Editing Steven Spielberg (section)

===2001–2012: Master of technology ===
[[File:Kubrick on the set of Barry Lyndon (1975 publicity photo).jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[Stanley Kubrick]] asked Spielberg to direct ''A.I.'']]
Spielberg returned to science fiction with ''[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]'' (2001), a loose adaptation of [[Brian Aldiss]]'s short story "[[Supertoys Last All Summer Long]]" (1969). [[Stanley Kubrick]] had bought the rights to the story in 1979 and worked on an adaptation for years.<ref>{{cite news| title=The Masterpiece a Master Couldn't Get Right| date=July 18, 1999| author=Gregory Feeley| work=[[The New York Times]]| url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/071899kubrick-ai.html}}</ref> He told Spielberg about the project in 1984 and suggested that he direct, believing the story was closer to Spielberg's sensibilities. In 1999, Kubrick died. Spielberg decided to direct ''A.I.'' and wrote the screenplay himself.<ref>{{cite news| title=From Kubrick to Spielberg: The Story of 'A.I.'| date=June 19, 2021| author=Tim Greiving| work=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]]| url=https://www.theringer.com/movies/2021/6/29/22553929/ai-artificial-intelligence-steven-spielberg-stanley-kubrick}}</ref> Spielberg tried to be faithful to Kubrick's vision<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/24/arts/24LYMA.html?pagewanted=all |title=Spielberg's Journey Into a Darkness of the Heart |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 24, 2001 |accessdate=October 2, 2015 |author=Lyman, Rick |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011183935/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/24/arts/24LYMA.html?pagewanted=all |archivedate=October 11, 2015}}</ref> and made several allusions to his friend's work<ref>{{cite news| title=Spielberg's 'A.I.' is a surprising homage to Kubrick| author=Joe Blevins| work=[[The A.V. Club]]| date=October 14, 2016| url=https://www.avclub.com/spielberg-s-a-i-is-a-surprising-homage-to-kubrick-1798253041}}</ref> though with mixed results according to some critics.{{Sfn|Horn|2002|p=40}} The plot revolves around an [[android (robot)|android]], David ([[Haley Joel Osment]]) who, like [[Pinocchio]], dreams of being a "real boy". The film won five [[Saturn Awards]]{{Sfn|Jackson|2007|p=75}} and grossed $236&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A.I. Artificial Intelligence |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0212720/ |access-date=December 1, 2020 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |archive-date=June 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622160206/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0212720/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]] highly praised the film: "If  ''A.I. Artificial Intelligence'' — a film whose split personality is apparent even in its two-part title — is as much a Kubrick movie as a Spielberg one, this is in large part because it defamiliarizes Spielberg, makes him strange. Yet it also defamiliarizes Kubrick, with equally ambiguous results — making his unfamiliarity familiar. Both filmmakers should be credited for the results—Kubrick for proposing that Spielberg direct the project and Spielberg for doing his utmost to respect Kubrick's intentions while making it a profoundly personal work."<ref>{{cite news| last=Rosenbaum| first=Jonathan| date=July 13, 2001| title=The Best of Both Worlds| work=[[The Chicago Reader]]| url=https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2024/01/the-best-of-both-worlds/| access-date=November 23, 2023| archive-date=November 23, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123192533/https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2021/08/the-best-of-both-worlds/| url-status=live}}</ref> [[A. O. Scott]] called it "the best fairy tale–the most disturbing, complex and intellectually challenging boy's adventure story–Mr. Spielberg has made" and chose it as the best film of the year<ref>{{cite news| last=Scott| first= A. O.| title=Do Androids Long For Mom?| date=June 29, 2001| work=[[The New York Times]]| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/29/movies/film-review-do-androids-long-for-mom.html}}</ref> and one of the best of the decade.<ref>{{cite news| author=A. O. Scott| title=Movies of Quality| date=November 12, 2009| work=[[The New York Times]]| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/magazine/15FOB-WWLN-sidebars-2.html?action=click&module=RelatedCoverage&pgtype=Article&region=Footer}}</ref>

