Gods and Generals (2003)

Director:

Ronald F. Maxwell

Writers (WGA):

Jeff Shaara (book)
Ronald F. Maxwell (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 February 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | War

Tagline:

The nations heart was touched by....

Plot:

The rise and fall of legendary war hero Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson as he leads the Confederacy to great success against the Union from 1861 to 1863. Prequel to the 1993 classic "Gettysburg". |

Plot Keywords:

Hero | Confederacy | War Hero | Prequel | Stonewall Jackson

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Donzaleigh Abernathy	...	Martha
Mark Aldrich	...	Adjutant
George Allen	...	Confederate Officer
Keith Allison	...	Capt. James J. White
Royce D. Applegate	...	Brig. Gen. James Kemper (as Royce Applegate)
Bruce Boxleitner	...	Lt. Gen. James Longstreet
Bo Brinkman	...	Maj. Walter Taylor
Mac Butler	...	Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker
Robert Byrd	...	Confederate General (as Robert C. Byrd)
Shane Callahan	...	Bowdoin Student
Billy Campbell	...	Maj. Gen. George Pickett
David Carpenter	...	Rev. Beverly Tucker Lacy
John Castle	...	Old Penn
Jim Choate	...	Brig. Gen. Bernard Bee
Martin Clark	...	Dr. George Junkin
Christopher Clawson	...	Charles Beale (as Chris Clawson)
Kevin Conway	...	Sgt. Buster Kilrain
Scott Cooper	...	Lt. Joseph Morrison
Devon Cromwell	...	Cadet Charlie Norris
Ryan Cutrona	...	Brig. Gen. Marsena Patrick
Jeff Daniels	...	Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Scott Davidson	...	Sam Beale
Mia Dillon	...	Jane Beale
Justin Dray	...	George Jenkins
Robert Duvall	...	Gen. Robert E. Lee
Robert Easton	...	John Janney
Frankie Faison	...	Jim Lewis
Miles Fisher	...	John Beale
Keith Flippen	...	Maj. Gilmore
Bourke Floyd	...	Longstreet's Courier
David Foster	...	Capt. Ricketts
Dennis E. Frye	...	Griffin's Aide
Joseph Fuqua	...	Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart
James Garrett	...	Brig. Gen. John Curtis Caldwell
Karen Starc	...	Lucy Beale (as Karen Goberman)
Alexander Gordon	...	Martha's Older Son
Patrick Gorman	...	Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood
Phil Gramm	...	Virginia Delegate
Bo Greigh	...	Pvt. Pogue
Fred Griffith	...	Brig. Gen. Robert Rodes
Karen Hochstetter	...	Roberta Corbin
James Horan	...	Col. Cummings
Conn Horgan	...	Pvt. Dooley (as Con Horgan)
C. Thomas Howell	...	Sgt. Thomas Chamberlain
Ben Hulan	...	A Lieutenant
Sam Hulsey	...	Julian Beale
Alex Hyde-White	...	Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside
Lydia Jordan	...	Jane Corbin
Charles Lester Kinsolving	...	Brig. Gen. William Barksdale (as Les Kinsolving)
Damon Kirsche	...	Harry McCarthy
Lew Knopp	...	Jackson's Courier
Stephen Lang	...	Lt. Gen. Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson
James Thomas Lawler	...	Another Looter
Matt Letscher	...	Col. Adelbert Ames
Matt Lindquist	...	Johann Heros Von Borcke
Jeremy London	...	Capt. Alexander 'Sandie' Pendleton
Doug Lory	...	2nd Irishman
Brian Mallon	...	Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Dan Manning	...	Maj. John Harman
Edward Markey	...	Irish Brigade Officer
Thomas B. Mason	...	Old Man in Fredericksburg
Jonathan Maxwell	...	Capt. Ellis Spear
Malachy McCourt	...	Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
Terry McCrea	...	A Captain
Andrew McOmber II	...	Young Corporal
Rosemary Meacham	...	Hattie
Marquis Moody	...	Martha's Younger Son
Peter Neofotis	...	Wounded Maine Soldier
Mark Nichols	...	Surgeon in Fredericksburg
Carsten Norgaard	...	Maj. Gen. Darius Nash Couch
Tim O'Hare	...	Lt. Col. Clair Mulholland
Sean Pratt	...	Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire
Jasmyn Proctor	...	Martha's Daughter
John Prosky	...	Brig. Gen. Lewis Armistead
Kyle Prue	...	Wounded Maine Soldier
W. Joseph Quam	...	1st Irishman
Ted Rebich	...	Looter #3
Kali Rocha	...	Anna Morrison Jackson
