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• Young Mr Lincoln [1939]

  Rupert Dean 13 July 2006

  

  I have to admit to rarely watching biography films as I find they can rarely hold my attention, however all those preconceptions were to change when I watched Young Mr Lincoln. As a long time admirer of Ford, it was great to see his homourous touches, mastery of story and camera and his deft touch being used to such great effect. It was also great to see Fonda in such an early performance dominate the screen and the proceedings. He even takes slouching to an art form. However its when the court room drama begins that the film really takes off, for not only do we glimpse the man in Lincoln for the first time, but we also feel his empathy and rage at the system and prejudges he has to tackle in this particular event in his life. Consequently we learn more about the man, the culture and the challenges in this rather short period than we would do through the typical chronological biography. The region 1 Criterion is particularly recommended not only for its fabulous extras but a quite superb transfer.

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play  Much-admired fictionalised account of the early life of future president Abraham Lincoln directed by John Ford Henry Fonda plays the young Lincoln who moves from his log cabin home in Kentucky to Springfield Illinois to establish a law practice with his friend John Stuart (Edwin Maxwell) having long been encouraged to do so by his early ill-fated love Anne Rutledge (Pauline Moore) Too poor even to own a horse Lincoln arrives in Springfield astride a mule His first major case is a murder trial involving two brothers Matt and Adam Clay (Richard Cromwell and Eddie Quillan) who Lincoln saves from the lynch mob after they are accused of murdering a man in a brawl at a 4th of July celebration Lincoln&39;s job as defending attorney is made even more difficult when both men plead guilty to spare the other The film won an Academy Award for best screenplay

Much-admired fictionalised account of the early life of future president Abraham Lincoln, directed by John Ford. Henry Fonda plays the young Lincoln, who moves from his log cabin home in Kentucky to Springfield, Illinois, to establish a law practice with his friend John Stuart (Edwin Maxwell), having long been encouraged to do so by his early, ill-fated love, Anne Rutledge (Pauline Moore). Too poor even to own a horse, Lincoln arrives in Springfield astride a mule. His first major case is a murder trial involving two brothers, Matt and Adam Clay (Richard Cromwell and Eddie Quillan), who Lincoln saves from the lynch mob after they are accused of murdering a man in a brawl at a 4th of July celebration. Lincoln's job as defending attorney is made even more difficult when both men plead guilty to spare the other. The film won an Academy Award for best screenplay.