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Gettysburg

Same Land. Same God. Different Dreams.

6.9 / 10

254 minutes

1993-10-08

English

US

Actors :

Jeff Daniels, Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen, Sam Elliott, Stephen Lang, C. Thomas Howell, Richard Anderson, Richard Jordan, Kevin Conway, Andrew Prine, Cooper Huckabee, Patrick Gorman, Bo Brinkman, James Lancaster, Kieran Mulroney

Description

In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.

Reviews

Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

6/23/2021, 3:58:42 PM

I first watched this movie in a movie theater shortly after it came out. It only had a limited release, so most people saw it as a cable release movie. From the opening title crawl and showing the lead actors in their roles juxtaposed with pictures of the actual historical figures, it had me hook. It is based on the novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara. It is one of the first books on the...

Wuchak

Wuchak

9/9/2021, 6:37:03 PM

_**The Civil War's Turning Point Battle**_ "Gettysburg" (1993) has a lot going for it: an all-star cast, including Tom Berenger (Longstreat), Martin Sheen (Robert E. Lee), Jeff Daniels (Chamberlain) and Sam Elliott (Buford); great authentic Gettysburg locations; good battle scenes; a commitment to historical accuracy; and thousands upon thousands of Civil War reenactors. Part I is highlighte...