Gods and generals [videorecording] / an Antietam Filmworks production of a Ron Maxwell film in association with Exparza/Katz Productions, Rehme Productions, Inc., Mace Neufeld Productions ; producer, Ronald F. Maxwell ; written & directed by Ronald F. Maxwell.
Requires Blu-ray player compatibility to view. Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, Mira Sorvino, Kevin Conway, C. Thomas Howell, Frankie Faison, Jeremy London, Bruce Boxleitner. Based on the novel by Jeff Shaara. Special features: introduction by Ted Turner ; commentary by director/screenwriter Ron F. Maxwell and historical advisors, Col. Keith Gibson, James I. Robertson Jr.; 3 documentaries: Journey to the past: the African-American slave experience in the film's era, The life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, and the authenticies of the film ; 2 music videos: Bob Dylan's "Cross the Green Mountain" and Mary Fahl's "Going home" ; theatrical trailer
Summary:
Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain left behind a quiet life and a career as a college professor to fight for the Union. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was a man of great religious faith who served in the defense of the Confederacy. Gen. Robert E. Lee, who led the Confederate army, was a man who was forced to choose between his loyalty to the United States and his love of the Southern states where he was born and raised. These three military leaders, Chamberlain, Jackson, and Lee, are followed through the declaration of war and the battles at Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville.
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