"Gettysburg," a town in Pennsylvania where the most deadly American battle was fought. This was a war fought between brothers, fathers, sons, and friends. This movie produced by Ted Turner captures this idea beautifully in "Gettysburg."
This movie not only captures the four days of fighting very well, but also the different reasons men fought on both sides, and yes, there was a lot more than just the issue of slavery at stake during the Civil War. This movie is very historically accurate, and you will learn things you never knew before when you watch it.
Now this movie was based off the book by Michael Shaara, "The Killer Angels," which General H. Norman Schwarzkopf says is " The best and most realistic historical novel about war I have ever read."
Warnings: There is a lot of swearing in this movie as well as some blood and gore, { There is one part in the movie that we fast-forward because this guy swears so much}, so probably not for the younger members of the family.
One of my favorite parts is when Colonel Lawrence Chamberlain has to order a bayonet charge down Little Round Top because they have run out of ammunition.
I enjoy this movie very much every time I watch it, so I give "Gettysburg" 4 stars.
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