The Blue and the Gray (The Complete Miniseries)

The Blue and the Gray (The Complete Miniseries)

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Story of the American Civil War through the eyes of one family, divided by north and south allegiances.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: UN
Release Date: 6-NOV-2001
Media Type: DVDBefore 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

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