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1993

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Starring	Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen, Maxwell Caulfield
Director	Ronald F. Maxwell
Genres	Drama

Gettysburg

GETTYSBURG captures in vivid detail one of the most famous battles of the Civil War, in which more than 50,000 American lives were lost. Covering three days of brutal military campaigns, the film re-creates the world in which Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, Lewis Armistead, and others made their tactical decisions and demonstrated their leadership.
Special attention is paid to historical accuracy in costumes, epic battle scenes, and weaponry. The film alternates between Northern and Southern perspectives in order to deliver a full picture of the battle that changed American history.

Starring	Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen, Maxwell Caulfield, Kevin Conway, C. Thomas Howell, Richard Jordan, James Lancaster
Director	Ronald F. Maxwell
Studio	WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 4 hrs 3 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Dubbed	German
Released	Production year: 1993 To Rent: DVD: 05 Jul 2004

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- A stirring and epic historical re-creation of the event as seen from the point of view of the commanders and their officers, concentrating on strategy as well as the actual bloody fighting; it ignores the wider causes of the war and does little to explain
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  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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  An epic, in every sense of the word...
  
  This film was originally intended as a 6 part mini series, but it was then turned into a feature length movie running over 4 hours in lenth. Don't let that ... read more »
  
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  A Great film , moving performances particularly from Jeff Daniels and martin Sheen with good reasons given for the war and a accurate account of the conflict , ... read more »
  
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  Incredibly Moving film but worth 4 hours?
  
  Name a film that is 4 hours long.
  
  There are 'The Lord of the Rings' films which come close at 3 hours a piece and a full version of Hamlet is... read more »
  
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  Good story line, easy viewing, just what I thought it would be. So not an issue as far as I was concerned. I enjoyed it.
  
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Howell to revisit the Land That Time Forgot
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C. Thomas Howell is to direct and star in a new film version of dinosaur adventure The Land That Time Forgot. The Gettysburg star will be joined by Timothy Bottoms in the project, based on Tarzan author Edgar Rice Burroughs' adventure story - according to MovieHole.net. The tale was originally turned into a movie in 1975 and starred Doug McClure and Susan Penhaligan. Read more
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  GETTYSBURG captures in vivid detail one of the most famous battles of the Civil War, in which more than 50,000 American lives were lost. Covering three days of brutal military campaigns, the film re-creates the world in which Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, Lewis Armistead, and others made their ...