The Blue and the Gray (The Complete Miniseries)

Buy This Item The Blue and the Gray (The Complete Miniseries) by Sony Pictures  Available from Amazon  $21.49  on 11-26-2008     Before Ken Burns, <I>Glory</I>, and <I>Gettysburg</I>, 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. <I>--Donald Liebenson</I> Reader Reviews Amazing! Simply amazing! Excellent cast...made for TV, but info was outstanding and true to life (I'm a college history major). My children loved it!

The Blue and the Gray (The Complete Miniseries) Available from Amazon Price: $21.49 Updated on 11-26-2008.

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