"The Civil War" (1990) TV series

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

23 September 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | History | War

Tagline:

It divided a country. It created a nation.

Plot:

A comprehensive survey of the American Civil War.

Plot Keywords:

American Civil War | Ulysses Simpson Grant | Abraham Lincoln | Voice Over Letter | Battle Hymn Of The Republic

Awards:

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 7 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Sam Waterston	...	President Abraham Lincoln (9 episodes, 1990)
Jason Robards	...	Ulysses S. Grant (9 episodes, 1990)
Morgan Freeman	...	Frederick Douglass (9 episodes, 1990)
Garrison Keillor	...	Walt Whitman (9 episodes, 1990)
Arthur Miller	...	William Tecumseh Sherman (9 episodes, 1990)
George Plimpton	...	George Templeton Strong (9 episodes, 1990)
Horton Foote	...	Jefferson Davis (9 episodes, 1990)
George Black	...	Robert E. Lee (9 episodes, 1990)
Philip Bosco	...	Horace Greeley (9 episodes, 1990)
Derek Jacobi	...	Various (9 episodes, 1990)
Jeremy Irons	...	Various (9 episodes, 1990)
David McCullough	...	Narrator (9 episodes, 1990)
Christopher Murney	...	Elijah Hunt Rhodes (9 episodes, 1990)

Also Known As:

The American Civil War (UK)

Runtime:

USA:680 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

American Documentaries Inc.

Trivia:

Sam Waterston, who voices President Abraham Lincoln, also portrayed the 16th President in the TV movie Lincoln (1988) (TV).

Goofs:

Factual errors: In describing the assassination of President Lincoln, the narrator states the president was 54 years old when he died. He was, in fact, 56 years old. This mistake, however, has been corrected on the DVD.

Quotes:

[On his escape from slavery.]
Frederick Douglass: I appear this evening as a thief and robber. I stole this head, these limbs, this body from my master and ran off with them.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "South Park: The Red Badge of Gayness (#3.14)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Ashokan Farewell

OUTSTANDING!

For someone who lives outside the United States of America and has an interest in it's history 'The Civil War' for me delivers everything that I'm unable to get here in the UK.

History books don't even come close in highlighting the lives and stories of the those involved in this watershed of America history, it's effects not only felt in North America but eventually the world.

Outstanding.