Wicked Spring (2002)

Director:

Kevin Hershberger

Writer:

Kevin Hershberger (written by)

Release Date:

15 February 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War | Western

Tagline:

Six men... two armies... one dream

Plot:

During the 1864 battle of the Wilderness, three Union soldiers and three Confederate Soldiers get seperated...

Plot Keywords:

Battle | Soldier | Wilderness | 1860s | American Civil War

Awards:

6 wins

Cast

Brian Merrick	...	Harrison Bolding (as Brian J. Merrick)
DJ Perry	...	John Sunderlin
Terry Jernigan	...	James McDavid Hogg
Aaron Jackson	...	After Stand Kennerly
Curtis Hall	...	Augustus Elliot
Mark Lacy	...	Pietro Brolo
Lindsey Ingram	...	Virginia Gordon
Rebecca Lawlor	...	Parthenia Sunderlin
John Pagano	...	Confederate Major (as John D. Pagano)
Anthony Hornus	...	Union Colonel Holden
Jim Schruefer	...	Harrison's Friend Jim / Background Artist: 1861 Scenes (as James Schruefer)
Barry Privett	...	John's Friend Spencer
Leonard J. Krawezyk	...	Union General
Leonard J. Krawczyk II	...	General's Aide
Mac Butler	...	Union Courier

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense battle sequences and related images.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Fort Pickett, Blackstone, Virginia, USA

Company:

LionHeart FilmWorks

Trivia:

Nearly the entire cast, and most of the crew, from Hershberger's first short film, "The Nest" worked on "Wicked Spring."

Goofs:

Anachronisms: During the farewell scene at the train, the railroad passenger car used as a background is of 20th century design. Passenger cars used in the mid 19th century had metal frames and wooden sides. The car used had obvious steel sides and was probably built around 60 years after the civil war.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Making of 'Wicked Spring' (2001) (V)

a dull witted snoozefest!

After half way through this movie you realize that this is the most boring war film ever done! How do you do that? How do you make a film about war boring? True, war has been characterized as consisting of "long bouts of boredom interspersed with moments of sheer terror," but the movies are supposed to cut out the boring parts. Instead, of bothering with plot, characterization and conflict, Wicked Spring decides that we should be so impressed by the ability of reenactors to pull off authentic small scale battles, that nothing more need be said. However, a lot more needs to be said. It needs to be said by the main characters as the plot develops to a climax in it's usual three act manner. Instead we are only left with the simplistic conflict of north against south. The characters conflict is boiled down to blue against gray. Nothing about their inner fears, longings, or desires ever comes to the surface. What is left is a boring snoozefest that has the emotional impact of a high school history text.