Gettysburg

Gettysburg1993

Director: Ronald F. Maxwell
Stars: Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen, Stephen Lang, Jeff Daniels, Richard Jordan
Genre: Drama, History, War
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 254 minutes

Three days in the summer of 1863, at a place called Gettysburg. Although it received a theatrical release, this four-hour depiction of the bloody Civil War battle was shot as a made-for-television film. But no taint of cheapness or shortcuts should … more »



Major General Winfield Scott Hancock:
Tell me, Professor. In your studies have you come across a story from antiquity of two men who are like brothers facing each other on the field of battle?

Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain:
Well, General, if the Greeks or Romans did not tell of it, I think that story must surely be in the Bible.

Major General Winfield Scott Hancock:
When I look across the field and see the flags of the 9th and 14th Virginia; I can almost see his old crumpled hat and hear his voice. Lewis Armistead was my closest friend before the war. I'd like to see him again; but not here, not like this. What do you say, Colonel; what do the books tell you.

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