more. You do your readers a disservice by doing the exact same thing you accuse this movie of doing. -- Telling falsehoods.

Seat 42 Wrote:

1. As for historical accuracy, well, that leaves a little something to be desired. The source material which KILLING LINCOLN is based on has been criticized quite severely because of the numerous untruths contained within, and while O’Reilly calls it non-fiction, others consider it a novel.

** Your review is confusing and misleading. The primary sources for O'Reilley's book may have been criticized severely, but not the movie. I know for a fact that the producers of this film went to great lengths to see that the story was told with as much accuracy as possible. Is it perfect? No, but its the best thing that's been done to date.

2. The missteps are mostly details, such as a scene set in the Oval Office that couldn’t have happened since the Oval Office hadn’t been built yet, and Ford’s theater did not have the portrait of Washington on the front of the box. But it’s enough to make one question how much research and care actually went into the book.

** I'm beginning to wonder how much research went in to your review. The portrait of George Washington being in front of the box seats is most certainly accurate and I don't recall any scene taking place in the Oval office. Is this a review of the book (which has many flaws) or the movie?

For anyone interested, here's a link to a photo of Ford's theater that was taken soon after the assassination: http://712educators.about.com/library/gr...ncoln6.jpg

Folks, do yourselves a favor and watch this historical docudrama. It's very good.