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Released
2014 · FILM

The Better Angels

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Written by
Runtime
95 min
BiographyDramaHistory

Synopsis

At an isolated log cabin in the harsh wilderness of Indiana circa 1817, the rhythms of love, tragedy, and the daily hardships of life on the developing frontier shaped one of our nation’s greatest heroes: Abraham Lincoln. Abe is a thoughtful and quiet boy who spends his days at the side of his beloved mother while learning to work the land from his stern father. When illness takes his mother, Abe's new guardian angel comes in the form of his new stepmother, who sees the potential in the boy and pushes for his further education.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Alex MilanShot by Matthew J LloydScored by Hanan TownshendDesigned by Caroline Hanania

Box Office

2014 · Box office

Grossed $71K worldwide

Worldwide gross

$71K

Worldwide gross$71K

Opening week (7-day): $7K

Peak 2 theaters

Also known as

  • The Green Blade Risesde
  • Sous l'aile des angesfr

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