Presidential Movie Quote/Trivia of the Day Abraham Lincoln - History prefers legends to men. It prefers nobility to brutality, soaring speeches to quiet deeds. History remembers the battle, but forgets the blood. Whatever history remembers me, if it remembers anything at all, it shall only remember a fraction of the truth. For whatever else I am, a husband, a lawyer... a president... I shall always think of myself first and foremost... as a hunter. -Abraham Lincoln (Benjamin Walker in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) Did you know? The scene of Abraham Lincoln working at a large desk in the Oval Office while his son Willie plays with toys beneath it, is based on an iconic photograph of President John F. Kennedy and little John Kennedy Jr. Trent Reznor was approached about scoring and playing a minor part in the film, but the news leaked before the final decision and Reznor voted to pass on the project as the surprise element of his participation had already been lost. Joshua Speed (played by Jimmi Simpson) was one of Abraham Lincolns oldest friends dating back to their days in Springfield, Illinois. Although Joshua never actually came to Washington his brother James Speed was considered one of Lincolns oldest friends in Washington and served as Attorney General from late 1864 until he resigned in 1866. Joaquin Phoenix was the first choice for the role of Henry Sturgess, but turned it down. Tom Hardy was approached for the title role of Lincoln, but had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts with The Dark Knight Rises. Later, Eric Bana, Timothy Olyphant, Adrien Brody, Josh Lucas, James DArcy, Rob Huebel and Oliver Jackson-Cohen were considered to play the role before Benjamin Walker was cast. Seth Grahame-Smith, who wrote both the screenplay and the novel on which the movie is based, explained to Time Magazine that (contrary to many audience members assumptions) the text-sending man in the bar, whom Henry recruits as his latest partner at the end of the movie, was not meant to be George W. Bush, Barack Obama, or any other real-life public figure. Its just the average man. To quote: Its not meant to be anyone particular, its just meant to sort of dovetail with the earlier scene of Henry and Abe. He also said that he himself played the texting man. At the end of the film, when Lincoln says goodbye to Henry, his wife Mary called him saying that they will be late for the theater. That theater excursion was the last made by Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated in Fords Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, dying in a coma at 7:22 the next morning. Although both are credited to the same author Seth Grahame-Smith, the book and movie sharing the title Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter are very different. Adam and Vadoma do not appear in the book - Grahame-Smith has explained that they were created for the movie because fantasy-action tradition demands an archnemesis. In the book Henry was born in the 1500s and Abe recognizes him as a vampire when he first sees him. Vampiric twists are given to many well-known trivial anecdotes from Abes biography, as well as additional Civil War battles such as Bull Run and Antietam. There are tangential subplots involving historical figures such as Edgar Allan Poe, William Henry Seward, General George B. McClellan, and John Wilkes Booth. (The movies presence of Harriet Tubman, who was not in the book, may attempt to compensate for this loss.) Mary Todd Lincoln never learns about vampires. Vampires are able to kill other vampires, and there are many vamp-on-vamp battles whose absence book fans consider to be one of the films largest shortcomings. There is also a surprising twist at the end. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter also made an unconventional debut with a screening for troops deployed in the Middle East. The movie was screened to over 1800 sailors aboard the Navy aircraft carrier, USS Abraham Lincoln, which is stationed in the Middle East. Several of the films stars attended the screening, including Anthony Mackie, Erin Wasson and Benjamin Walker, who dressed in character as Abraham Lincoln. The screening marks the first time that a major motion picture made its debut for United States servicemen and women.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 00:09:47 +0000
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