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I remember it being on in the background, in the way that certain movies back then just always seemed to be on TV. But the first time I really watched it was after reading Killer Angels (3 or 4 times probably), and it became my go-to movie to watch for snow days or on summer break. I still remember the distinctive two-VHS set that the library next door had.

I was only six years old when Gettysburg came out. I never saw it in theatres. Instead, my mom knew of my passion for studying the Civil War and we found the film in a DVD bargain bin when I was in high school at a Wal Mart. Rushing home, I immediately played the film on our home computer, knowing nothing about it. Seeing the intricacies of tactical maneuvering, the immersion of language and uniform via actors and reenactors, and the story coming to life was quite the eye-opening experience. My favorite character was Sam Elliot playing John Buford, largely because of his no-nonsense and realistic portrayal.

I recall to this day the anticipatory excitement sitting in the theatre waiting for the start of the movie. Emotion built with the start of the beautiful introductory music, which began soft and slow, steadily rose, and finally led to the dramatic crash as the first (black & white) shot of Lee and his staff with the title Gettysburg appeared on the screen. A great start.

On a side note, law business caused me to stay in the Gettysburg Hotel shortly after the movie premiered. Turner and some of the top stars, including Martin Sheen, had stayed in that hotel. One of the staff told me that at dinner one night, Sheen had been offered the last piece of cake, but politely refused. Later that night, they caught him in the act, Sheen having crept down to finish the cake off without an audience.

I first saw the movie in a private showing in Washington DC. I was hired along with 500 other reenactors to do an encampment on the Washington DC mall in front of the Washington monument. We had Sam Elliott with us which was wonderful. The civil war caterers fed us lunch and Turner gave us 50 dollars for dinner. That evening we had a private showing of the movie with a boxed lunch at intermission. What a fantastic memory, thanks Ted Turner.

Fortunately, I was part of a audience of Civil War fans because we were all loudly enthusiastic about the film (other than the beards of course). It was an overwhelming experience. It remains one of my favorite movie-going experiences. I think it captures the chaos of battle and tells the story of Gettysburg about as well as a dramatic movie could.

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After getting Longstreet by Sam Mustafa my intetest in the civil war has again rekindled. I go on the Elliptical daily at home for 30 minutes. While doing so I like to pop a movie in and continue to watch it over the week. I just recently finished Gods and Generals for thr umpteenth time. Gettysburg will be my next film to watch.

My question is:
will movie three ever be made? I think the working title was supposed to be " Last Great Measure". I know Ted Turner was the financial backer for the Maxwell films and I think pulled out due to the lack of commercial success Gods and Generals received. Too bad, I actually loved both movies and wish the third would be made.

Some of the scenes in Gods & Generals were insufferably long. Some of the battle scenes were effective but there was so much syrup and full of noble tears it was laughable! I liked Gettysburg. I'd like to see a third movie if only to see how the story ends. :)

I think the working title was "The Last Full Measure" and I'd like to see it made I liked the other 2 previous films. Too bad they can't find time to show them on the History Channel between guys with beards driving trucks in the snow and good old boys hunt'n gators in the swamp !

Stonewall deserves a biography on film; he was as Calvinist and as brilliant as G&G showed him. And I thought the depiction of the Fredericksburg battle was very fine, even if Chamberlain had to have his gut trussed up. And the black-white relationship among the Southerners was well-handled, too.

I very much enjoyed Gettysburg and the novel Killer Angels. I thought Jeff Daniels was amazing as Chamberlain. As good as he was, Martin Sheen was horribly miscast as Lee. Just awful.
And as bad as Sheen was, Gods and Generals was ten times worse.

Gods and Generals, on the other hand, tried to cover about three years, that the film had to give most of the characters short shrift. The movie felt more like a biography of Stonewall Jackson. I liked it, overall, but not as much as Gettysburg. Make a movie about the Antietam campaign, and you might have something!Instead of the insufferable "Gods and Generals" they should have done Antietam. Historical movies such as "Gettysburg" are seen as a big risk to most Hollywood studios and requires a sugar daddy like Turner.

But after "Gods and Generals" no one is going to fund the "Last Full Measure," just not going to happen. Peter Jackson did it right by doing all three LOR films at once, when you have all the actors, set etc. Just don't let Mel Gibson get his hands on it.

I have to disagree with you on that. I found that to be the weakest part of the movie. There is no question that the relationship between black and white in the Confederacy was complex, but the movie showed a very one sided and sanitized view of it. In three and a half hours of the movie, the directors couldn't find one opportunity to show a slave being whipped, or running away or helping the Yankees by providing military intelligence. Instead every scene with African-Americans in it shows them deferential happy black people. I'm not saying you can't find some anecdotal evidence for that in certain instances, but to completely ignore the coercive and exploitative nature of American slavery is inexcusable. Cheers!