Rating: NR
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 04/01/2003
SubTitles: French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 106 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios
The year is 1863. Wealthy Virginia landowner
Charlie Anderson (
James Stewart), a man of peace despite his autocratic behavior, steadfastly refuses to take sides in the Civil War. Bit by bit,
Anderson's isolationism--and his way of living--is torn apart.
Charlie's daughter,
Jannie Anderson (
Rosemary Forsyth) falls in love with Confederate soldier
Sam (
Doug McClure). His youngest son,
Boy Anderson (
Philip Alford) is captured by the Confederate army and taken prisoner. Meanwhile, another son,
James (
Patrick Wayne) and his wife,
Ann (
Katherine Ross), are murdered by looters. And his oldest son,
Jacob Glenn Corbett, is accidentally killed. How all of these personal tragedies culminate in a successfully sentimental finale is the peculiar charm of
Shenandoah, which proved to be a hit with audiences on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line.
James Lee Barrett's screenplay was later adapted into a successful Broadway musical, starring
Northern Exposure's
John Cullum in the
Stewart role.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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An Historic Wartime Epic.
James Stewart heads an all-star cast in this dramatic epic set during the Civil War. Stewart plays a peace-loving Virginia farmer, who opposes the war, but soon, he learns there are some things worth fighting for when his youngest son (Phillip Alford) is captured by the Yankees and taken prisoner. Also starring Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett, Patrick Wayne, Katharine Ross, Rosemary Forsyth, George Kennedy, James Best, Tim McIntire, Paul Fix, Harry Carey, Jr., Strother Martin, Denver Pyle, Kevin Hagen, Charles Robinson, James McMullen, Eugene Jackson, Jr., Dabbs Greer, Kelly Thordsen, and Berkeley Harris.
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