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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391142645
Format: Widescreen
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Running Time: 219 minutes
Sales Rank: 8225
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Editorial Review:
Description:
A sweeping epic charting the early years of the Civil War and how campaigns unfolded from Manassas to the Battle of Fredericksburg, this prequel to the film Gettysburg explores the motivations of the combatants and examines the lives of those who waited at home.
Amazon.com:
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 in this academically respectable 220-minute historical pageant. In adapting Jeffrey Shaara's 1996 novel (encompassing events of 1861-63, specifically the Virginian battles of Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville), Maxwell sacrifices depth for scope while focusing on the devoutly religious 'Stonewall' Jackson (Stephen Lang), whose Confederate campaigns endear him to Gen. Robert E. Lee (Robert Duvall, giving the film's most subtle performance). Battles are impeccably recreated using 7,500 Civil War re-enactors and sanitized PG-13 violence, their authenticity compromised by tasteful discretion and endless scenes of grandiloquent dialogue. Still, as the first part of a trilogy that ends with The Last Full Measure, this is a superbly crafted, instantly essential film for Civil War study. For all its misguided priorities, Gods and Generals is a noble effort, honoring faith and patriotism with the kind of reverence that has all but vanished from American film--but provides abundant proof that historical accuracy is no guarantee of great storytelling. --Jeff Shannon/
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Southern (White) Supremacy propaganda
I was born and raised in what people call the 'South'. My elementary school classes had both the flag of the USA and the flag of the CSA. So naturally, I wanted to be proud of who I was...a Southerner. As such, I wanted to like these kinds of movies (and books, essays, etc.), but when I actually studied real history, I just didn't like the South. Don't get me wrong...I don't think the South is any worse than 'northern' states. But I just know how the supposed great Southern leaders acted before the ... Read More
Rating:  - Goods ANd Generals from Amazon!
I had my ususal above excellent experience with Amazon. I ordered on a Friday and received on Tuesday. Is this fantastic service or what? But then, I am Amazon's biggest fan!
Rating:  - Forget Plan 9
This is the worst movie I have ever seen in my life. It takes itself very seriously, and is just dull from start to finish. There is a 5-10 minute sequence at one point where you just watch people marching. No dialogue, nothing, just marching.
Other movies are bad, and you can laugh at them. Watching this one is like being in prison.
Rating: - Ugghhhh
First, let me say that I've read every novel ever written by Jeff Shaara and have loved every one. Having said that, I think this is one of the worst Civil War movies I've ever seen. It was dull, over-acted, and the screenplay was horrible -- filled with flowery speaches, no real character development, no real-life conversations. I can understand why all these "South will rise again" folks like it -- it's pro-confederacy, hardly mentions the word "slavery", and makes it look like all the southern ... Read More
Rating: - Fantastic movie...
It may be that some reviewers who complain about the length are just too 'antzy' to sit through this 'prequal' movie. I found it a fascinating portrait of General 'Stonewall' Jackson during the early years of the civil war, and to some lesser extent his relationship with General Lee. This movie was not intended to be a 'fair and balanced' depiction of the years 1861-1863 for both North and South; it is about stunning victories of the South due in no small part to the generalship of General Thomas Jackson. ... Read More
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