Dana Rohrabacher	...	20th Maine Officer
Tim Ruddy	...	Pvt. McMillan
William Sanderson	...	Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill
Noel Schwab	...	Colson's Officer
William Morgan Sheppard	...	Maj. Gen. Isaac Trimble (as Morgan Sheppard)
Christie Lynn Smith	...	Catherine Corbin
Michael Sorvino	...	Federal Soldier
Mira Sorvino	...	Frances Caroline 'Fanny' Chamberlain
Stephen Spacek	...	Capt. James Power Smith
Dana Stackpole	...	Lottie Estelle
Matthew R. Staley	...	Lt. Boswell (as Matthew Staley)
David Stifel	...	Rev. David S. Jenkins
James Patrick Stuart	...	Col. Edward Porter Alexander
Stephen Sullivan	...	Federal Soldier (as Stephen Leonard Sullivan)
Buck Taylor	...	Brig. Gen. Maxcy Gregg
Tyler Trumbo	...	Young Wellford
Ted Turner	...	Col. Tazewell Patton (as R.E. Turner)
Christopher Crutchfield Walker	...	A Looter
Trent Walker	...	Pvt. McClintock
Scott Watkins	...	Brig, Gen. Raleigh Colston
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeremy Beck	...	Rob Lee, Jr. (uncredited)
Richard Bekins	...	Maj. Gen. Oliver Howard (uncredited)
John D. Bert	...	Maj. Charles Marshall (uncredited)
Paul Boccadoro	...	VMI Drummer / Soldier (uncredited)
Lance Carter	...	McCarthy (uncredited)
Robert Randolph Caton	...	Gen. Kemper's Aide (uncredited)
Bill Chemerka	...	Train Station Passenger (uncredited)
Michael L. Colosimo	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Chris Conner	...	John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
Greg Cool	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Jonathon Demers	...	Maj. Gen. Richard Ewell (uncredited)
John Calvin Doyle	...	Union Soldier (uncredited)
Pamela Fischer	...	Colonial Woman (uncredited)
Robert Freeman	...	Himself - Gunner (uncredited)
Lawrence Gaughan	...	Maj. John Pelham (uncredited)
Shaun C. Grenan	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Gary Gustin	...	Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Jeremiah Hornbaker	...	Core Group Officer (uncredited)
Cooper Huckabee	...	Henry T. Harrison (uncredited)
Natalie Hultman	...	Civilian (uncredited)
Dan C. Johnson	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Rick Kain	...	Civilian (uncredited)
Robert Knott	...	Maj. Gen. D.H. Hill (uncredited)
Ben Kullman	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Marcus Lawrence	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Frosty Lawson	...	Soldier / Bugler (uncredited)
Bruce Lindsay	...	Union Soldier (uncredited)
Marty Lodge	...	Caesar (uncredited)
Eric U. Lowman	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Barry McEvoy	...	Marion Sibert (uncredited)
Brian Merrick	...	Jackson's Winchester Aide (uncredited)
Matt K. Miller	...	Brig. Gen. Charles Griffin (uncredited)
Herb Mitchell	...	Union Officer (uncredited)
Jared Morrison	...	Union Soldier / Officer (uncredited)
Fergus O'Fay	...	Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Chris Potocki	...	Stage Manager (uncredited)
Andrew Prine	...	Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett (uncredited)
Robert Rice	...	Civil War Soldier (uncredited)
Rob 'Captain Rob' Robinson	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Schatar Sapphira	...	Southern Girl (uncredited)
Jeff Shaara	...	Officer in Audience at Minstrel Show (uncredited)
Thomas Silcott	...	Washington (uncredited)
Bryan Stefancyk	...	Soldier (uncredited)
William Stine	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Leonard Termo	...	Glazier Estabrook (uncredited)
Tom Thompson	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Dechen Thurman	...	Minnis (uncredited)
Michael A. Valenzano	...	Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Parker Webb	...	Grey #1 (uncredited)
John Whelan	...	Accordion Player (uncredited)
Keith E. Whitehead	...	Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Jason Wickersty	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Antonio Zarro	...	Soldier (uncredited)

