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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: BERENGER/DANIELS/SHEEN DVD Layers: 2 DVD Sides: 1 EAN: 9780780632776 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 078063277X Label: Turner Home Ent Languages: Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent MPN: 053939613926 Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Letterbox Publisher: Turner Home Ent Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 03, 2004 Running Time: 254 minutes Studio: Turner Home Ent Theatrical Release Date: 1993 Editorial Review: Product Description: Depicts the famous Civil War battle which was the turning point of the war. No Track Information Available Media Type: DVD Artist: BERENGER/DANIELS/SHEEN Title: GETTYSBURG Street Release Date: 06/21/2005 Genre: ACTION / ADVENTURE Amazon.com essential video: Three days in the summer of 1863, at a place called Gettysburg. Although it received a theatrical release, this four-hour depiction of the bloody Civil War battle was shot as a made-for-television film. But no taint of cheapness or shortcuts should stick to this magnificent picture (well, except maybe for those phony-looking mustaches). Based on Michael Shaara's book The Killer Angels, this film takes a refreshingly slow, thorough approach to the intricacies of battle. In ordinary circumstances, those intricacies might seem of importance only to fans of military strategy or Civil War enthusiasts, yet in Gettysburg they come across as the very stuff of life, death, and unexpected heroism. If the film has a problem, it's that it climaxes too early: the first long segment, detailing the struggle of a "civilian soldier," Union Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (Jeff Daniels), to hold his ground against long odds, is an enthralling piece of moviemaking. Daniels, in a heartbreaking performance, does his best film work. Other cast members include Tom Berenger, Sam Elliott, and Martin Sheen as Robert E. Lee. Richard Jordan, in his final role, gives a powerhouse performance as Confederate general Lewis A. Armistead. Oh, and you can also try to spot Ted Turner, whose company produced the film, as a Confederate soldier. Writer-director Ronald F. Maxwell seems inspired by the gravity of the battle; long as it is, every moment of Gettysburg is informed by a nobility of purpose. --Robert Horton Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A Classic Piece of American and Film HistoryGettysburg is a stunning film with strong characterization, amazing action and enthralling epic atmosphere. Jeff Daniels does his best film work ever as the Colonel from Maine who does a desperate bayonet charge to stop the Confederate onslaught. That single event held the line. The other actors are stellar, including Tom Berenger, Sam Elliott, and Martin Sheen as Robert E. Lee. I especially liked Richard Jordan (Confederate general Lewis A. Armistead) whose dearest friend was in the Union Army. ... Read More Rating:  - Review of Gettysburg DVDThe DVD arrived damaged. I returned it for a "refund" which was handled quickly. The movie itself was very good until it would no longer play. Rating: - Great work of History!The only wiff of turd in this whole thing was having Sheen play Gen. Lee! I wonder if Ted Turner knew when he insisted on Sheen, he was sleeping with his Wife at the time! Hey, maybe I'm wrong. Rating: - Excellent movie !With all the research that went into this to make it true and factual, this was a very riveting movie all people should see for a truer historical count as to what really lead up to this massive battle in Gettysburg, PA... Rating: - Terrific - period.Not too many war movies can make you understand how brutal, exhausting, emotionally painful, draining, exciting, boring, glorious and ugly war is, but this is one of them. The scenes of the march starting Pickett's charge alone will blow you away - I understand thousands of men were crying just reenacting it. The combination of excitement and terror are caught so well at Little Round Top and Pickett's charge that you just can't stop watching. For the acting - Jeff Daniels nails Joshua Chamberlain ... Read More |
