Steven Spielberg is bringing Abraham Lincoln to the movies with Stengel : `` Lincoln '' Daniel Day Lewis plays the president , and took a year to prepare . Spielberg uses the 13th Amendment as a framing device . The amendment was written in 1865 by John Randolph of Roanoke ( who also wrote the Declaration ), which states that all men are created equal.
Steven Spielberg is bringing Abraham Lincoln to the movies with `` Lincoln '' Daniel Day Lewis plays the president , and took a year to prepare . Spielberg uses the 13th Amendment as a framing device . The amendment was written in 1865 by John Randolph of Roanoke ( who also wrote the Declaration ), which states that all men are created equal.