Gettysburg (Widescreen Edition) [VHS]
by Ronald F. Maxwell
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Actor: Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen, Richard Jordan, Stephen Lang, Tom BerengerDirector: Ronald F. Maxwell
Cinematographer: Kees Van Oostrum
Writer: Ronald F. Maxwell
Producer: Moctesuma Esparza
Producer: Nick Lombardo
Producer: Robert Katz
Producer: Sandy Martin
Writer: Michael Shaara
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 261 minutes
Release Date: 2000-07-18
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: Turner Home Ent
Studio: Turner Home Ent
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Movie Review: Gettysburg DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent movie, if you are looking for an historically accurate account of the battle of Gettysburg. It is very well done, with meticulous attention to detail. It is an unusual two sided dvd.
Highly recommended!
Movie Review: Beards, Speeches, Bodies
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought the video at the Gettysburg battlefield bookstore after touring it with a friend and a very knowledgeable guide.
I'm only 1 hr into the movie, but am already learning a lot. For example, I didn't realise all those impressive beards we see in ancient photographs were fake. I assumed they were real, but I guess I missed the detail in the grainy pictures.
The only minuses so far, which is why I'm giving it 4 stars instead of 5, is that the speeches the officers give (and there have been a couple of doosies) seem a bit too long and rehearsed for having happened on the spot, during a battle. Also, the soldiers seem a bit too chipper, running past and kneeling next to dead bodies as if they weren't... dead bodies. I mean, if I had a dead body next to me, I'd be kinda bothered by it.
PS! My friend insists the they grew real, natural beards back in the 1860s and that the beards in the movie are supposed to look real. But there's no way that's possible. No conscious human being could possibly have expected any other conscious human being to think they're realistic.
Movie Review: GREAT
Summary: 5 Stars
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Movie Review: Excellent portrayal
Summary: 5 Stars
It's been out for years, but this movie still brings forth the reality of character, circumstance, and event of Gettysburg in a way that keeps us captivated long, long after the last credits roll by. Even though, in the four hours length of it, we are presented with only small samplings of what was a monumental three-day battle that continues to comprise more than any one human being can wholly comprehend in a lifetime, "Gettysburg" draws the viewer in to where s/he can't help but want to visit this place, walk these hills and fields, and read and learn more and more of what happened there, and how what happened there has continued to define who we are, even now, as a nation. At any rate, up until the very recent past ...Movie Review: Battle of Gettysburg
Summary: 5 Stars
This was an awesome movie. The sound track is stirring and with it you feel as tho you are there, in the mist of this historic battle of our nation. The colors are clear and sharp as is the movie itsself. The only thing that was wrong with this movie is the Disk itsself. Its two sided, which is fine, but not marked as side A and B, which I had to do. Other than that I urge people to purchase this movie, sit back and feel the hair raise on your arm's, and neck when the music sound track starts, right at the begining. Your heart starts beatting, you sit on the edge of your chair, and you may find yourself rooting the troops on, whichever side, Blue or Grey, you favor. Historicly speaking, this battle of wills UNITED a Nation split apart from itsself. Watch the movie, see that for yourself. Julius J. Yuhasz, Jr.
Warren, OHIO 44485
Summary of Gettysburg (Widescreen Edition) [VHS]
Three days in the summer of 1863, at a place called Gettysburg. Although it received a theatrical release, this four-hour depiction of the bloody Civil War battle was shot as a made-for-television film. But no taint of cheapness or shortcuts should stick to this magnificent picture (well, except maybe for those phony-looking mustaches). Based on Michael Shaara's book The Killer Angels, this film takes a refreshingly slow, thorough approach to the intricacies of battle. In ordinary circumstances, those intricacies might seem of importance only to fans of military strategy or Civil War enthusiasts, yet in Gettysburg they come across as the very stuff of life, death, and unexpected heroism. If the film has a problem, it's that it climaxes too early: the first long segment, detailing the struggle of a "civilian soldier," Union Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (Jeff Daniels), to hold his ground against long odds, is an enthralling piece of moviemaking. Daniels, in a heartbreaking performance, does his best film work. Other cast members include Tom Berenger, Sam Elliott, and Martin Sheen as Robert E. Lee. Richard Jordan, in his final role, gives a powerhouse performance as Confederate general Lewis A. Armistead. Oh, and you can also try to spot Ted Turner, whose company produced the film, as a Confederate soldier. Writer-director Ronald F. Maxwell seems inspired by the gravity of the battle; long as it is, every moment of Gettysburg is informed by a nobility of purpose. --Robert HortonAction & Adventure Video
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