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The Civil War returns: the struggle that forged America and launched modern warfare comes to life in a major new film. (Cover Story).(Movie Review)
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 trance, wondering if he hasn't stumbled into a movie theater in an alternative America wherein talented independents like Maxwell get $80 million from Ted Turner to make complex and beautiful films about what Gore ...
- Ronald F. Maxwell and Inecom Team Up to Produce New Documentary on Nicaragua...
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 16, 2006 700+ words
...with Ronald F. Maxwell, director of epic...RESISTENCIA - The Civil War in Nicaragua...RESISTENCIA - The Civil War in Nicaragua" is...of 16mm film that Maxwell and his documentary...narrated by Ronald F. Maxwell. Also in production...RESISTENCIA - The Civil War in ...
- Positive buzz over 'Gods and Generals'; Film to examine personal stories and...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times August 10, 2002 700+ words
...directed by Ron Maxwell - who previously...Virginia theater of the Civil War from its opening...Gettysburg,'" Mr. Maxwell said in a telephone...director's earlier Civil War movie focused exclusively...like some of his Civil War subordinates, thought...them on," Mr. ...
- Civil War re-enacting abundant on land, film.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) September 17, 2002 700+ words
...McPherson; and Ron Maxwell, the writer/director...unveiling his latest Civil War film _ "Gods and...in this movie. Maxwell is out to depict...president during the Civil War. "We found visitors...purists who consider Civil War re-enactors a...starving legions. But ...
- 3 Civil War battlefields among most endangered.(METROPOLITAN)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times February 12, 2003 700+ words
...which chronicles crucial Civil War moments - including the...lawmakers set up the Virginia Civil War Incentive Fund, which...director, Ronald F. Maxwell. According to the group, thousands of acres of Civil War battlefields have already...
- Bob Dylan and Mary Fahl Music Videos from Epic Civil War Film 'Gods and...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 23, 2003 700+ words
...Fahl videos. TNT's Civil War Marathon on Sunday...director/writer Ron Maxwell's new Civil War film "Gods and Generals...dramatic early days of the Civil War, from 1861 until the...reunites director/writer Maxwell with composer Randy...
- Grand, Empty Lesson On Civil War Battles.(Arts&Entertainment)(Review)
- Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY) February 24, 2003 700+ words
...writer-director Ron Maxwell, a history buff and Civil War scholar who turned the...due respect, this is a Civil War canvas that could desperately...A technician like Ron Maxwell probably deplores Civil War films like Gone with the...
- Activision Ships ``Gods and Generals,'' the Interactive PC Game Based on Ted...
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 6, 2003 700+ words
...ATVI), and Baric/Maxwell LLC are giving gamers...battlefields of the Civil War. "Gods and Generals...epic struggle of the Civil War through the eyes...the most realistic Civil War battles ever seen...card. About Baric/Maxwell Ronald F. Maxwell...
- Media Advisory: Civil War Preservation Trust to Reveal Nation's Most Endangered...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 6, 2003 700+ words
...will identify the most threatened Civil War sites in the country and what is being...news conference will be Ronald F. Maxwell, the film's producer and director...preserve our nation's endangered Civil War sites and to promote appreciation...
Source: HighBeam Research, The Civil War returns: the struggle that forged America and launched...