Gods and Generals 2003

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 209 min

genre: drama

theme: epic

director: Ronald F. Maxwell

Score: 5 / 10

Gods and Generals is a 2003 American epic war drama film written and directed by Ronald F. Maxwell. It is an adaptation of the 1996 novel of the same name by Jeffrey Shaara and prequel to Maxwell's 1993 film Gettysburg. Most of the film was personally financed by media mogul Ted Turner. The film follows the story of Stonewall Jackson from the beginning of the American Civil War to his death at the Battle of Chancellorsville.

Plot

Colonel Robert E. Lee resigns from the Union Army as Virginia votes to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy, beginning the Civil War. Major Jackson, who is a professor at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington at the outset of the war, leaves his family behind to fight in the Battle of Manassas. Jackson is asked by a retreating General Barnard Bee for assistance against the Federal army who is pursuing them after a brief stand on Matthews Hill. In rallying his shaken troops, Bee launches the name of Stonewall into history and the Confederate Army routs the Federals at Henry House Hill. Jackson maintains steadfast discipline in his ranks during the battle despite suffering a wound to his left hand from a spent ball.

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author	Ronald F. Maxwell
contentLocation	Maryland
director	Ronald F. Maxwell
editor	Corky Ehlers
events	Stonewall Jackson
genre	drama historical
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musicBy	Randy Edelman
producer	Mace Neufeld Moctesuma Esparza Robert A. Katz Robert Rehme
productionCompany	Turner Entertainment
publisher	Warner Bros. Pictures
theme	epic war