So, let's talk aboiut (or atleast list) some great ACW movies here. I'll start off with two obvious ones -- (1) Gettysburg and (2) Gods and Generals. Loved both of them -- one of the few things complimentary that I could say about Ted Turner is the fine job he did with these two movies. I only wish he had desired to see it through and finance the final movie in the trilogy.
And I wish he had included something of Antietam and Second Manassas in Gods and Generals.
Okay -- what movies can YOU recommend?
Steve
Great Civil War Movies
Great Civil War Movies
"I'm ashamed of you, dodging that way. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."
Major General John Sedgwick's final words, Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, May 9, 1864
Major General John Sedgwick's final words, Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, May 9, 1864
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Southern Son
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Re:Great Civil War Movies
Well, lets see,these are my fav. movies.
Gettysburg
Glory
Ride with the Devil
Andersonville
Outlaw Josey Wales
Gods and Generals
Major Dundee
Shenandoah
Gone with the Wind
The General
North And The South
Gettysburg
Glory
Ride with the Devil
Andersonville
Outlaw Josey Wales
Gods and Generals
Major Dundee
Shenandoah
Gone with the Wind
The General
North And The South
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Amish John
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Re:Great Civil War Movies
1951's Red Badge of Courage. Not for the authenticity, but for the dialect.
You can get farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
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Surprised no one has mentioned "The Horse Soldiers".
Not for the history of the raid, but for the riding. :laugh:
Not for the history of the raid, but for the riding. :laugh:
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Southern Son
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Re:Great Civil War Movies
bedbug wrote:
And now, for the history:
Based on the true story of Colonel Benjamin Henry Grierson, who led a cavalry expedition that General Ulysses S. Grant hoped would distract Confederate forces while the Union army made its move toward Vicksburg. In the spring of 1863, setting out from La Grange, Tennessee, Grierson took 1,700 Yankee troopers south the length of Mississippi, destroying rail lines and rolling stock, torching supply depots, and disrupting Confederate communications. Sixteen days and five hundred miles later, he brought his men safely into Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
:huh: , how can we forget 'The Duke'?Surprised no one has mentioned "The Horse Soldiers".
Not for the history of the raid, but for the riding. :laugh:
And now, for the history:
Based on the true story of Colonel Benjamin Henry Grierson, who led a cavalry expedition that General Ulysses S. Grant hoped would distract Confederate forces while the Union army made its move toward Vicksburg. In the spring of 1863, setting out from La Grange, Tennessee, Grierson took 1,700 Yankee troopers south the length of Mississippi, destroying rail lines and rolling stock, torching supply depots, and disrupting Confederate communications. Sixteen days and five hundred miles later, he brought his men safely into Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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There was a good book on this.....more interesting than the movie actually.... except for the riding, of course. :laugh:
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The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly has an ACW battle in it...
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Re:Great Civil War Movies
Hi.
For me I really enjoyed...
Glory.
Gone with the wind.
North & South (mini-series)
It was North and South that actually sparked my interest in the American Civil war.
That's about it.
For me I really enjoyed...
Glory.
Gone with the wind.
North & South (mini-series)
It was North and South that actually sparked my interest in the American Civil war.
That's about it.