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The fiercest battle fought on american soil commands the screen an epic film achievement painstakingly recreating the people and events of fateful days in july 1863. Special features: subtitles in english and french cas/crew interview gallery cast/director filmographies and much more. Studio: Turner Hm Entertainm Release Date: 06/21/2005 Starring: Tom Berenger Martin Sheen Run time: 254 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Ronald F. Maxwell

Studio: Turner Home Ent

Format

Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC

Number of Discs: 1

Running Time: 254 minutes

Languages

English (Original Language), French (Original Language), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled)

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« A Little Long but an Impressive Achievement » "Gettysburg" is a film best watched in parts as it is very long (it needed to be lenghty though). This is one of the most accurate civil war films I have seen and an impressive number of reeactors were used in some of the battle scenes. Picket's Charge is particullarly well filmed as is the fighting on Little Round Top. Not all of the battle could be covered even in this epic and the cavalry battle on July third is excluded. The musical score is very appropriate and the film has a fine collection of actors. Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen, Sam Elliot, and Tom Berenger portray their characters well and surprisingly, all of these four except Elliot look a lot like the historical figures they are portraying. The other actors generally do a good job as well. Overall, "Glory" is still my favorite Civil War film as a movie, but "Gettysburg" is superb in its own right and unlike many Hollywood films seems fairly accurate. .:. Rating: 5 / 5

« Best Ever Civil War Movie » This is without question the absolute best Civil War movie ever made. It is beautifully filmed, expertly directed, and features stellar performances by Berringer and Daniels. If you are a Civil War buff, you must have this DVD in your collection. .:. Rating: 5 / 5

« Gettysburg » I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE DVD HAD NO IDENTIFYING LABEL ON THE DISC, THOUGH IT CAME IN A BARE-BONES PACKAGE WITH A PHOTO ON THE PACKAGE. IT LOOKED LIKE A BLANK CD! SOMEONE FAILED TO CATCH THAT ERROR. BOB LINDHOLM .:. Rating: 5 / 5