TRAILER: THE CONSPIRATOR
Primate loves a good political thriller. This period piece is based on one of the most famous assassinations in history. Redford is a great director, and has assembled a strong talent cast. Should be an excellent piece of cinema. Check out the trailer below. What do you think Primates?
Director:Robert Redford
Cast:James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline, Evan Rachel Wood, Danny Huston, Justin Long, Colm Meaney, Alexis Bledel, Tom Wilkinson
Synopsis: In the wake of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, Vice President, and Secretary of State. The lone woman charged, Mary Surratt (Robin Wright), owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth, and others met and planned the simultaneous attacks. Against the ominous back-drop of post-Civil War Washington, newly-minted lawyer, Frederick Aiken (James McAvoy), a 28-year-old Union war-hero, reluctantly agrees to defend Surratt before a military tribunal. Aiken realizes his client may be innocent and that she is being used as bait and hostage in order to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive manhunt, her own son, John. As the nation turns against her, Surratt is forced to rely on Aiken to uncover the truth and save her life.
The Conspirator looks like a great movie, in the spirit of The King’s Speech. Also, Robert Redford is blogging in support of the movie at the movie’s official website, http://www.conspiratorthemovie.com. Looking forward to the film opening April 15.