The Conspirator

(2011) Directed by Robert Redford. The Civil War has ended, and upon returning home, Union War hero Frederick Aiken (James McAvoy) endeavours to enter the world of politics by establishing himself as a lawyer. Though a high-society ball provides Aiken with the unique opportunity to gain an audience with standing Secretary of War Edwin Stanton (Kevin Kline), history intervenes when John Wilkes Booth fires the fateful bullet that ends the president's life. [Drama]