Gettysburg [DVD] / Turner Pictures presents ; Mace Neufeld/Robert Rehme presentation of ; Esparza/Katz production ; a film by Ronald F. Maxwell ; screenplay by Ronald F. Maxwell ; produced by Robert Katz, Moctesuma Esparza ; directed by Ronald F. Maxwell ; produced in association with Tristar Television, Inc.
Format:
[DVD] /
Edition:
Director's cut.
Publisher:
TNT Originals
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
2 videodiscs (271 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + book (48 pages ; illustrations.)
"150th commemoration of the Civil War."--Container. This commerative edition presents the acclaimed film in a director's cut featuring 17 minutes of additional footage. "Based on the novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara.". Incomplete listing of languages on container. Blu-ray special features include commentary by film director Ronald F. Maxwell, cinematographer Kees Van Oostrum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James M. McPherson and military historian Craig Symonds. DVD special features (in English; with optional Spanish and Portuguese subtitles) include featuretts: The making of Gettysburg, The Battle of Gettysburg, On location; maps of the batterfield, trailers. Container-book (48 pages ; col. ill.) includes photos, cast bios, production notes, Civil War timeline, etc. Tom Berenger (James Longstreet) ; Jeff Daniels (Joshua L. Chamberlain) ; Martin Sheen (Robert E. Lee) ; Stephen Lang (George E. Pickett) ; Richard Jordan (Lewis A. Armistead). Originally produced as motion picture in 1993.
Contents:
Disc 1. Blu-ray release of the feature film. Special features -- disc 2. Special features DVD.
Summary:
"In 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War." -- (Source of summary not specified.)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.