Andrew Kavovit, Bruce Winant, Carmen Argenziano

They left the nightmare...and entered Hell. Captured Union soilders cope with life inside the Civil War's most notorious prisoner-of-war camp. A powerful, compeling tale of war and will, with Emmy Awa...( read more  read more... )rd-winning direction by John Frankenheimer and a cast including Frederic Forrest (Apocalypse Now) and William H. Macy (ER, Fargo) Year: 1996 Director: John Frankenheimer Starring: Jarrod Emick, Frederic Forrest, Ted Marcoux

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Unrated, 168 min.

Directed by: John Frankenheimer

Release Date: March 3, 1996

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DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004

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  • July 3, 2006
    Awesome and depressing story of the hell that was the south's prison camps during The Civil War. Get a great, but depressing and brutal history lesson and see this soon. I had no idea.
  • October 7, 2009
    Andersonville stands out as one of the best American Civil War films in terms of the quality of the authenticity, the acting/casting, and the production values. The Andersonville Camp is a controversial subject and there will be those who feel that this movie is either a sugar-co...( read more)ated treatment or an unfair condemnation, but I feel -- as with most things -- that the answer lies somewhere in between. Try to keep an open mind regardless of what color you root for. I have to say that the scene towards the end where the prison inmates methodically march away en masse from the rebel colonel who offers them release in exchange for fighting with the Confederacy was a bit over-done. I personally think that had they simply turned their backs and walked away silently, by ones and twos, it would have been a bit more dramatic, not to mention realistic. Other than this little hiccup -- and it's a subjective one, to be sure -- Andersonville more than hits the mark.
  • September 20, 2007
    this is a favorite Civil War movie
  • July 27, 2007
    one of the best movies ever made. every one must see.
  • June 26, 2007
    good war show. it is unbelievable how when they are on the battlefield they are dedicated brothers but when they are forced to live in such horrible and deathly conditions it turns into brother vs. brother all to survive. it marvels me.
  • April 24, 2007
    Factual movie based on the Civil War
  • March 13, 2007
    Different kinda civil war movie. More about prisoners of war, during the Civil war.
  • January 20, 2007
    I'm in this movie!!!
  • December 28, 2006
    this movie was intense if you like history watch this movie

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