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 Gettysburg - Movie Lesson Plans and Learning Guides - Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg
The Union victory at Gettysburg is considered by many historians to be the turning point of the Civil War.
"Gettysburg" provides a realistic verion of the battle that many historians believe was the turning point in the Civil War.
TEACHERS: A film or movie can be an alternative educational experience that highlights points covered by the curriculum.
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  Gettysburg Movie Review
Gettysburg was the climax of the Civil War as Midway was the climax of the war in the Pacific.
In GETTYSBURG with the exception of a few conversations to broaden the characters, and a rhetorical speech added here and there, what we see is all documented history and ironically the film is more and not less compelling as a result.
GETTYSBURG was reportedly made as a television mini-series and at some point was redirected to the big screen.
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 Gettysburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When used by itself, the term Gettysburg can mean at least two different things in the English language: an American Civil War battle, or the town in which it was fought.
Gettysburg, the Turning Point, a 1986 Origins Award-winning board wargame
Gettysburg is also the title of a 1993 film about the Battle of Gettysburg.
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 Gettysburg
After the election of Abraham Lincoln as 16th President of the United States in 1860, the leader of the Southern Democrats, Jefferson Davis, was at the forefront of a movement that lead to the division of America.
Gettysburg tries to follow the historical events, shows the horrors of war as well as for instance the conflicts of strategy the Southerners should follow.
No great movie but a four-hour film that tries to be fair to both camps, avoiding a fl and white picture of the historical drama.
www.cosmopolis.ch /english/cosmo3/gettysburg.htm   (588 words)

  
 Movie Review - Gettysburg
Gettysburg, the four-hour depiction of just three days of the Civil War, illustrates the horrors of brother fighting brother, friend killing friend, and the brutality of the Battle of Gettysburg, in which 50,000 Americans died.
Horses appear throughout the movie, from the opening scene of a Rebel spy riding along a wooded hilltop, to the closing scene of a horse-mounted General Lee admitting defeat.
Throughout the movie, quarter loads were used in the guns, with the sounds of gunfire also being dubbed in later.
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 Gods and Generals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Gettysburg was great because it focused on North and South alike, avoided bias, dealt just with the facts, did not preach, was realistic to a tee, and limited itself to one battle.
The movie is basically based around Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, one of the greatest generals of the South.
Also, in one of the most sickening scenes in the movie, Jackson talks to his fl cook, and actually tries to say that the South is not in favor of slavery, they just do not want to be forced to end it by the North.
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 Gettysburg movie review, Civil War Movie, Picket's Charge, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
The movie was created for a grand cost of about $15 million.
Nearly 5,000 Civil War reinactors particpated in the various march and battle scenes of the movie.
Even General Lee's (as played by Martin Sheen) statement that he can not read the name of the town (Gettysburg) they are approching because he left his spectacles elsewhere comes off dramatic.
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 Spy H. T. Harrison in the movie Gettysburg
An analysis of the role of the spy H. Harrison as portrayed in the movie Gettysburg
Shaara’s novel and the movie screenplay are both based on the historical record but there are, naturally, some liberties taken with the facts and some created events appear in the story line.
The movie's compression of time (June 28 - June30) benefits the screenplay and conveniently covers the events of the three days in a single day, thus setting the scene for the first day of the battle, July1, 1863.
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  141st Gettysburg Anniversary Battle Reenactment "Crossroads of Destiny"
Gettysburg, PA - May 24, 2004 -- Booming cannons, thundering hooves, shouted commands and the smell of campfires and fl powder will fill the air just southwest of Gettysburg on July 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2004.
The National Trust for Historic Gettysburg is spearheading restoration and preservation of the Tillie Pierce Home on Baltimore Street and hopes to eventually open the home to the public as an interpretive center.
A popular "Gettysburg" movie and reenactment favorite, actor Patrick Falci will be attending this year's event and will be one of numerous guest speakers in the Living History Activities Tents.
www.emmitsburg.net /archive_list/articles/ce/gettysburg/2004/141_battle.htm   (951 words)

  
 gettysburg movie abstract: academic-essays.com- academic essays, academic term papers, academic research papers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 Fields of Freedom - Gettysburg Movie Filming In Washington County, Maryland
The movie will be focusing on the military aspects of the battle, and will be the first of several films to be produced by Greystone for exclusive exhibition at the complex, according to Monahan.
"We welcome this movie being filmed here, and we are excited that millions of visitors to our region will have the chance to witness part of the historic Gettysburg battle." Riford expressed appreciation for the significant and positive local economic impact that the movie project brings to Washington County.
Gateway Gettysburg will also impact the 22 million visitors a year to the Washington, DC-Baltimore metro region and be a major attraction to trade associations, government and corporate business.
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 Amazon.ca: Video: Gettysburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
But much of this movie was made in and around the actual battle site, so it's only to be expected that the cast and crew tread carefully, as if literally under the watchful eyes of the men whose lives they are re-enacting.
Gettysburg is the classic war saga minus the romance along the lines of Gone With The Wind.
When Gettysburg first appeared on movie screens in 1993, audiences agreed that it was truly one of the great American war films.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6303014100   (1335 words)

