Gettysburg (1993):

Starring:

Jeff Daniels - Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Tom Berenger - Lt. Gen. James Longstreet

Martin Sheen - Gen. Robert E. Lee

Stephen Lang - Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett

C. Thomas Howell - Lt. Thomas D. Chamberlain

Kevin Conway - Sgt. "Buster" Kilrain

Richard Jordan - Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Armistead

Andrew Prine - Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett

Cooper Huckabee - Henry T. Harrison

Patrick Gorman - Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood

Bo Brinkman - Maj. Walter H. Taylor

James Lancaster- Lt. Col. Arthur Fremantle

William Morgan Sheppard - Maj. Gen. Isaac R. Trimble

Kieran Mulroney - Maj. G. Moxley Sorrel

James Patrick Stewart - Col. E. Porter Alexander

George Lazenby - Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew

Sam Elliott - Brig. Gen. John Buford

John Diehl - Pvt. Bucklin

John Rothman - Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds

Richard Anderson - Maj. Gen. George G. Meade

Director:

Ronald F. Maxwell (Gods & Generals)

Synopsis:

The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara becomes this sprawling historical epic. As in Shaara's novel, director Ronald Maxwell focuses on a handful of major players to dramatize the events of July 1863, when the armies of the Union and Confederacy clash at the small Pennsylvania town of the title. Among them are Martin Sheen as General Robert E. Lee, who disagrees with his top advisor, General James Longstreet (Tom Berenger) over battle strategy, and Jeff Daniels as Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a college professor whose unorthodox techniques save the day (and possibly the war) for his beleaguered army.

Review:

Epic. Well filmed. Jeff Daniels is incredible. Now keep in mind you might need to cancel all of your other plans for the day because this one runs from 2h34m in the theatrical cut, or if your like me & watched the directors cut runs 3h5m. From what I understand this movie has every single small detail about the battle & everything leading up to it because it was produced by Mr. TNT, Ted Turner who is a huge civil war nut. Very long, there are parts where there is too much dialogue that leads to nothing. Every general & majors thoughts on every strategic battle does at times make it hard to stay interested. But once the actual battle happens its not bad at all. Didn't realized how much I enjoy Civil War related stuff.

Budget: $25,000,000

Box Office: $10,769,960

Profit: -$14,230,040

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

Flixster: 86%

77%

Lead Acting: 15/15

Supporting Cast: 13/15

Plot: 10/10

Compared To The Genre: 8/10

Cinematography: 15/20

Intrigue: 9/20

                                                                      Extra: 7/10