| Blue and the Gray, The (1992)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Stacy Keach |
Jonas Steele
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| John Hammond |
John Geyser
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| Lloyd Bridges |
Ben Geyser
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| Rory Calhoun |
Gen. George Meade
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| Colleen Dewhurst |
Maggie Geyser
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| Warren Oates |
Preacher/Maj. Welles
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| Geraldine Page |
Mrs. Lovelace
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| Rip Torn |
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
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| Robert Vaughn |
Sen. Reynolds
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| Sterling Hayden |
John Brown
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| Peck |
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| Keach |
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| Page |
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| John Hammond (IV) |
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Military Themes; War; Western; History |
| Director |
Andrew V. McLaglen |
| Producer |
Hugh Benson; Harry Thomason; Jon C. Andersen |
| Writer |
Bruce Catton; Ian McLellan Hunter |
| Studio |
COLUMBIA TRI-STAR HOME VIDEO; Sony Pictures |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG |
| Running Time |
5 hr 56 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| Before Ken Burns, Glory, and Gettysburg, the Civil War proved an effective backdrop for this 1982 miniseries--available complete and uncut on this three-disc set--about two families divided by the War Between the States. John Hammond stars as John Geyser, a Southerner caught "betwixt and between" when he becomes a war correspondent for the Northern newspaper published by his uncle. Like a Civil War-era Forrest Gump, he finds himself "where history's in the making," from the Battle of Bull Run to the scene of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Stacy Keach costars as an Army scout who takes the "fresh off the farm" Geyser under his wing. Julia Duffy is the schoolmarm who loves Keach. The ham-handed dialogue is a guilty pleasure ("What's wrong with this land that produces such a bitter fruit?" asks the embittered Geyser). The meticulously mounted battle scenes, though, are a Civil War reenactor's dream. --Donald Liebenson |
| Personal Details |
| My Rating |
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| Seen It |
No |
| Index |
1309 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
5/27/04 |
| Store |
Copy |
| Owner |
NF |
| Links |
IMDB
Amazon US
IMDB
All Movie Guide
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| Folder |
011 |
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| Product Details |
| Edition |
The Complete Miniseries |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
1.33:1 |
| UPC |
043396065444 |
| Chapters |
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| Release Date |
11/6/01 |
| Subtitles |
Chinese; English; French; Korean; Portuguese; Spanish |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
3 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned |
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