Directed by
Ronald F. Maxwell

Writing credits (WGA)
Jeff Shaara		(book) (as Jeffrey M. Shaara)
Ronald F. Maxwell		(screenplay)

Produced by
Suzanne Arden	....	associate producer
Moctesuma Esparza	....	executive producer
Dennis E. Frye	....	associate producer
Nick Grillo	....	co-producer
Robert Katz	....	executive producer
Ronald F. Maxwell	....	producer
Mace Neufeld	....	executive producer
Robert Rehme	....	executive producer
Jeff Shaara	....	associate producer
Ronald G. Smith	....	co-executive producer
Ted Turner	....	executive producer
Robert J. Wussler	....	associate executive producer

Original Music by
Randy Edelman
John Frizzell

Cinematography by
Kees Van Oostrum

Film Editing by
Corky Ehlers

Casting by
Joy Todd

Production Design by
Michael Z. Hanan

Art Direction by
Gregory Bolton

Set Decoration by
Casey Hallenbeck

Costume Design by
Richard La Motte
Maurice Whitlock
Gamila Smith		(uncredited)

Makeup Department
Patricia Androff	....	key makeup artist
Susan Buffington	....	hair stylist
Leo Corey Castellano	....	additional makeup artist
Leo Corey Castellano	....	key makeup effects
Vanessa Davis	....	key hair stylist
Leslie Devlin	....	makeup artist
Joseph P. Hurt	....	makeup effects artist
Philip Ivey	....	hair stylist
Rachel Kick	....	assistant makeup artist
Taylor Knight	....	key hair stylist
Dionne Pitsikoulis	....	makeup artist
Rosalee Riggle	....	assistant hair stylist
Manlio Rocchetti	....	hair stylist: Mr. Duvall
Manlio Rocchetti	....	makeup artist: Mr. Duvall
Janeen Schreyer	....	key makeup artist
Rita Troy	....	hair stylist
Isabella Wiley	....	wig maker: E. Kupitz (uncredited)

Production Management
D. Scott Easton	....	unit production manager
Elpe Villard	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Donald P.H. Eaton	....	first assistant director
Joe Incaprera	....	second assistant director: second unit
Daniel Lowe	....	dga trainee
Jon Mallard	....	second second assistant director
Robert Rooy	....	assistant director: second unit
Xanthus Valan	....	second second assistant director: second unit
William Wages	....	second unit director
Lynn Wegenka	....	second assistant director
Tara Nicole Weyr	....	third assistant director