  
 Gettysburg
Gettysburg : Gettysburg recounts the story of the three tumultuous days which turned the tide of the Civil War in the Union army's favour.
Featuring thousands of Civil War re-enactors marching over the very ground on which the Battle of Gettysburg was fought, writer, producer and director Robert F Maxwell's epic is as visually stunning as it is historically accurate.
Gettysburg has to be in a tie with Glory as the best Civil War movie made.
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 "Gettysburg" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Gettysburg is based on the actual events of July 1-3, 1863, beginning with the initial skirmish and ending with Pickett's Charge.
Gettysburg is dedicated to Gettysburg and does not stray from the battle for even a moment.
For me, Gettysburg is a fine historical take on a crucial civil war battle that goes beyond documentary by at least bringing a few characters to life.
www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/pre2000/rvu-gettysburg.html   (564 words)

  
 Gettysburg (Widescreen Edition)
Filmed on location in beautiful Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the film is mostly accurate with respect to the structure and positioning of the many men who were involved in the 3-days of carnage in 1863.
It is not a simple entertaining movie, but a superb historic recreation whose historic importance still remains in university classrooms and conferences around the world.
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 DVD & Movie Reviews: Gettysburg
Before the battle of Gettysburg the Confederates were always in with a chance to win the American Civil War.
Gettysburg was the high tide of the Confederacy and the three-day battle near a small Pennsylvania town would see some of the most famous clashes of the Civil War.
Gettysburg also has, it has to be said, some of the worst fake beards in the history of movies.
www.webwombat.com.au /entertainment/dvds/gettysburg.htm   (509 words)

  
 Glory movie review, Confederacy, US Civil War Movie
Until the Gettysburg Movie was made, this was the best Civil War movie of all time.
The movie was filled with colorful characters (most notably the white division commander), and an amazing musical score.
The illustrations shown on screen as the movie ends which depicted characters from the war served as a nice ending touch.
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 Local Event Gettysburg PA Pennsylvania + Movie - City Guide
Gettysburg Spring Outdoor Antique Show 101 Lincoln Square, Gettysburg, PA 17325, The sidewalks of Lincoln Square are filled with over one hundred seventy five antique dealers displaying their treasures during this one-day annual event that occurs on the third Saturday in May.,
Gettysburg Spring Bluegrass Festival 47 Steinwehr Avenue, Gettysburg, PA 17325, Held twice each year, in May and August, this two-day festival features some of the country's best Bluegrass musicians.
Memorial Day Parade 33 York Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325, Annual parade that is held on Memorial Day and features a procession to Gettysburg National Cemetery that is followed by a ceremony with guest speakers; at the cemetery, children place fresh flowers on the graves of veterans in a tradition that was started in 1867.
www.discoverourtown.com /PA/Gettysburg/Events-1066.html   (436 words)

