First Footage From Steven Spielberg S Lincoln Features A Bit Of The President S Most Famous Speech

First Footage From Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ Features A Bit Of The President’s Most Famous Speech

By Russ Fischer/Sept. 10, 2012 1:30 pm EST

You won’t see much of Daniel Day-Lewis in motion as the sixteenth President of the United States, but you will hear him. (Edit: Or you might not hear him after all — seems like it is the soldier rather than Daniel Day-Lewis speaking.) The voiceover heard here is a snippet from the Gettysburg Address, no matter who is intoning the famous words delivered on November 19, 1863.