Spielberg followed ''A.I.'' with the sci-fi [[neo-noir]] ''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]'' (2002), based on [[Philip K. Dick]]'s [[The Minority Report|short story]] (1956). The film stars [[Tom Cruise]] as commanding officer of [[precrime]] in futuristic [[Washington, D.C.]] Ebert named ''Minority Report'' the best film of 2002, praising its craftsmanship: "here is Spielberg using every trick in the book and matching them without seams, so that no matter how he's achieving his effects, the focus is always on the story and the characters ... Some directors place their trust in technology. Spielberg, who is a master of technology, trusts only story and character, and then uses everything else as a workman uses his tools."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/minority-report-2002|title=Minority Report|last=Ebert|first=Roger|date=June 21, 2002|work=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=April 10, 2018|author-link=Roger Ebert|archive-date=February 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205082300/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20020621%2FREVIEWS%2F206210304%2F1023|url-status=live}}</ref> However, critic [[Todd McCarthy]] thought there was not enough action.{{Sfn|Jackson|2007|p=79}} The film earned more than $358&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minority Report |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0181689/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805070836/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0181689/ |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |access-date=December 1, 2020 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> Also in 2002, he released ''[[Catch Me If You Can]]'', based on the [[Catch Me If You Can (book)|autobiography]] of con-artist [[Frank Abagnale]]. [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] played Abangale; [[Christopher Walken]] and Hanks also starred. Spielberg said, "I have always loved movies about sensational rogues—they break the law, but you just have to love them for the moxie."{{Sfn|Jackson|2007|p=80}} The film was a critical and commercial success.{{Sfn|Jackson|2007|p=82}}

[[File:2006 Summit Hosts Steven Spielberg and George Lucas welcome the Academy delegates and members to the International Achievement Summit in Los Angeles.jpg|thumb|left|Spielberg with director and friend [[George Lucas]] in 2006]]

Spielberg followed ''Catch Me If You Can'' with ''[[The Terminal]]'' (2004), a comedy loosely inspired by the true story of [[Mehran Karimi Nasseri]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Matthew |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/21/magazine/magazinespecial/MFMERHANT.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=360b6f8f63635c6a&ex=1379476800 |title=Waiting For Spielberg |work= [[The New York Times]] |date=21 September 2003 |access-date = 12 June 2008 |archive-date = 8 February 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090208234718/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/21/magazine/magazinespecial/MFMERHANT.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=360b6f8f63635c6a&ex=1379476800 |url-status = live}}</ref> and by [[Jacques Tati]]'s ''[[Playtime]]'' (1967).<ref name=":BFI"/> The film follows Viktor Navorski (Hanks), an Eastern European man who, after a coup in his home country, is stranded in [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]]. It features [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]] as a flight attendant and [[Stanley Tucci]] as a customs and immigration official. Ebert wrote of Viktor's predicament: "The immigration service, and indeed the American legal system, has no way of dealing with him because Viktor does not do, or fail to do, any of the things the system is set up to prevent him from doing, or not doing. He has slipped through a perfect logical loophole. ''The Terminal'' is like a sunny [[Franz Kakfa|Kakfa]] story, in which it is the citizen who persecutes the bureaucracy." The titular terminal was a real set built by [[Alex McDowell]].<ref>{{cite news| author=Roger Ebert| title=The Terminal| work=[[Chicago Sun Times]]| date=June 18, 2004| url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-terminal-2004}}</ref> In 2005, Spielberg directed ''[[War of the Worlds (2005 film)|War of the Worlds]],'' a co-production of Paramount and DreamWorks, based on [[H. G. Wells]]'s [[The War of the Worlds|novel]]; Spielberg had been a fan of the book and of [[George Pal]]'s [[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|1953 film]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005 |title=War of the Worlds – Production Notes |url=http://www.waroftheworlds.com/productionnotes/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727213403/http://www.waroftheworlds.com/productionnotes/index.html |archive-date=July 27, 2011 |access-date=December 19, 2020 |website= |publisher=[[War of the Worlds (2005 film)|War of the Worlds]]}}</ref> Starring Tom Cruise and [[Dakota Fanning]], the film is about an American [[Stevedore|dock worker]] who is forced to look after his children, from whom he lives separately, as he tries to protect and reunite them with their mother when extraterrestrials invade Earth. Spielberg used storyboards to help the actors react to computer imagery that they could not see and used natural lighting and camerawork to avoid an "over stylized" science fiction picture.{{Sfn|Jackson|2007|p=84}} The film was a box office hit grossing more than $600&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=War of the Worlds |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0407304/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829151404/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0407304/ |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |access-date=November 27, 2020 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

