The Blue and the Gray (The Complete Miniseries)
by Andrew V. McLaglen
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Actor: Colleen Dewhurst, John Hammond, Lloyd Bridges, Rory Calhoun, Stacy KeachDirector: Andrew V. McLaglen
Brand: Sony
Producer: Harry Thomason
Producer: Hugh Benson
Producer: John Leekley
Writer: John Leekley
Producer: Jon C. Andersen
Writer: Bruce Catton
Writer: Ian McLellan Hunter
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 381 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-11-06
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of The Blue and the Gray (The Complete Miniseries)
Movie Review: Civil War from both sides
Summary: 4 Stars
I first saw this when it aired on TV. Once a VHS copy was available, I bought it. We've worn it out. Spotting it in DVD forum, I snatched it up. A good, solid movie/miniseries without a lot of flash, TB&TG has a fine cast to portray both sides of the Civil War and how two intertwined families cope with their feelings and duties through the war years. Linked by two married sisters, one in VA, the other in PA, TB&TG shows not all Southerners and Northerners were rabid for war.
Stacy Keach, Lloyd Bridges [terrible Southern accent!], Colleen Dewhurst, John Hammond and Gregory Peck [as Lincoln] anchor the cast with a number of cameos by established actors and up-and-comers [Robert Vaughn, Sterling Hayden as John Brown, Paul Winfield, Warren Oates, Rip Torn and Julia Duffy - to name a few].
The only jarring note in the script was the ESP factor, supposedly coming from Keach. In the 1860s, I doubt if something like that was as freely discussed and described as "ESP". I don't think this particular science was that widely accepted. Most likely, he would have been "locked up as a loon" rather than have his dreams being taken seriously.
BUT that was the only quirk I found in the entire series - other than some off-note southern accents. We've lived in the South for over 18 years, and I've NEVER HEARD some of the accents that were in this show. This is a good DVD for a rainy/snowy Saturday to curl up and watch while sipping on some homemade soup and a sandwich. There is a bit of everything in here for the whole family: some romance, some war violence [not as graphic as "Saving Private Ryan"] and some history that could spark discussions and further interest by all. It's not as flashy as "The North & the South", but it'll do.
Summary of The Blue and the Gray (The Complete Miniseries)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 11/06/2001 Run time: 380 minutes Rating: NrBefore Ken Burns, Glory, and Gettysburg, the Civil War proved an effective backdrop for this 1982 miniseries--available complete and uncut on this three-disc set--about two families divided by the War Between the States. John Hammond stars as John Geyser, a Southerner caught "betwixt and between" when he becomes a war correspondent for the Northern newspaper published by his uncle. Like a Civil War-era Forrest Gump, he finds himself "where history's in the making," from the Battle of Bull Run to the scene of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Stacy Keach costars as an Army scout who takes the "fresh off the farm" Geyser under his wing. Julia Duffy is the schoolmarm who loves Keach. The ham-handed dialogue is a guilty pleasure ("What's wrong with this land that produces such a bitter fruit?" asks the embittered Geyser). The meticulously mounted battle scenes, though, are a Civil War reenactor's dream. --Donald Liebenson
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