Conspirator
This retelling of a crucial...chapter of American law and war has enough atmosphere, stalwart acting and suspense to appeal to the mass of moviegoers.
The Conspirator
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, 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, 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.
Genre
Drama
Web Site
Runtime
122
Language
English
Director
Robert Redford
Producer
Robert Redford,
Greg Shapiro,
Robert Stone,
Bill Holderman
Writer(s)
James D. Solomon
Cast
Evan Rachel Wood,
James McAvoy,
Robin Wright,
Kevin Kline,
Tom Wilkinson,
Colm Meaney,
Danny Huston,
Stephen Root,
Alexis Bledel,
Toby Kebbell,
Jonathan Groff
"The Conspirator" has several allies in its earnest but effective quest to make a forgotten corner of America's past come alive. Many of those were planned, including the sine qua non casting of Robin Wright in the title role, but perhaps the most potent was an unintentional accident of history ...
Played at
Town Center 5 4.15.11 - 6.05.11
Claremont 5 4.15.11 - 5.12.11
Playhouse 7 4.15.11 - 5.30.11
Lumiere Music Hall 5.20.11 - 5.26.11
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