Killer thriller
Dramatic history hits the screen
Did you know
President Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865.
Directed by movie legend Robert Redford, The Conspirator is a riveting thriller that tells a timeless story from US history.
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.
The woman charged, Mary Surratt (Robin Wright), owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth (Toby Kebbell) and others met and planned their simultaneous attacks.
Against the backdrop of post-Civil War Washington, young Union war hero and lawyer Frederick Aiken (James McAvoy) reluctantly agrees to defend Surratt before a military tribunal.
Aiken soon realises that his client may be innocent, and that she is possibly being used as bait in order to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive manhunt - her son John (Johnny Simmons). As the nation turns against her, Surratt is forced to rely on Aiken to uncover the truth and save her life.
Catch the taut drama and suspense when The Conspirator hits theatres on June 23.
Vocabulary
riveting (adj): so interesting or exciting that it holds your attention completely
conspire (v): to secretly plan with other people to do something illegal or harmful
simultaneous (adj): happening or done at the same time as something else
tribunal (n): a type of court with the authority to deal with a particular problem or disagreement
bait (n): a person or thing that is used to attract or catch somebody
taut (adj): anxious and tense
Idiom
in the wake of something: coming after or following something
