Container of (work): Gettysburg (Motion picture) Container of (expression): Gettysburg (Motion picture). French.
Notes:
Wide screen. Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen, Sam Elliott, Maxwell Caulfield, Kevin Conway, C. Thomas Howell, Richard Jordan, Stephen Lang. Based on the novel "The killer angels" by Michael Shaara. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1993. Later broadcast on TNT network. Special features: Beind-the-scenes documentary The Making of Gettysburg by Martin Sheen ; Vintage Oscar-nominated documentary The Battle of Gettysburg, narrated by Leslie Nielsen ; Battlefield maps ; commentary by director/screenwriter Ronald F. Maxwell, cinematographer Kees Van Oostrum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James M. McPherson, and military historian Craig Symonds.
Contents:
Disc 1. Credits -- Prologue -- Troop movement -- An actor's report -- Feel free to shoot -- Prisoner delivery -- Used by idiots -- What we're fighting for -- Buford's cavalry -- Bloody moment ahead? -- Assessing the enemy -- First morning's battle -- Reinforcements arrive -- Full engagement -- Reynolds killed -- The Baltimore Pike -- Lee's resolve -- No divine spark -- Old friends -- Gentlemen's club -- High ground held -- Trimble's report -- Soldier's prayer -- Strike now -- Different dreams -- The final battle? -- A strategic hill -- Little Round Top -- Bracing for siege -- Attacked in waves -- One hell of a fight -- Desperate measures -- Closing in -- Bayonets -- Home to remember -- Disc 2. General Hood is wounded -- Review of the day's battle -- Darwin discussion -- Personal request -- Lee admonishes Stuart -- Seminary Ridge -- Lee's attack plan -- Longstreet's worry -- At the head of the troops -- Command instructions -- What's going to happen -- What do the books say? -- News of Kilrain -- Bombardment begins -- "I'll see you at the top -- "Keep it hot" -- "All Virginia was here" -- "For Virginia" -- Marching into battle -- Raining death -- Commanders down -- Armistead's rally -- The stone wall -- The final request -- Longstreet surveys the scene -- Good order in retreat -- "I have no division" -- "What else can we do?" -- Brotherly embrace -- Coda -- End credits.
Summary:
This Civil War drama depicts the events and personal struggles of the Union and Confederate soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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