DVD
Gettysburg [videorecording] / Turner Pictures presents a Mace Neufeld/Robert Rehme presentation of an Esparza/Katz production ; a film by Ronald F. Maxwell ; Gods and generals / Ted Turner Pictures ; an Antietam Filmworks production of a Ron Maxwell film in association with Esparza/Katz Productions, Rehme Productions, Inc., Mace Neufeld Productions.
Record details
- ISBN: 1419837990
- ISBN: 9781419837999
- ISBN: 012569829411
- Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (473 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Widescreen version.
- Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2006.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from container. Gettysburg based on the novel, The killer angels, by Michael Shaara. Gods and generals based on the novel by Jeff Shaara. Gettysburg originally produced as a motion picture in 1993. Gods and generals originally produced as a motion picture in 2003. Special features (Gettysburg): The making of Gettysburg documentary; vintage Oscar nominee, The battle of Gettysburg, written and produced by Dore Schary; commentary by director/screenwriter, Ronald F. Maxwell, cinematographer Kees Van Oostrum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James M. McPherson and military historian Craig Symonds; cast/director interview gallery and filmographies; battlefield maps; theatrical trailer. Special features (Gods and generals): introduction by Ted Turner; commentary by director/screenwriter Ronald F. Maxwell and historical advisors Col. Keith Gibson and James I. Robertson Jr.; Journey to the past: the African-American slave experience in the film's era documentary; The life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson documentary; The authenticies of the film documentary; music video: Bob Dylan's Cross the green mountain; music video: Mary Fahl's Going home; theatrical trailer; Visit Virginia; DVD-ROM features: original website; extensive production and historical notes; Civil War links. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Gettysburg: directed by Ronald F. Maxwell ; produced by Robert Katz, Moctesuma Esparza ; music by Randy Edelman ; edited by Corky Ehlers ; director of photography, Kees Van Oostrum ; screenplay by Ronald F. Maxwell. Gods and generals: written for the screen and directed by Ronald F. Maxwell ; produced by Ronald F. Maxwell ; music composed by John Frizzell, Randy Edelman ; editor, Corky Ehlers ; director of photography, Kees Van Oostrum. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Gettysburg: Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen, Kevin Conway, C. Thomas Howell, Richard Jordan, Richard Anderson, John Diehl, Maxwell Caulfield, Stephen Lang, Sam Elliott, Kieran Mulroney, William Campbell, Donal Logue, Matt Letscher. Gods and generals: Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, Kevin Conway, C. Thomas Howell, Matt Letscher, Frankie Faison, Jeremy London, William Sanderson, Donzaleigh Abernathy, Billy Campbell, Bruce Boxleitner, Mira Sorvino. |
| Summary, etc.: | Gettysburg (254 min.): "... the gripping saga of the tactics, command errors and sacrifices behind the bloodiest battle ever fought on U.S. soil."--Container. Gods and generals (219 min.): "... reveals the spirited allegiances and fierce combat of earlier Civil War struggles, framing its tale with the fateful clashes of Bull Run, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville."--Container. |
| Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: Gettysburg rated PG ; for language and epic battle scenes ; Gods and generals rated PG-13 ; for sustained battle sequences. |
| System Details Note: | DVD ; Region 1 ; Dolby Digital stereo. ; widescreen presentation. |
| Language Note: | Closed-captioned ; Gettysburg: English and French languages with English and French subtitles ; Gods and generals: English language with English, French and Spanish subtitles. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
