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Warner Brothers has posted the trailer link for Gods and Generals if anyone is interested. The link above will take you there.

DANVILLE, Va. - Dr. James I. "Buddy" Robertson said Wednesday that emotion is the key element in the movie "Gods and Generals."Robertson, a renowned Civil War historian, was the historical consultant on the Warner Bros./Ted Turner movie that features Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson as its main character."Gods and Generals" is an adaptation of a book written by Jeff Shaara and is the prequel to "The Killer Angels," on which the film "Gettysburg" was based.The movie deviates from the book with a healthy dose of Jackson's character taken from Robertson's biography."This is the greatest Civil War movie ever made,"...

Instead of tracking one battle, this 3+ hour epic is supppose to cover more than 2 years of the entire war. Rumor has it that the DVD version will be 6 hours in length! After seeing Stephen Lang's portrayal of General Pickett in Gettysburg i am having goosebumps envisioning him as General "Stonewall" Jackson. Robert Duvall should also be more than an upgrade to Sheen as Robert E. Lee. "They carried the same Bible They believed in the same God One side fought for God's glory The other for His Kingdom on Earth But for the duration of the...

The struggle that forged America and launched modern warfare comes to life in a major new film. By Bill Kauffman Mr. Lincoln said he liked his speeches short and sweet, so here it is: The new Warner Brothers picture Gods and Generals is not only the finest movie ever made about the Civil War, it is also the best American historical film. Period. Writer-director Ron Maxwell’s prequel to his epic Gettysburg (1993) is so free of cant, of false notes, of the politically conformist genuflections that we expect in our historical movies, that one watches it as if in a...