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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 tactical decisions and .. Read more

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

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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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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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  - 5
  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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  - Hartlepool, England
  - 25 Jul 2004 at 21:03
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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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  - 24 Nov 2011 at 16:56
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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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- - MagicLemur
  - 46 reviews
  - Banbury
  - 29 Sep 2011 at 14:51
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  It is what I expected
  
  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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- - chas379
  - 27 reviews
  - Worthing
  - 19 Aug 2011 at 13:29
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  - 1
  woefully bad
  
  cheaply made, poorly shot, comically bad in many places (the embarrassing and obvious lack of extras particularly). Appalling performances from nearly all of ... read more »
  
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  - uk
  - 11 Mar 2011 at 12:51
- - 2
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  Should have been so much better
  
  I soooo wanted to watch it... but ended up rather disappointed. As far as the movie is concerned, I'll stick to comparing it to others from the same period... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 01 Feb 2011 at 16:45
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  - 2
  KILLER ANGELS
  
  Superior historical movie that concentrates on facts and figures and detail rather than overheated melodrama. The writing is excellent and the characterization ... read more »
  
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  - TUNBRIDGE WELLS, ENGLAND
  - 31 Oct 2010 at 12:53
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  gettysburg Excellent
  
  Excellent film. Much better watches with the sub titles on,due to lots of dialogue. Also A lot easier to follow that way.Real epic movie.
  
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- - kenna
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  - croydon london
  - 04 Aug 2010 at 17:09
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  - 0
  Gettysburg Warning Address
  
  There is plenty of spectacle and noise on offer here, but precious little direction. Trapped in the no man's land between a fictional source novel and a ... read more »
  
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  - Rye
  - 04 Jul 2010 at 09:13
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  - 2
  Absolute Carnage.
  
  If you have not seen the prequel in Gods & Generals you must see it.
  
  Gettysberg is a long, long film but well worth it. Battles of epic ... read more »
  
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- - Slikflik
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  - Brandon
  - 20 Mar 2010 at 03:05
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  Very good action
  
  A chronological sequel to Gods and Generals, this is a marginally better film as it does not suffer General Jackson's soul-searching. Characterisations are ... read more »
  
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- - Michael F
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  - 09 Dec 2008 at 14:40
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  - 5
  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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  - Hartlepool, England
  - 25 Jul 2004 at 21:03
- - 7
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  Flat
  
  I am generous with films. I mean I will persevere and films that are weak in one respect or another, and try to draw out the good.
  
  But this film has ... read more »
  
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  - Farnborough
  - 01 Oct 2007 at 13:37
- - 3
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  This really does not cut the mustard
  
  I have given this one star as I switched off after an hour. The acting is so wooden it is painful, very disappointing given the cast. I was expecting more on ... read more »
  
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  - London, England
  - 29 Aug 2006 at 12:39
- - 2
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  Sadly good intentions don’t make good movies
  
  I rented Gettysburg on hearing it was at least partially inspired by the excellent novel 'The killer angels' which managed to accurately and ... read more »
  
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  - Plymouth
  - 19 Oct 2008 at 01:07
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  Gettysburg Warning Address
  
  There is plenty of spectacle and noise on offer here, but precious little direction. Trapped in the no man's land between a fictional source novel and a ... read more »
  
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  - Rye
  - 04 Jul 2010 at 09:13
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  Should have been so much better
  
  I soooo wanted to watch it... but ended up rather disappointed. As far as the movie is concerned, I'll stick to comparing it to others from the same period... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 01 Feb 2011 at 16:45
- - 3
  - 3
  An ambitious, ...
  
  An ambitious, sprawling attempt to re-create one of the biggest and bloodiest battles of the American Civil War. This film, lasting four hours, is worth ... read more »
  
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- - Brian#191
  - STOURBRIDGE
  - 09 Sep 2004 at 14:00
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  Hmmmm....
  
  What can I say, theis film is nigh on laughable at some points. The over use of emotional music is daft and is very regular, just when you're glad the music... read more »
  
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  - Peterborough, England
  - 19 Oct 2006 at 10:17
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  half a MOVIE?
  
  The disc I got only lasted till the engagement at little round top. which is a good a part of the battle as any, although I would have like to have seen ... read more »
  
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  - Edinburgh Scotland
  - 25 Nov 2006 at 10:04
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  Gettysburg
  
  Fair to middleing. Good for its time but getting a bit dated now.
  
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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 ...