![]() These are things that devastate a human being. "Rose Kennedy and Mary Todd Lincoln were women who were particularly unlucky," he said. Kristofferson, in Richmond to attend a reception for the movie, called on the day Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy died. I felt the same thing when I was looking at old speeches of Kennedy's." "Tad" was filmed in and around Richmond, Petersburg and Midlothian, Va. And I was struck so much by the letters from different soldiers, how eloquent they were. Like Christ, he talked in parables all the time and illustrated his points with little anecdotes. The man had such integrity and true humility and dedication to the principle of liberty and justice for everyone. "So many things come to you: the notion that we might have killed off the best and the brightest of Americans. I've seen them several times I see them over and over. ![]() That Ken Burns series was such a great way to feel the flavor of the times. "I got to read up a lot - I'm still reading. ![]() Kristofferson, father of eight children ranging from 33 years to six months, said he immersed himself in Lincolniana to prepare for the role, reading Gore Vidal and Carl Sandburg and watching tapes of Ken Burns's "The Civil War." "That was one of the blessings, getting to do research about it," he said. Kris Kristofferson portrays the Great Emancipator, Bug Hall plays Tad, Jane Curtin is Mary Todd Lincoln, and Kieran Mulroney is Robert, the only Lincoln son to survive past his teens. That the burdens of this father were almost beyond comprehension makes "Tad" especially touching, airing as it does at 7 on Sunday, the 186th anniversary of Lincoln's birthday. Maybe only other children who have lived in the White House will fully appreciate The Family Channel's story of Abraham Lincoln and his third son, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln.īut many youngsters can identify with the mischievous boy who could bring a smile to a busy father's face.
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