Spielberg's ''[[Munich (2005 film)|Munich]]'' (2005) is about the Israeli government's secret retaliation after eleven Israeli Olympic athletes were kidnapped and murdered in the 1972 [[Munich Massacre|Munich massacre]]. The film is based on ''[[Vengeance (Jonas book)|Vengeance]]'', a book by Canadian journalist [[George Jonas]].{{Sfn|Jackson|2007|p=86}} It was previously adapted for the screen in the 1986 television film ''[[Sword of Gideon]]''. Spielberg, who personally remembers the incident, sought advice from former president [[Bill Clinton]], among others, before making the film because he did not want to cause further problems in the Middle East.{{Sfn|Jackson|2007|p=86}} Although the film garnered mostly positive reviews, some critics perceived it as anti-Semitic;{{Sfn|Jackson|2007|p=87}} it is one of Spielberg's most controversial films to date.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Melman |first1=Yossi |author-link=Yossi Melman |last2=Hartov |first2=Steven |author-link2=Steven Hartov |date=January 17, 2006 |title=Munich: Fact and Fantasy |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/jan/17/israelandthepalestinians.world |url-status=live |access-date=February 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728163025/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/jan/17/israelandthepalestinians.world |archive-date=July 28, 2020}}</ref> ''Munich'' received five Academy Awards nominations: Best Picture, Best Film Editing, [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Score]], [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]], and Best Director for Spielberg. It was his sixth Best Director nomination, and fifth Best Picture nomination.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 78th Academy Awards {{!}} 2006 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001074434/https://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/78th-winners.html |archive-date=October 1, 2014 |access-date=November 27, 2020 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]}}</ref>{{Sfn|Edge|2008|p=102}}
[[File:Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks at National World War II Memorial for premiere of The Pacific 2010-03-11.jpg|thumb|right|Spielberg with [[Tom Hanks]] promoting ''[[The Pacific (miniseries)|The Pacific]]'' in Washington, D.C.]]
In the mid-2000s, Spielberg scaled down his directing career and became more selective about film projects to undertake.{{Sfn|Mara|2014|p=60}} In December 2005, he and his partners sold DreamWorks to media conglomerate [[Viacom (2005–2019)|Viacom]] (now known as [[Paramount Global]]). The sale was finalized in February 2006.{{Sfn|Edge|2008|p=102}} In June 2006, Spielberg planned to make ''[[Interstellar (film)|Interstellar]]'', but abandoned the project, which was eventually directed by [[Christopher Nolan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Child |first=Ben |date=January 10, 2013 |title=Christopher Nolan's next film mission to go Interstellar |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jan/10/christopher-nolan-next-film-interstellar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101184122/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jan/10/christopher-nolan-next-film-interstellar |archive-date=January 1, 2021 |access-date=December 19, 2020 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> During this period, Spielberg remained active as a producer. Spielberg returned to the ''Indiana Jones'' series in 2008 with ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]].'' Released nineteen years after ''Last Crusade'', the film is set in 1957, pitting Indiana Jones ([[Harrison Ford]]) against [[KGB|Soviet agents]] led by Irina Spalko ([[Cate Blanchett]]), searching for a [[telepath]]ic [[crystal skull]]. [[Principal photography]] was complete in October 2007, and the film was released on May 22, 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 18, 2007 |title=New Indy Adventure Begins Shooting |publisher=[[Indiana Jones|IndianaJones.com]] |url=http://www.indianajones.com/community/news/news20070618.html |access-date=June 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621003713/http://indianajones.com/community/news/news20070618.html |archive-date=June 21, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Green |first=Willow |date=August 21, 2006 |title=Spielberg, Ford and Lucas on Indy IV |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/spielberg-ford-lucas-indy-iv/ |access-date=December 19, 2020 |archive-date=December 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216150243/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/spielberg-ford-lucas-indy-iv/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This was his first film not released by DreamWorks since 1997.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Masters|first1=Kim|date=June 15, 2016|title=Steven Spielberg on DreamWorks' Past, Amblin's Present and His Own Future|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/steven-spielberg-dreamworks-past-amblins-902544|access-date=July 11, 2016|archive-date=December 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217200120/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/steven-spielberg-dreamworks-past-amblins-902544|url-status=live}}</ref> The film received generally favorable reviews from critics, but some fans were disappointed by the introduction of science fiction elements which were uncharacteristic of the previous films.