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MANHUNT – Review by Susan Granger

May 23, 2024May 26, 2024 Susan Granger Anthony Boyle, Apple TV+, Carl Franklin, Edwin Stanton, Eva Sørhaug, James L. Swanson, John Dahl, John Wilkes Booth, Lovie Simone, Manhunt, Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer, Monica Beletsky, Tobias Menzies, Will Harrison

The most compelling theme of Manhunt – which focuses on the pursuit of Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, actor John Wilkes Booth – is what it takes to maintain and defend the democracy that we currently enjoy: i.e. the political cost of freedom. This new historical miniseries from Apple TV+ begins on April 14, 1865, the day that Booth (Anthony Boyle) shot President Lincoln (Hamish Linklater) during a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theater.

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MANHUNT – Review by Diane Carson

April 24, 2024April 25, 2024 Diane Carson Anthony Boyle, Apple TV+, Carl Franklin, Edwin Stanton, Eva Sørhaug, James L. Swanson, John Dahl, John Wilkes Booth, Lovie Simone, Manhunt, Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer, Monica Beletsky, Tobias Menzies, Will Harrison

Far too seldom, complex, fascinating history informs a compelling series, but it does for Manhunt. Though poetic license is used for details and dialogue, the presentation relies on historical records for the still immensely disturbing assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the extensive search for John Wilkes Booth, and the divisive attempts to realize the promise of Reconstruction.