James A. Garfield is the U.S. president few Americans remember, and that’s exactly why Netflix wants you to. With Death By Lightning, a gripping four-part historical drama now available on Netflix, ...
The new limited series dramatizes the brief tenure of the 20th commander in chief, who was fatally shot by Charles J. Guiteau, a lawyer who believed he’d secured Garfield’s election Based on a True ...
"He started out dirt poor and he worked so hard," the actor tells PEOPLE of the former U.S. president, whom he plays in the new Netflix series Larry Horricks/Netflix Michael Shannon shares that he was ...
Long before the term “parasocial relationship” made its way into therapy sessions and celebrity thinkpieces, there was Charles Guiteau — a failed lawyer, wannabe preacher, and self-styled political ...
“The announcement of votes for me is not in accordance with my wishes,” James Abram Garfield pleaded from the podium of the Republican National Convention in Chicago, June 1880. “I have not consented, ...
Death by Lightning, a new four-part miniseries on Netflix, is a period piece that plays like a 19th-century version of The West Wing. It's full of political intrigue and unexpected betrayals — ...
Mike Makowsky had spent months working on obtaining permission from the government to see the real thing, so perhaps it’s not all that surprising that the new Netflix limited series he’s created, ...
In the first episode of the Netflix miniseries "Death by Lightning," a man from Pennsylvania changes history by submitting a single vote for James Garfield at the 1880 Republican National Convention.
Assassins lying in wait, political corruption, drunken vice presidential nominees: Is Netflix's "Death by Lightning" a wild invention of Hollywood, or was 19th century political history actually this ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “Death By Lightning,” premiering Thursday on Netflix, introduces itself as “a story about two men the world forgot ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. This article contains some spoilers for the Netflix miniseries “Death by Lightning.” If politics today make your ...