Art Department
C. Scott Baker	....	set designer
Jamie Bishop	....	set dresser
Marc Braun	....	set dresser
Andrew Brenner	....	prop assistant
Don Cinderella	....	set dresser
Gary Clark	....	paint foreman
Terry Clark	....	set dresser
Dan Crawley	....	props
Michael Crowe	....	propmaker foreman
Michael Davis	....	construction coordinator
Lisa Dietrich	....	set dresser
Clifford D. Eubank	....	set dresser
Kelly Farrah	....	property master
James Fulgham	....	greens person
Steve George	....	property master
Steve George	....	second unit props
Cynthia Giron	....	prop assistant
Ray Giron	....	assistant property master (as Dr. Ray Giron)
Susanna Glattly	....	scenic charge: Baltimore
Jeffrey Pratt Gordon	....	set dresser
Randy G. Herbert	....	carpenter
Geoff Hubbard	....	set designer (as Martin G. Hubbard)
R. Mark Hughes	....	assistant propmaster: second unit
Bill Iiams	....	construction coordinator
Johnnie Jenkins	....	construction accountant
Daniel R. Jennings	....	assistant art director
Mark David Kersey	....	head greensman
Patricia Klawonn	....	set designer (as Patty Klawonn)
Andrea Levine	....	key on-set dresser
Lindanne Lewis	....	plaster crew
Ted Lubonovich II	....	construction foreman
Doug Mackenzie	....	set dresser
Tommy McCutcheon	....	set: second unit
Tommy McCutcheon	....	swing gang
Silvija L. Moess	....	scenic artist
Ted Nolan	....	prop maker
Lucinda E. Pealer	....	scenic
Roger Ragland	....	set dresser
Mike Raybould	....	set dresser
Rick Reeder	....	set dresser
Taylor Savas Reese	....	set dresser
Eric Reichardt	....	lead painter: Los Angeles
Willy Richardson	....	painter
Bot Roda	....	storyboard artist
Michael Sabo	....	set dresser
Hugo Santiago	....	assistant art director
Jonathan Short	....	set designer
Rebecca Shpak	....	set dresser
Stan Tropp	....	set designer
Keith Weaver	....	scenic
E. Parker Webb	....	second on-set dresser
Cheree Welsh	....	art department coordinator
Jeff Zook	....	carpenter
Steven Kerlagon	....	stand-by painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Michael Babcock	....	sound editor
Casey Barclay	....	sound administrator
Brian Basham	....	adr recordist
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Richard Burton	....	sound editor
C. Douglas Cameron	....	boom operator: second unit
Gary Coppola	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ryan Darden	....	assistant sound editor
Pete Elia	....	sound re-recording mixer: dialogue and temp music
Eric Flickinger	....	sound recordist
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Marc Glassman	....	foley editor
Stephen Halbert	....	production sound mixer
David Hankins	....	supervising sound editor
Catherine Harper	....	foley artist
Javier M. Hernández	....	boom operator
Patrick Hogan	....	sound editor
James B. Howe	....	foley mixer (as James Howe)
J. Stanley Johnston	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lorenzo Millan	....	boom operator: second unit
Robert Morrisey	....	supervising sound assistant
Bob Newlan	....	supervising sound editor
Ralph Osborn	....	dialog & adr editor
Jeff Sawyer	....	sound effects editor
Melissa Sherwood Hofmann	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Melissa S. Hofmann)
Christopher Sidor	....	sound recordist
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor
Peter Thomas	....	production sound mixer: second unit
Tom Trafalski	....	analog/digital audio engineer
Stacey A. Washer	....	boom operator
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley walker
Kevin Zimmerman	....	first assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Hank Atterbury	....	special effects technician
James R. Bilz	....	special effects technician
William Catania	....	special effects technician
Michael H. Clark	....	special effects technician
Michael Clarke	....	special effects technician
Barry Davis	....	special effects technician
Thomas Fife	....	special effects technician
Jason Ivey	....	special effects technician
Harold McConnell Jr.	....	special effects technician
James W. McCormick	....	special effects technician
Jim McPherson	....	special effects technician
Mitchell Medford	....	special effects technician
Gary Pilkinton	....	special effects technician
Ralph Roger Pivirotto	....	special effects technician
Thomas H.E. Scruggs	....	special effects technician (as Tom Scruggs)
William 'Bo' Seidel	....	special effects technician
Robert Spore	....	special effects technician
Raymond M. Tasillo	....	special effects technician
Bill Traynor	....	special effects
Michael S. Tunstall	....	special effects assistant
Mike Tunstall	....	special effects technician
Thomas Turnbull	....	special effects technician
Durk Tyndall	....	special effects
Rob Vaughan	....	special effects technician
Matt Vogel	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Tim Angulo	....	visual effects director of photography
Jenny Arata	....	production coordinator: MetroLight Studios
Judith Bell	....	compositor: MetroLight Studios
Elissa Bello	....	rotoscope artist: MetroLight Studios
Randy Brown	....	compositor: MetroLight Studios
Jeremy Burns	....	compositing supervisor: MetroLight Studios
D. Walt Cameron	....	compositor: MetroLight Studios
Natalie Carroll	....	administrative assistant: MetroLight Studios
Richard Choi	....	system supporter: MetroLight Studios
Steve Clarke	....	visual effects artist
Peter de Bay	....	roto artist
Jon Bon Dionne	....	3D animator
Pete Dionne	....	3D artist: ToyBox
Randy Egan	....	senior Inferno artist
Christopher Elke	....	visual effects coordinator
John Follmer	....	head of production: MetroLight Studios
Mathias Frodin	....	compositor: Metro Light Studios
Adam Howard	....	visual effects supervisor: Complete Post Inc.
Matt Hullum	....	visual effects producer: MetroLight Studios
So-ok Kim	....	compositor: MetroLight Studios
James W. Kristoff	....	executive in charge of production: MetroLight Studios
Brian Krusic	....	chief technology officer: MetroLight Studios
Michael Lloyd	....	digital matte artist: MetroLight Studios
Heather MacPhee	....	compositor: MetroLight Studios
Chad Malbon	....	visual effects coordinator
Shannon McGee	....	technical director: MetroLight Studios
Roger Mocenigo	....	digital compositor: Metrolight
Reynaldo Mollinedo	....	production supporter: MetroLight Studios
Carlos Morales	....	rotoscope artist: MetroLight Studios
Erik Nordby	....	Inferno artist
Ariel Oclarino	....	senior systems administrator
Doug Oddy	....	digital artist
Con Pederson	....	3D animator: MetroLight Studios
Tania Richard	....	matte painter
Justin Paul Ritter	....	visual effects supervisor
Lorraine Rozon	....	visual effects producer
Chris Ryan	....	CGI supervisor: MetroLight Studios
Dobbie Schiff	....	executive producer: MetroLight Studios
Thomas G. Smith	....	visual effects producer
Adam Stern	....	digital compositor
Matthew Talbot-Kelly	....	Inferno artist
Matthew Talbot-Kelly	....	digital compositing artist
Bridget M. Taylor	....	digital artist: Metrolight Studios
Mike Tosti	....	production technology
Jon Townley	....	visual effects supervisor: MetroLight Studios
Brian Wawzonek	....	Inferno artist
Jerry Weil	....	3D animator: MetroLight Studios
Jerry Weil	....	digital artist: Metrolight Studios
Michael Whang	....	systems administrator: MetroLight Studios
Benjamin J. Wylie	....	3D animator

