From cinemablend, Newsweek reports that Sally Field has joined the cast of Steven Spielberg's upcoming Abraham Lincoln biopic, entitled "Lincoln." It is based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's book "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln," with Liam Neeson set to play the President and Field as his wife, Mary Todd.
Three of her four kids didn't live to adulthood, and her husband was shot as he held her hand. If anyone ever deserved to go crazy, it was Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of the 16th U.S. president. "She had the most tragic public life in American history," says James Cornelius, curator of the Lincoln Collection at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Ill.
The site mentions that in February 2009, it will be the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
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Was it the hat that made her able to fly? I don't think I ever really saw that show.
Yes, I know it's not called a hat technically.
The comic elements of the storyline for the Flying Nun were provided by the flying ability of a novice nun, Sister Bertrille, played by Sally Field. She could be relied upon to solve any problem that came her way by her ability to catch a passing breeze and fly (attributed to her small stature and heavily starched cornette—the headgear for her habit). Her flying talents caused as many problems as they solved.
I was suddenly intrigued enough by this Flying Nun business that I checked out the Wikipedia page, which oddly contains the exact same wording as Mr. Pants's comment there. It also includes this:
"Another problem the show's producers had to contend with was the fact that during much of the filming schedule of "The Flying Nun's" second season, Sally Field was noticeably pregnant with her first child. This was a logistical nightmare for a series in which Field's character was supposed to be a religious celibate, and skinny enough to fly away in the wind. The show solved the problem by using props and scenery to block view of Fields' body below the chest, and using long shots of Fields' stunt double for the flying sequences."
I'm even more baffled that there ever was such a show.
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