Alex Hyde-White, Andrew Prine, Bill Campbell
The more you know about the Civil War, the more you'll appreciate Gods and Generals and the painstaking attention to detail that Gettysburg writer-director Ronald F. Maxwell has invested...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 15, 2003
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Flixster Reviews (771)
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October 25, 2007I do have a problem with this one. IT SUCKS. One of the most boring films in the history of bad boring films.
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July 8, 2006THE-WORST-MOVIE-EVER! So long, so boring and bad CG battle sequences. Every-other word is "God" and there's a prayer every five minutes. Oh yeah-- and it's so long.
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March 10, 2008A great Civil War Flim, The scenes are as realistic as its going to get, will teach you much about the civil war that wasn't in those high school books? Do they even teach about the civil war anymore, or is it not politacl correct?
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April 1, 2007Excellent film! Stephen Lang was brilliant as George Pickett and is even better playing T.J."Stonewall" Jackson. Robert Duval is a much better Lee than Martin Sheen could have ever hoped to be!
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November 20, 2009They tried to cram too much into too little space in the prequel to "Gettysburg".
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April 4, 2009I enjoy history and the civil war especially. Love and country meant so much for both the north and south. Lee and Jackson.
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March 8, 2009wow what a movie...i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch,,,its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie..i think that stephen lang, robert duvall, andrew pine, bill campbell play good parts throughout this movie..i ...( read more)
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February 18, 2009I am not one for old type movies. But this one was done VERY well. Making it a good movie for old and young!
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December 22, 2008Not as good as Gettysburg, but stll a very well made civil war epic. Would like to see the extended cut that I've heard so much about.
Critic Reviews
February 21, 2003
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
February 21, 2003
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
What the filmmakers fail to recognize is that history on the page is quite different from what it needs to be onscreen, namely alive and visceral. full review
February 21, 2003
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
An inert pageant of waxen figures that fails completely as drama even as it insults the sensibilities of anyone not clinging to rosy memories of the slave-era South. full review
February 21, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The kind of movie beloved by people who never go to the movies, because they are primarily interested in something else -- the Civil War, for example -- and think historical accuracy is a virtue inste... full review
February 21, 2003
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
General Boredom meets Major Tedium on the Civil War fields of Virginia. full review
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March 2, 2008Though I did enjoy the movie I would of loved more emphasise on the 1st Louisiana Special Battalion at the First Battle of Manassas. Wheat's little band of Louisiana Tigers had been instrumental in bringing about the Southern success. Its actions on Matthews Hill gave Beauregard time to shuffle enough forces to make a stand on Henry Hill. And on Henry Hill, the place where the Federals were ultimately driven back, the Tigers again distinguished themselves, charging and then holding a section of guns. Beauregard noted that the Tigers and the balance of Evans' brigade "maintained their stand with almost matchless tenacity...dauntless courage and imperturbable coolness," and cited Wheat for his "brilliant courage." Beauregard went on to say, "[I]n the desperate, unequal contest, to which these brave gentlemen were for a time necessarily exposed the behavior of officers and men was worthy of the highest admiration, and assuredly hereafter to all those present may proudly say: 'We were of that band who fought the first hour of the battle of Manassas.'"
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