Gettysburg [videorecording] / Turner Pictures presents a Mace/Neufeld/Robert Rehme presentation of an Esparza/Katz production ; a film by Ronald F. Maxwell ; screenplay by Ronald F. Maxwell ; produced by Robert Katz, Moctesuma Esparza ; directed by Ronald F. Maxwell.
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FilmPublisher number: T6139 | Warner Home VideoPublication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2000]Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (254 min.) : sd. (stereo.), col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 078063277X
- 9780780632776
- Director of photography, Rees Van Oostrum ; edited by Corky Ehlers ; music, Randy Edelman.
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Northport Library | DVD | DRAMA Gettysbu | Available | 33111006611350 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara becomes this sprawling historical epic. As in Shaara's novel, director Ronald Maxwell focuses on a handful of major players to dramatize the events of July 1863, when the armies of the Union and Confederacy clash at the small Pennsylvania town of the title. Among them are Martin Sheen as General Robert E. Lee, who disagrees with his top advisor, General James Longstreet (Tom Berenger) over battle strategy, and Jeff Daniels as Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a college professor whose unorthodox techniques save the day (and possibly the war) for his beleaguered army. Other cast standouts include Richard Jordan in his final film appearance as the ill-fated General Lewis Armistead, and cameo roles for Civil War buff Ken Burns and media mogul producer Ted Turner. Filmed on-location at Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg was shot as a television miniseries for Turner's TNT cable channel, but earned a limited theatrical release. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
Based on the novel "The killer angels" by Michael Shaara.
For special features see interactive menu.
Originally produced as a motion picture for television in 1993.
Special features: behind-the-scenes documentary The making of Gettysburg, narrated by Martin Sheen; vintage Oscar nominated documentary The battle of Gettysburg, narrated by Leslie Nielsen; cast/crew interview gallery; battlefield maps; feature-length audio commentary by director/screenwriter Ronald F. Maxwell; cinematographer Kees Van Oostrum, Pulitzer prize-winning author James M. McPherson and military historian Craig Symonds; theatrical trailer; TV spots; cast/director filmographies.
Director of photography, Rees Van Oostrum ; edited by Corky Ehlers ; music, Randy Edelman.
Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen.
Civil War drama depicting the events and personal struggles of the Union and Confederate soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg.
DVD format.
Language tracks: English, French; subtitles: English, French.