Stunts
Brian Avery	....	stunts
David Barrett	....	stunts
Stanton Barrett	....	stunts
Chris Branham	....	stunts
Brian Brown	....	stunts
Ryan Brown	....	stunts
Richard Bucher	....	stunts
Tony Donno	....	stunts
Brian Duffy	....	stunts
Dale Gibson	....	stunts
Sean Graham	....	stunt double
Tad Griffith	....	stunts
Tad Griffith	....	utility stunts
Gene Harrison	....	utility stunts
Jim Hart	....	stunts
Chris Howell	....	stunt coordinator
David Brian Martin	....	stunts
Eric Miranda	....	stunts
Mark Norby	....	stunts
Eric Norris	....	stunts
Casey O'Neill	....	stunts
Jason Rodriguez	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Monty L. Simons	....	stunts
Mike Watson	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Don Aros	....	electrician
Tom Barrett	....	best boy grip
Frank Boone	....	grip
Joey Bruce	....	rigging electrician
Clyde E. Bryan	....	first assistant camera
Kevin 'Vinnie' Campbell	....	electrician (as Vinnie Campbell)
Daniel C. Cook	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera, second unit
Austin Cross	....	rigging electric
Stephen Crowley	....	best boy electric
Eddie Evans	....	key grip
Jennifer Evans	....	grip: second unit
Rodney French	....	grip
Rusty Gardner	....	video assist operator (as William 'Rusty' Gardner)
Michael Gearhart	....	grip
Brian Gunter	....	gaffer
John Hamilton	....	camera loader
John R. Hamilton	....	film loader
Charles A. Harris	....	key rigging grip
Matthew Haskins	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Mark Hutchings	....	best boy grip: second unit
Chip Ingram	....	rigging grip
David Insley	....	camera operator: second unit
Jay Kemp	....	rigging gaffer
Richard C. Kerekes	....	dolly grip
Thomas Loizeaux	....	camera operator: second unit
Greg Martin	....	grip
Jacqueline J. Nivens	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
Bill O'Leary	....	chief lighting technician
Jason Parker	....	rigging grip
Jesse Wayne Parker	....	key grip: second unit
Van Redin	....	still photographer
Robert Robinson	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Lewis Sadler	....	electrician
Christopher A. Schenck	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Robert Spencer	....	best boy rigging electric
Rick Strodel	....	grip
Sean Sutphin	....	additional film loader
Christopher A. Thompson	....	electrician
William Wages	....	director of photography: second unit
Tom Weston	....	camera operator

