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Gettysburg – Director’s Cut
Marking the 150th-anniversary commemoration of the Civil War, Ronald F. Maxwell’s acclaimed film now arrives in a Director’s Cut featuring 17 minutes of compelling additional footage. Filmed at actual battle locations and full of authentic details, this rousing and soulful movie plunges you into the heat of the bloodiest battle fought on American soil. History comes alive with intense and spirited battles as well as the dilemmas, motivations and fears of the leaders. Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen and Stephen Lang star in this magnificent epic based on Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Killer Angels.
Gods & Generals – Extended Director’s Cut Reedited from beginning to end with amplified scenes and an added subplot, this all-new Extended Director’s Cut of Ronald F. Maxwell’s Gettysburg prequel restores his original vision of the fierce allegiances and combat of the early American Civil War. From Jeffrey M. Shaara’s bestseller, this commemorative release coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the North/South conflict incorporates an hour of footage never seen before. The story of actor and future Presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth (Chris Conner) is newly integrated throughout the narrative alongside the legendary heroism of Joshua Chamberlain (Jeff Daniels), “Stonewall” Jackson (Stephen Lang) and Robert E. Lee (Robert Duvall). And the battle of Antietam is now included along with the fateful clashes at Manassas, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.

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38 of 42 people found the following review helpful

Give "Gods and Generals" another chance, July 7, 2011

Roy Hobbs (Indianapolis, IN United States) - See all my reviews

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This is what the film IS and SHOULD be. It fills in many of the gaps from the theatrical release. And although there are still some slow parts I do not care for, they are now virtually drowned out by new and extended scenes. The battle scenes are better than any other Civil War film made to date. This newer version has more life to it and is certainly more cohesive.
We see more sides to Stonewall Jackson. He's less of the "Santa Claus-like" character some labeled him as in the theatrical release. Perhaps just as important is that his character doesn't dominate this version as it did in the original. He still has a major role, but the film doesn't revolve around him. And although Jeff Daniels' performance as Joshua Chamberlain is not quite as good here as it was in "Gettysburg," his added scenes enhance the film.

"Gettysburg" is the better of the two, but they are both worthy films.

So this short review basically amounts to little more than a recommendation... Read more

72 of 86 people found the following review helpful

Gettysburg Documentary is Style Over Scope/Detail/Substance, May 30, 2011

Captain Hornblower "captainhornblower" (Orlando, Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gettysburg (DVD)

Once again, the History Channel has produced a documentary that is par for the course with their productions over the past several years--style and special effects over substance. Like the disappointing production of last year, America: the Story of Us, this documentary on the Battle of Gettysburg is one that oversimplifies the subject, relies on generalities without substantive discussion, and favors computer graphics and big explosions over educational value.

The narration repeats the same general exclamatory statements over and over again. How many times do we have to hear, "this could determine the outcome of the Civil War," or "this would be one of the iconic moments of the War," in the narrator's deep, dramatic tone? It reminded me of the aforementioned America: the Story of Us, when they had to have a commentator say every five minutes or so, "we are a nation of innovators," or "ours is a history of struggle." Such repeated statements are meant to add weight and... Read more

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful

Loved it, enough said, July 15, 2011

Chris Hall (COLONIAL BEACH, VA USA) - See all my reviews

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I have waited for this box set for a long time, but especially for the directors cut of God's and Generals. I thought the extra footage made it an entirely new movie! Now all I want is for Ted Turner to finally decide to make the final movie, The Last Full Measure... ignore how much money it makes at the box office (I think for this type of movie it creats a false negative), because the real money for these movies comes from the DVD and now Blue-Ray sales from people that are dedicated to this movie genre.