The Conspirator, directed by Robert Redford and starring
James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline, Evan Rachel Wood, Danny Huston, Justin
Long and Tom Wilkinson, has opened. The movie focuses on the trial of Mary
Surratt, who was hung for her part in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Historical
consultant to the film was Kate Clifford Larson, whose book about Surratt, The
Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln, has
been released in a tie-in edition (Basic Books, $16.99, 9780465024414).
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Water for Elephants, based on the novel by Sara Gruen, opens this
Friday, April 22. Robert Pattinson is a veterinary student who decides to join the circus after the death of his parents. Also stars Reese Witherspoon and
Christoph Waltz. The tie-in edition is from Algonquin ($7.99, 9781616200718).