Animation Department
Frosty Lawson	....	animator: soldier and bugler

Casting Department
Craig Campobasso	....	casting associate
Sam Phillips	....	assistant to casting director (as Samuel Phillips)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Linda M. Boyland	....	costumer
Toby Bronson	....	key set costumer
Jim Broomall	....	costumer
Brian Callahan	....	costumer
Carl Curnutte III	....	set costumer
Robert DeGrazia	....	set costumer
Catharine Fletcher Incaprera	....	costume shop supervisor
Catharine Fletcher Incaprera	....	costume supervisor
K. Drew Fuller	....	key set costumer: second unit
Deborah Latham	....	key set costumer
Boyd Miles	....	costumer: Hagerstown pre-production
Kathie Pierson	....	costume tailor
Gregory H. Starbuck	....	cap costumes
Maria Vaughan	....	cutter/fitter
Maggie Burke	....	consultant: costumes (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Travis Dultz	....	additional editor
Joe Fineman	....	post-production consultant
Marc Pollon	....	assistant editor
Bill Daly	....	post-production executive (uncredited)
Valance Eisleben	....	high definition editorial services (uncredited)
Brian Q. Kelley	....	editor: additional material (uncredited)

Music Department
Elton Ahi	....	score mixer
Bruce Babcock	....	orchestrator
Stuart Balcomb	....	orchestrator
Robb Boyd	....	assistant music editor
Brian Bulman	....	assistant music editor
Larry Campbell	....	musician
David Franco	....	music supervisor
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Lisa Jaime	....	music editor
Andrew Kinney	....	orchestrator
John Lissauer	....	song arranger and conductor
Jon McBride	....	music score coordinator
Don Nemitz	....	orchestrator
Lolita Ritmanis	....	orchestrator
Carl Rydlund	....	orchestrator
Jari Villanueva	....	musician: trumpeter
Rick Winquest	....	music scoring mixer

Transportation Department
Charles E. Bauer	....	driver
Robert Brubaker	....	driver
Vic Cuccia	....	transportation captain
Roy A. Grace	....	driver
Michael Luckeroth	....	transportation captain
Randy Luna	....	driver
A.J. Mink Jr.	....	driver
Jim Petti	....	transportation
Dan Romero	....	transportation coordinator
Michael Sean Ryan	....	transportation co-captain
Gerald Titus	....	transportation co-captain
Douglas A. Walk	....	transportation captain
David Wang	....	driver
Tom Whelpey	....	driver
Dean Winton	....	driver

Other crew
Wayne Arnold	....	second assistant: second unit
Michael Atlan	....	assistant: Mr. Maxwell
Ed Bearss	....	historical consultant
John D. Bert	....	military advisor
Dawn Blacksten	....	location coordinator
David 'Happy' Bone	....	wrangler
Gabor Boritt	....	historical consultant
Joe Cacciotti	....	assistant location manager
Robert Randolph Caton	....	horseback riding double: General Robert E. Lee & General Darious Couch
Robert Randolph Caton	....	stand-in: Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
Michael L. Colosimo	....	core company of re-enactors
John Crowder	....	location manager
Gina D'Orazio	....	production office coordinator
Lee Davis	....	script supervisor: second unit (as Lee Bigelow)
Gil Dean	....	wrangler
Sandra L. Dixon	....	second assistant accountant
Larry Donahue	....	assistant chef
Frank J. Ellison	....	accountant
Patrick Falci	....	historical coordinator
Billy L. 'Butch' Frank	....	wrangler gang boss
Brian Avery Galligan	....	production assistant
Keith Gibson	....	historical consultant
Karl O. Gilbert	....	projectionist
Monica Goldstein	....	travel coordinator
John Goode	....	military advisor
Dana C. Heim	....	core group coordinator
Dana C. Heim	....	military advisor: second unit
Vic Heutschy	....	unit publicist
Dan C. Johnson	....	core company of re-enactors (as Daniel Johnson)
Timber Kislan	....	payroll accountant
Nancy Klein	....	first assistant accountant
Norman Knoerlein	....	office production assistant
Paula Kramer	....	assistant production office coordinator (as Paula Piepho)
Ben Kullman	....	core company of re-enactors
Stephanie Lovell	....	set production assistant
Karl Luthin	....	wrangler
Erin Meehan	....	production assistant
Janet Melody	....	set tailor
Dawson Nolley	....	assistant accountant
Miguel Nájera	....	adr voice
Damon O'Daniel	....	assistant: Robert Rehme and Nick Grillo
Sam Phillips	....	apprentice (as Samuel Phillips)
Brian Pohanka	....	set historian
Russ Richards	....	re-enactor liaison
James I. Robertson	....	historical consultant
Christopher Rock	....	assistant location manager
Scott Rorie	....	set production assistant
Jenniphur Ryan	....	asst. production coord.
Marvin Schroeder	....	wrangler
Taffy Schweickhardt	....	payroll accountant
Jennifer Slatkin	....	assistant to producer and director
Mark Snell	....	historical consultant
Jonas Spaccarotelli	....	production assistant
Craig Symonds	....	historical consultant
Philip Wayne Tatler IV	....	post-production staff assistant
Rock Taulbee	....	stand-in: Kevin Conway
Tom Thompson	....	core company of re-enactors
Tom Trigo	....	location manager
Drew Vandervelde	....	production assistant
Charlie Ward	....	wrangler
Don Warlick	....	re-enactor liaison
Don Warlick	....	re-enactor security
Wayne W. Whited	....	production coordinator
Jason Wickersty	....	core company of re-enactors
A. Wilson Green	....	historical consultant
Charley Armstrong	....	location scout (uncredited)
Frank Barron	....	projectionist (uncredited)
Gary Gustin	....	on-set medic (uncredited)
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond company representative (uncredited)
Mark Holland	....	projectionist (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Turner Pictures (I)
• Antietam Filmworks