{{Sfn|Hook|2010|p=90}}{{Sfn|Mara|2014|p=60}} Writing for ''[[The Age]]'', Tom Ryan praised Spielberg and Lucas for their realistic 1950s setting—"The energy on display is impressive".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Tom |date=May 23, 2008 |title=Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-20080524-ge73zx.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101184141/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-20080524-ge73zx.html |archive-date=January 1, 2021 |access-date=December 19, 2020 |website=[[The Age]] |language=en}}</ref> It was a box office success, grossing $790&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0367882/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101184127/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0367882/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |archive-date=January 1, 2021 |access-date=December 2, 2020 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

Starting in 2009, Spielberg shot the first film in a planned trilogy of [[motion capture]] films based on [[Hergé]]'s ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGrath |first=Charles |date=December 23, 2009 |title=The Man Behind Boy, Dog and Their Adventures |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/books/23book.html |access-date=March 10, 2023 |archive-date=June 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611201030/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/books/23book.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Spielberg had long been a fan of the comics, and per [[Michael Farr]], Hergé "thought Spielberg was the only person who could ever do Tintin justice."<ref>{{cite news| title=Tintin and the Movie Moguls?| date=May 27, 2007| newspaper=[[The Sunday Times]]|first=Jeff |last=Dawson| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article1830463.ece| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205054131/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article1830463.ece| url-status=dead| archive-date=2008-12-05}}</ref> ''[[The Adventures of Tintin (film)|The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn]]'' was co-produced by [[Peter Jackson]] and premiered in [[Brussels]], Belgium.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 23, 2011 |title=Tintin fans flock to Belgian film premiere |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8844394/Tintin-fans-flock-to-Belgian-film-premiere.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027062708/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8844394/Tintin-fans-flock-to-Belgian-film-premiere.html |archive-date=October 27, 2011 |access-date=December 19, 2020 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]}}</ref> The film was released in North American theaters on December 21, 2011, in [[Digital 3D]] and [[IMAX 3D|IMAX]].<ref name="reldates">{{cite web |title=The Adventures of Tintin Official Movie Site |url=http://www.us.movie.tintin.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013183713/http://www.us.movie.tintin.com/ |archive-date=October 13, 2011 |access-date=October 13, 2011 |publisher=[[Paramount Pictures]]}}</ref> It received generally positive reviews from critics<ref>{{cite web |title=The Adventures of Tintin |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_adventures_of_tintin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605050100/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_adventures_of_tintin |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |access-date=April 12, 2012 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=December 21, 2011 |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref> and grossed over $373&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adventures of Tintin |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0983193/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101184127/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0983193/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |archive-date=January 1, 2021 |access-date=December 19, 2020 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> ''The Adventures of Tintin'' won [[Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film|Best Animated Feature]] at the [[69th Golden Globe Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adventures of Tintin, The |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/adventures-tintin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101184127/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/adventures-tintin |archive-date=January 1, 2021 |access-date=December 19, 2020 |website= |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |language=en}}</ref> Spielberg followed ''Tintin'' with ''[[War Horse (film)|War Horse]]'', shot in England in the summer of 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Steven Spielberg pictured filming new blockbuster on Dartmoor |work=[[The Herald (Plymouth)|The Herald]] |url=http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/SPIELBERG-FILMS-DARTMOOR/story-11666028-detail/story.html |access-date=March 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413041822/http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/SPIELBERG-FILMS-DARTMOOR/story-11666028-detail/story.html |archive-date=April 13, 2016}}</ref> It was released four days after ''Tintin'', on December 25, 2011. The film, based on [[Michael Morpurgo]]'s 1982 [[War Horse (novel)|novel]], follows the long friendship between a British boy and his horse Joey before and during [[World War I]].