Gods and generals / Warner Bros. Pictures ; Ted Turner Pictures ; an Antietam Filmworks production of a Ron Maxwell film ; In association with Esparza/Katz Productions, Rehme Productions, Inc., Mace Neufeld Productions ; executive producers, Robert Katz, Robert Rehme, Moctesuma Esparza, Mace Neufeld, Ted Turner ; producer, Ronald F. Maxwell ; written for the screen and directed by Ronald F. Maxwell.
Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain leaves behind a quiet life and a career as a college professor to fight for the Union. Native Virginian Gen. Robert E. Lee is forced to choose between his loyalty to the United States and his love of the Southern states where he was born and raised, and leads the Con...
| Uniform Title: | Gods and generals (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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| Language: | English French Spanish |
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In English with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
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Burbank, CA :
Warner Bros. Pictures : Distributed by Warner Home Video,
[2003], ©2003.
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Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (219 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Gods & generals. [Parallel title] |
| Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- Side A: Feature film. Foreword and credits
- An offer declined
- Virginia responds
- Answering the call
- A son's choice
- Train with the bayonet
- Only the black flag
- Ol' Tom fool
- Thy will be done
- Manassas: A stone wall
- Yell like fury
- We must never forget
- The Chamberlains
- The Jacksons
- 20th Regiment
- No shortage of enemies
- First brigade
- Burnside's decision
- All that we are
- Open hearts
- From his daughter
- Good soldiers
- Fredericksburg erupts
- Mistress of the house
- We who are about to die
- Fellow Irishmen (113 min.); Special features: Introduction by Ted Turner (3 min.); Commentary [optional audio feature]; Music videos: Bob Dylan's "Cross the Green Mountain" (3 min.); Mary Fahl's "Going home" (4 min.); Theatrical trailer (2 min.).
- Side B: Feature film. Not yet our time
- Line of battle
- Hell at the front
- Battlefield silence
- Wanting to die free
- How horrible is war
- Orders and signs
- Compared to what?
- All the daddies
- Well with us
- Trading
- The General's lady
- "The Bonnie Blue Flag"
- Duty and consequences
- No excuse for slavery
- Crying for them all
- Family reunion
- Jackson's next mission
- Sneaking up on the enemy
- Surprise at Chancellorsville
- Night ambush
- Lost arms
- Lemonade and love
- Commander's prayer
- Crossing over
- Coda and end credits (106 min.); Special features: Commentary [optional audio feature]; Featurettes: Journey to the past (22 min.); The authenticities of the film (13 min.); The life of Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson (15 min.); Visit Virginia (30 sec.); DVD-ROM special features include InterActual Player, links to original website with extensive production and historical notes, interactive activities, Civil War links, and more [requires a DVD-ROM drive and Internet access].