Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘The Conspirator’: An Excellent Example of Examining Conspiracy Theories 2h 2min | Crime, Drama, History | 15 April 2011 (USA)
In 2010’s “The Conspirator,” Robert Redford’s courtroom drama about President Lincoln’s assassination, it’s clear that Redford, in director-storyteller mode (as opposed to movie star mode) fearlessly burrows into moral and ethical dilemmas in order to excavate The Truth, and make sure it survives. He did that to hilarious effect in “The Milagro Beanfield War,” and does it here in high dramatic fashion. Frederick Aiken (James McAvoy) is a lawyer, in “The Conspirator.” (Roadside Attractions)
Warrior Lawyer
After surviving the war, Union army captain and lawyer Frederick Aiken (brilliantly played by Scottish actor James McAvoy, with an impeccable American accent) is arm-twisted by Senator Reverdy Johnson (another of Tom Wilkinson’s finely rendered wise and wily jurists) into defending Mary Surratt (Robin