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To: JohnHuang2
Turner Takes a Gamble on Cival War Movie


4 posted on 02/11/2003 1:05:42 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Freeper Caribbean Cruise May 31-June 6, Staterooms As Low As $610 Per Person For Entire Week!)
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To: DoughtyOne
"BOONSBORO, Md. -- Dozens of Civil War re-enactors are in full military garb for this day's filming of Ted Turner Pictures' $53 million "Gods and Generals," the first big-screen effort from Turner's new Atlanta-based independent movie company."

.....I never cared much for Turner, but I'll give him credit for putting up $53 million of his own money to make this film...if Hollywood had financed it, it would have been little more than an anti-Confederate propaganda piece....

BTW a sneak screening of part of the film was shown over the weekend at Baltimore-Washington International Airport to troops deploying to the Mid-East......it was a big hit.....Robert Duval was there and was mobbed by the troops.......he was asked to repeat his famous line: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning..." which he did to the delight of the crowd....

Stonewalls

15 posted on 02/11/2003 5:48:00 AM PST by STONEWALLS
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