  
 Gettysburg Movie Search
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Movies like Gettysburg may be good for a break from life, but burning excess energy by cleaning the house or taking a walk will leave you in a better state of mind.
Then when you are ready to relax, Gettysburg will be there waiting for you.
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 Review: Gettysburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Those who are not daunted by the running time (two-hundred thirty-four minutes, easily the longest general release motion picture in a long while) and decide to see the film on the big-screen will find their choice well rewarded.
The first section, which begins on June 30, 1863 (the day before the start of the battle of Gettysburg) and ends during the day of July 2 with Col. Joshua Chamberlain's legendary defense of Little Round Top, is approximately two hours and twenty minutes long.
Four and a half hours (including the intermission) is a long time to sit in a movie theater, yet even towards the end, restlessness is unlikely.
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 Gettysburg the Movie - Topic Powered by Groupee Community
Bad as those movies are the worst moment in a Civil War movie was seeing all those rubber bayonets wobbling around at the beginning of Cold Mountain as the Romanian army charges into the Crater...
Another good war movie is the HBO film When Trumpets Fade which takes place at the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest.
Bear in mind that both movies were based on historical novels and not necessarily on historical documents.
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 The Movie - Gettysburg
The movie is excellent for the interest it has aroused in Gettysburg and the C.W. in general - I have seen more posts in all of the CW forums by people who first became interested in the subject after seeing the movie.
So when they start work on the historical period movie, they have to go to the make-up department for instant "historical manliness." Therefore it is the fault of the producers of "Gettysburg" for not providing realistic make-up facial hair for their actors.
Throughout his narrative of Gettysburg, Trimble wrote with much restraint concerning Ewell, because of their long and affectionate association; but three is every reason to assume that after the war, in Baltimore, where Dr. McKim as well as Trimble lived, the old soldier related the details he did not print.
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 Historian discusses 'Gods and Generals'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
That movie was so bad that the universe dies a little each time the someone watches the flick.
The movie is produced by Ted Turner Pictures (believe it or not) and was filmed in and around Sharpsburg, Maryland, the site of the Antietam Battlefield, and on actual historical locations in Virginia and West Virginia.
Gettysburg was pretty well balanced, and I suspect that all the exposition of the Southern POV through Jackson's and Lee's speeches in G's and G's may be balanced by more Unionist sentiments later, as witness the title's reference, IIRC, to a Lincoln speech.
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 Gettysburg Movie Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Gettysburg is a different kind of war movie.
Gettysburg avoids human drama and exclusively depicts the generals, commanders, tactics, and events leading up to the decisive battle.
Those who are not frightened by the running time (two-hundred thirty-four minutes, easily the longest general release motion picture in a long while) and decide to see the film will find their choice well rewarded.
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 Gettysburg movie info - dvds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Plot: GETTYSBURG captures in vivid detail one of the most famous battles of the Civil War, in which more than 50,000 American lives were lost.
One is used to viewing historical movies with the knowledge that what you are seeing is not real history, but simply based on historical events.
Gettysburg is not only based on history but is an accurate portrayal of the most famous battle of the Civil War.
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 Local Lore of Gettysburg
A local resident John Burns was the oldest person to fight in the battle of Gettysburg, and even with his outdated flintlock, old style clothes, Burns fought for the Union until at least three gunshot wounds stopped him from fighting.
So when a woman with a pickup truck who had just done this very thing noticed a couple of soldiers lounging in her truck, she assumed some of the actors had forgotten to leave, or perhaps were in a playful mood.
Emmanuel Bushman, a Gettysburg resident and also an author, wrote in an article from 1880 describing the "many unnatural and supernatural sights and sounds" frequenting the space in and around the Round Tops and the places he denoted as "the Indian Fields." Mr.
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 deseretnews.com - Movie review: Gettysburg | Deseret Morning News Web edition
It is well-documented that Turner's favorite movie is "Gone With the Wind," and "Gettysburg" is his own Civil War epic, based on Michael Shaara's 1974 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Killer Angels," about the battle at Gettysburg, a three-day siege that proved to be the war's bloodiest.
In fact, some of the speeches and marches here seem to go on forever, so that audience members are more likely to be squirming in their chairs and looking at their watches than cheering the heroic efforts of the movie's characters.
"Gettysburg" is rated PG, and the violence is fairly bloodless, though the body count is, of course, enormous.
deseretnews.com /movies/view/1,1257,676,00.html   (700 words)

  
 Assignment on Gettysburg Movie Review
Gettysburg, Ronald F. Maxwell's re-telling of four hot days during the summer of 1863 (based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara), is a spectacle that gathers power and momentum with every scene.
Originally slated as a TNT mini-series, Gettysburg received the go-ahead for a theatrical run when Ted Turner realized the quality of the material he had on his hands.
For those with little more than a passing interest, Gettysburg is still gripping enough to captivate in its own right.
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 Amazon.com: Gettysburg (Widescreen Edition): DVD: Richard Anderson,Royce D. Applegate,Tom Berenger,Bo Brinkman,Dwier ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The few speeches in the movie are necessary, I suppose, to explain the larger motives for the war.
Gettysburg is a great movie that was inspired by one of the most decisive battles during the Civil War.
I found this movie to be an excellant composite of historical facts and charactors.
www.amazon.com /Gettysburg-Widescreen-Richard-Anderson/dp/B00003CXA6   (2147 words)

  
 BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG SHOCKWAVE MOVIE
July 1, 1863: 8 to 11:30 AM After starting the movie, use the VCR-like controls to make the movie go forward (single triangle), stop (single box), go fast forward (two right-pointing triangles), fast backward (two left-pointing triangles), or go back to the beginning (two boxes, taking you back to 8 AM).
The movie shows the initial battle for McPherson Ridge that took place on July 1, 1863, about a mile and a half west of Gettysburg.
With possession of the ridges west of Gettysburg, Union forces will be able to hold off an overwhelming Confederate attack in the afternoon long enough to build a solid defense south of town.
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