Posted on 01/01/2014 4:34:31 AM PST by iowamark
15. “Cold Mountain” (2003) — Jude Law plays a Confederate soldier...
14. “The Horse Soldiers” (1959) — Directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and William Holden, this film is based on the true story of Col. Benjamin H. Grierson and the Battle of Newton Station...
13. “Gods and Generals” (2003)
12. “The Outlaw Josey Wales” (1976)
11. “Shenandoah” (1965) — Jimmy Stewart plays a Lincolnesque widower from Virginia who is adamant about keeping his sons out of the Civil War...
10. “The Beguiled” (made in 1970, released in 1971) — Clint Eastwood portrays a wounded Union soldier
9. “Andersonville” (1996) — Director John Frankenheimer’s excellent piece of television focuses on the most notorious Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in the American Civil War.
8. “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” (1966)
7. “Gettysburg” (1993)
6. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” or “La Riviere du Hibou” (1962) — This French film is an adaptation of Ambrose Bierce’s short Civil War story...
5. “The Red Badge of Courage” (1951) — Audie Murphy, a hero from World War II, plays Pvt. Henry Fleming in this film...
4. “Birth of a Nation” (1915) — A provocative and opportunistic film by D.W. Griffith, sometimes known as the “father of film.” This silent film ran nearly three hours, portraying the saga of the Civil War and Reconstruction with remarkable scenes of the war. The film negatively portrayed blacks in the South and made heroes of the Ku Klux Klansmen.
3. “Gone With the Wind” (1939)
2. “Glory” (1989)
1. “The General” (1926) — An epic re-enactment of the Civil War is the backdrop to Buster Keaton’s immortal silent comedy and one of the great comedy chase films ever made...
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My favorite too. My husband and son are in it.
Love the soundtrack, but have not seen the movie, because I hated the book.
That’s always fun. Did they survive the cutting-room floor? My oldest brother was a crowd-scene walk on in the John Wayne move “McQ” but the scene has the camera panning so quickly that you can’t recognize anyone.
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