Abraham Lincoln, vampire hunter
Record details
- ISBN: 9786314849825
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Physical Description:
videorecording
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2012.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith. Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2012. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Music by Henry Jackman. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony MacKie, Rufus Sewell, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Marton Csokas. |
Target Audience Note: | Rating: R; for violence throughout and brief sexuality. |
System Details Note: | DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; described video, Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 2.0 surround (French, Spanish) |
Language Note: | English, Spanish or French dialogue; Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Drama Presidents -- United States -- Drama Vampires -- Drama Video recordings DVDs Closed-captioned films |
Genre: | Feature films. Action and adventure films. Horror films. Vampire films. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. |
Available copies
- 9 of 9 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 9 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Creston Public Library | DVD FIC ABR (Text) | 35140001022022 | Fiction Videos | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Video Librarian Reviews : Video Librarian Reviews
Before you dismiss the absurdity of the pulpy title, consider the fact that the 16th President of the United States was a strong, rail-splitting outdoorsmanâsurely quite capable of throwing an axe at the bloodsucking undead. According to Seth Grahame-Smith's screenplay (based on his bestselling comic novel), as a child Lincoln kept a secret journal, revealing that he and his father clashed with villainous slave owner Jack Barts (Marton Csokas), who killed Lincoln's mother. Years later, Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) learned about vampire assassination from Henry Sturges (Dominic Cooper). So by the time he's settled in Springfield, IL, Lincoln is adept at eliminating ghouls using an axe with a silver-tipped blade. Despite Sturges' warning not to become too attached to others, Lincoln woos and wins young Mary Todd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and is reunited with his childhood friend, former slave William Johnson (Anthony Mackie). But when Lincoln eventually slays Barts, he becomes the target of Southern vampires, led by New Orleans-based Adam (Rufus Sewell), who is politically aligned with the Confederacy during the Civil War because slavery enables vampires to legally purchase humans to satisfy their bloodlust. The slavery aspect of the plot is stupid and semi-offensiveânot to mention metaphorically ineffective. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov, this relentlessly gruesome, idiotically revisionist action-horror flick is not a necessary purchase. (S. Granger)Copyright Video Librarian Reviews 2011.