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Thursday at the Movies-"Conspirator"

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The Conspirator

Robin Wright, James McAvoy, Tom Wilkinson Lionsgate; Directed by Robert Redford Rated PG-13; 122 minutes; 2011

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. Against the ominous back-drop of post-Civil War Washington, newly-minted lawyer, Frederick Aiken, reluctantly agrees to defend the lone female defendant before a military tribunal. As the nation turns against her, Surratt is forced to rely on Aiken to uncover the truth and save her life.

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