Illustration by Steve Hedberg
They came, they filmed, they left. Now, roughly a year later, Steven Spielberg and company are rolling out the hotly anticipated biopic Lincoln this month amid an early swirl of Oscar buzz. In step with our 16th president's larger-than-life image, we offer our own epic coverage of Honest Abe's new wave of celebrity: a Q&A with Sally Field, who stars as Mary Todd Lincoln; portraits of extras from the film; a profile of Mike Gorman, the local historian who kept Spielberg honest on the Civil War details; a look at the Dinwiddie County woman who went from slavery to the Lincoln White House; and some impressions from an early screening of the film.
Lincoln : Watching for Richmond and Richmonders | Talking in Spielberg's Ear
Mrs. Lincoln's 'Closest Friend'