{{Sfn|Mara|2014|p=64}} Distributed by [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Walt Disney Studios]] with whom DreamWorks made a distribution deal in 2009, ''War Horse'' was the first of four consecutive Spielberg films released by Disney. It received acclaim from critics{{Sfn|Mara|2014|p=64}} and was nominated for six [[Academy Awards]], including Best Picture.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nominees and Winners for the 84th Academy Awards |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/84/nominees.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825202636/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/84/nominees.html |archive-date=August 25, 2013 |access-date=April 12, 2012 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]}}</ref> In a review for ''[[Salon (website)|Salon]]'' magazine, Andrew O'Hehir wrote, "at this point in his career Spielberg is pursuing personal goals, and everything that's terrific and overly flat and tooth-rottingly sweet about ''War Horse'' reflects that."<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Hehir |first=Andrew |date=December 25, 2011 |title="War Horse": Spielberg's almost-great World War I epic |url=https://www.salon.com/2011/12/25/war_horse_spielbergs_almost_great_world_war_i_epic/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101184135/https://www.salon.com/2011/12/25/war_horse_spielbergs_almost_great_world_war_i_epic/ |archive-date=January 1, 2021 |access-date=December 19, 2020 |website=[[Salon.com]] |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:2009libertymedal.JPG|thumb|left|Spielberg with Bill Clinton, 2009]]
Spielberg directed the historical drama ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]'' (2012), starring [[Daniel Day-Lewis]] as President [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[Sally Field]] as [[Mary Todd Lincoln]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Breznican |first=Anthony |date=April 13, 2011 |title=Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' gets its Mary Todd: Sally Field |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/04/13/spielbergs-lincoln-gets-its-mary-todd-sally-field/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=October 22, 2019 |archive-date=February 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207193943/https://ew.com/article/2011/04/13/spielbergs-lincoln-gets-its-mary-todd-sally-field/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Based on [[Doris Kearns Goodwin]]'s book ''[[Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln]]'' and written by [[Tony Kushner]], the film depicts the final four months of Lincoln's life. The film was shot in [[Richmond, Virginia]] in late 2011.<ref>{{cite web |last=Garbarek |first=Ben |date=May 9, 2011 |title=First casting calls for Steven Spielberg movie |url=http://www.nbc12.com/story/14601466/first-casting-calls-for-steven-spielberg-movie |access-date=July 20, 2011 |website=[[WWBT]] |publisher= |archive-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001220510/https://www.nbc12.com/story/14601466/first-casting-calls-for-steven-spielberg-movie/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and was released in the US in November 2012.<ref>{{cite web |author=Fischer |first=Russ |date=November 19, 2010 |title=Daniel Day-Lewis to Star in Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/daniel-day-lewis-lincoln-steven-spielberg/ |access-date=March 10, 2023 |work=[[/Film]] |archive-date=November 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121003803/https://www.slashfilm.com/daniel-day-lewis-lincoln-steven-spielberg/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Lincoln'' was acclaimed and earned more than $250 million worldwide.{{Sfn|Mara|2014|p=65}} It was nominated for twelve Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director,<ref>{{cite web |title=The 85th Academy Awards {{!}} 2013 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502002219/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2013 |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |access-date=March 3, 2013 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]}}</ref> winning [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]] and [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] for Day-Lewis's performance.{{Sfn|Mara|2014|p=64}} Donald Clarke from ''[[The Irish Times]]'' praised the direction: "Against the odds, Spielberg makes something genuinely exciting of the backstage wheedling."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clarke |first=Donald |date=January 25, 2013 |title=The real deal |language=en |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/the-real-deal-1.966493 |url-status=live |access-date=December 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101184148/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/the-real-deal-1.966493 |archive-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref>