Gods and Generals

Titolo originale: Gods and Generals
Regia: Ronald F. Maxwell |
Anno: 2003
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Storia Guerra
Tag: general | based on true story | rise and fall | battle | death | union soldier | confederate soldier | american civil war | secession | 19th century | violence | based on real person |
Cast: Stephen Lang | Jeff Daniels | Robert Duvall | Kevin Conway | C. Thomas Howell | Jeremy London | Matt Letscher | Brian Mallon | Bo Brinkman | Bruce Boxleitner | William Sanderson | Billy Campbell | Ryan Cutrona | Mia Dillon | Justin Dray | Robert Easton | Frankie Faison | Miles Fisher | John Castle | Conn Horgan | Barry McEvoy | Robert Byrd | Karen Goberman | Joseph Fuqua | Patrick Gorman | Lydia Jordan | Ed Markey | Ted Turner | Thomas B. Mason | Gary Gustin | William Morgan Sheppard | Buck Taylor | Herb Mitchell | Andrew Prine | Michael Sorvino | Mira Sorvino |

Il film è incentrato principalmente sulla vita personale e professionale di Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, un brillante quanto eccentrico generale confederato, dallo scoppio della guerra civile americana fino alla sua metà.

Errori

During the 20th Maine's running charge, at least one man falls a split-second before the explosion [...] D
During the 20th Maine's advance on Marye's Heights, the sun's evening position is correctly shown i [...] D
Wristwatch visible on the Confederate soldier nearest the camera in many of the Fredericksburg sect [...] D
The musket ball that is said to have come from Jackson's hand is round. Musket balls flatten and ex [...] D
Confederate soldiers at Fredericksburg are shown using cotton bales as parts of fortifications, but [...] D
During the fight in the Antietam cornfield, in the Special Edition version, a catapult can clearly [...] D
At least several of the bayonets shown are flimsy and wobble. Bayonets need to be as stiff as possi [...] D
The 20th Maine Regiment halts before being given the order to do so when entering Fredericksburg. [...] D
In comparison to what happens on screen, the 20th Maine's casualties at Fredericksburg were few. On [...] D
The line from an obviously abridged version of Julius Caesar should be "Liberty, Freedom, tyranny i [...] D
Although it is well concealed for the open field fighting shots, the Fredericksburg street-fighting [...] D
Saint-Claire Mulholland's Regiment the 116th Pennsylvania is depicted leading the Irish Brigade's c [...] D
After the Battle of Chancellorsville it began to rain; General Jackson wore a raincoat on the eveni [...] D
During the First Battle of Bull Run, soldiers are seen firing uselessly into the air, rather than a [...] D
Many of the artillery pieces either recoil a little or not at all. Especially at Chancellorsville, [...] D
When General Lee rides up to General Pendleton at the Battle of Antietam, his beard is noticeably l [...] D
Union brigades assaulting the stone wall at Fredericksburg are ordered to halt to trade shots with [...] D
While 20th Maine is lined up in loose formation in camp, soldier in front line is smoking or holdin [...] D
The film conveys that the battle was only at the stone wall. To the south, Jackson's lines had been [...] D
Before the Battle of Fredricksburg, the the Irish Brigade's famous green flags were in the process [...] D
During the attack on the stone wall, Tom Chamberlain is shown marching with a musket, marching with [...] D
The style of the stone wall at the sunken road in Fredericksburg is that of the 1930s reconstructio [...] D
When the Beale brothers leave for war, the boom mic and set lights are reflected in their brass bre [...] D
Jim Lewis was a slave who was rented to General Jackson during the war from a Mr. W.C. Lewis of Lex [...] D
When Colonel Ames orders Lieutenant Colonel Chamberlain to secure the right wing of the 20th Maine [...] D
When the 20th Maine is forming for an assault on Marye's Heights, an officer that stands to the lef [...] D
During the First Battle of Bull Run, a cavalry bugler sounds the order to charge before General J.E [...] D
At the Battle of Fredericksburg, General Longstreet issues orders to a runner and then salutes him. [...] D
The text in the bottom of the screen calls Brigadier General Thomas R.R. Cobb's unit 'Irish Regimen [...] D
