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Daniel Day-Lewis and the battle of portraying Lincoln

Daniel Day-Lewis in the film, "Lincoln."
Daniel Day-Lewis in the film, "Lincoln."
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Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.

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Daniel Day-Lewis and the battle of portraying Lincoln
Everyone in this country has carried his face in their pockets — on the penny and the five-dollar bill. And they carry his image in their brains. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, the man who saved the union and was assassinated after his moment of triumph.

Everyone in this country has carried his face in their pockets — on the penny and the five-dollar bill — but Lincoln served so long ago, we don't know what he really was like.

Just how difficult is it to get Lincoln right on film? How close does Daniel Day-Lewis get in this latest addition to the portrayals of Lincoln?

Read more at the Patt Morrison blog

Guests

Harold Holzer, content consultant on "Lincoln," and author of ‘’Emancipating Lincoln”

Ronald C. White Jr., Lincoln biographer, author of  "Lincoln’s Greatest Speech’’