Andersonville

The Civil War explodes, air thick with musket fire, soil drenched with the blood of kinsmen, bodies piling up like cords of wood. In the madness and fury, a small group of Union soldiers fall into the hands of the Confederate army. Overnight, they find themselves herded aboard a prison train bound f...

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Corporate Author: Turner Pictures, Inc., Turner Home Entertainment (Firm), Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Rintels, David W., Frankenheimer, John, 1930-2002.
Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
French
Published: Burbank, CA : Turner Home Entertainment : Warner Home Video, c2003.
Edition: Widescreen
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Summary: The Civil War explodes, air thick with musket fire, soil drenched with the blood of kinsmen, bodies piling up like cords of wood. In the madness and fury, a small group of Union soldiers fall into the hands of the Confederate army. Overnight, they find themselves herded aboard a prison train bound for the deepest regions of the South, to a slice of Hell carved out of the Georgia clay known as Andersonville. A moving drama that tells the most tragic tales ever to come out of the Civil War.
Item Description: Special features: soundtrack remastered in Dolby digital 5.1; 2 feature-length audio commentaries, one by director John Frankenheimer, the other featuring writer/producer David w. Rintels, cinematographer Ric Waite, editor Paul Rubell, production designer Michael Z. Hanan, costume designer May Routh and historian/military choreographer Dale Fetzer; additional scene: A vesit from the ladies; interactive menus; TV spot; scene access; enhanced features for your DVD-Rom PC: "A soldier's journal", Images from Andersonville, cast/creator profiles, historical background, inside Andersonville.
"Widescreen version presented in a "matted" widescreen format preserving a theatrical exhibition aspect ratio enhanced for widescreen TVs"--Container.
Videodisc release of the television mini-series.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (167 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD.
Audience: Not rated.
Production Credits: Director of photography, Ric Waite ; editor, Paul Rubell ; music, Gary Chang.
ISBN: 0780639863