When Colonel Ames is about to order his battalion to the front at Fredericksburg, Lieutenant Colone [...] D
During the battle of Fredericksburg, it shows brigades charging one after another with a period in [...] D
In this film, soldiers are never shown using their bayonets. Soldiers are trained to use bayonets a [...] D
When Stonewall Jackson is leaving the Virginia Military Institute, as the camera pans past the flag [...] D
During the battle of Fredericksburg, a cannon bursts, knocking General Lee and other officers off t [...] D
During the first battle, a dead soldier is clearly wearing modern boots. A large "H" is visibly imp [...] D
When preparing to form his troops into line of battle, Colonel Ames and his men pass an overturned [...] D
During the First Battle of Manassas, Brigadier=General Bee is exhorting his men with his famous 'St [...] D
After General Jackson has handed over the stripe from his cap to Jane Corbin, he is from there on s [...] D
Air conditioners are seen in the windows of W&L University at 10:32 into the film. They are located [...] D
When Colonel Zook is ordered to advance at Fredericksburg, he does not give the order to advance; s [...] D
During the Battle of Fredericksburg, Lt. Colonel Chamberlain loads and fires a rifle. When he does [...] D
At Bull Run, when the Confederates overrun the batteries for the first time, there's a close shot o [...] D
When Jeb Stuart visits Jackson in his camp he introduces himself as a Lieutenant Colonel but he wea [...] D
During the battle of Fredericksburg, Saint-Clair Augustine Mulholland was a major, not a Lieutenant [...] D
When Sergeant Thomas Chamberlain is talking to Lieutenant Colonel Chamberlain at the camp, the Serg [...] D
During the Battle of Fredericksburg, a cannon explodes, sending General Lee and several others to t [...] D
During the battle of Chancellorsville, A.P. Hill is introduced as Brigadier General, but he was a M [...] D
Even after referring to Colonel Kemper correctly by rank, General Pickett a minute later states 'Do [...] D
When Colonel Lee stands before the House of Delegates while receiving command of the Army of Virgin [...] D
Just before three Confederate deserters are shot we see the deserter nearest the camera get blindfo [...] D
During the accidental shooting of General Jackson, AP Hill and his group of horsemen also come unde [...] D
During several shots of the Fredericksburg town battle, St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church is clearl [...] D
Some cannon shells explode directly behind troop formations, which would be impossible to do withou [...] D
When Colonel Patton speaks his only line in the movie, no one is sitting in front of him or the two [...] D
Robert Edward Lee and Thomas Jonathan Jackson are shown wearing full beards at the very start of th [...] D
When John Wilkes Booth is signing playbills, his pencil does not actually leave a any marks on the [...] D
The 20th Maine did not charge independently at Fredericksburg. It was part of the 3rd Brigade, 1st [...] D
The tender of the locomotive bears the initials V & T R R, which many would consider to be initials [...] D
Robert Duvall (in character as Robert E Lee) is wearing the uniform of a full bird Colonel when he [...] D
After Jackson is ambushed at night by his own men, the Union begins opening artillery fire on his a [...] D
Hancock's hair changes during his visit to the Beale House after the Battle of Fredericksburg. [...] D
After Bull Run, General Jackson sits among a captured battery and finds Cadet Norris dead resting a [...] D
Cadet Norris did not make it to the Federal guns before he was killed. He died on Henry House Hill, [...] D
During the Battle of Fredericksburg, at the storming of Marye's Heights, a Confederate defender is [...] D
Rubber muskets and rubber bayonets are visible throughout the film. D
The film portrays the Stonewall Brigade as the cause of the Southern victory at Bull Run with their [...] D
As the 20th Maine is storming Marye's Heights, the flag bearer is seen being shot down, with the fl [...] D
When Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain looks through his binoculars before the Battle of Fredericksburg, [...] D
In the extended edition, at 44:20, shows a Union artillery officer standing in front and to the righ [...] D