Distributors

• Warner Bros (2002) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2003) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2003) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2003) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Sandrews (2003) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Warner Bros. (2003) (Argentina) (all media)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Germany) (DVD) (Gettysburg/Gods and Generals)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD) (HD DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray book) (extended director's cut)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2003) (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Complete Post
• EFilm
• MetroLight Studios
• Perpetual Motion Pictures
• Technicolor Creative Services
• Toybox

Other Companies

• Aerocrane USA  cranes and remote heads (as Aerocrane)
• Air Studios  music recording facility
• American Humane Association, The  on-set safety
• Austin Flook Farm  thanks
• Consolidated Film Industries (CFI)  video dailies
• Department of Natural Resources, State of Maryland  thanks
• Executive Cutting Service  negative cutting
• Ford Motor Company  production vehicles furnished by
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Hanna Brothers Catering  catering (as Hanna Brothers)
• Harper's Ferry National Historic Park  thanks
• International Film Guarantors  bond
• LaserPacific  digital cinema preview services (as LaserPacific)
• Lawson, Davis, Pickren & Seydel LLP  legal services
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment
• Maryland Film Commission  thanks
• Miles O' Fun Sound  sound post-production (as Miles O' Fun)
• Movie Movers  transportation
• O'Melveny & Myers  legal services (as O'Melveny & Myers LLP)
• Paskal Lighting  grip and lighting equipment
• Scarlet Letters  titles
• Silver Brook Farm, Middlebrook  thanks
• Sony Classical  soundtrack
• Sound One  sound post-production
• Tai Audio  walkies provided by
• The Commonwealth of Virginia  thanks
• The Government and Citizens of Hagerstown, MD  thanks
• The Governments and Citizen of Washington County, MD  thanks
• The Town of Charles Town, WV  thanks
• The Town of Harper's Ferry, WV  thanks
• The Town of Lexington, Virginia  thanks
• The Town of Martinsburg, WV  thanks
• The Town of Staunton, Virginia  thanks
• The Town of Winchester, Virginia  thanks
• The Virginia Military Institute  thanks
• Todd-AO Studios  sound post-production
• Video Services  post-production
• Village Recorder, The  music mixing facility
• Vine Street Studios  sound post-production
• Virginia Film Commission  thanks
• Virginia Highlands Film Commission  thanks
• Washington and Lee University  thanks
• Weissmann, Wolff, Bergman, Coleman, Grodin & Evall (WWBCG&E)  production legal services
• West Virginia Film Commission  thanks
• Westwind Media  sound post-production
• f-Stop  opticals

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sustained battle sequences

Runtime:

219 min | Sweden:209 min | USA:280 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Denmark:11 | Germany:12 (DVD rating) | UK:12A | Canada:PG | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39490) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | South Korea:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #46616) (extended director's cut) | Germany:16 (re-rating) (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

USA

Company:

Turner Pictures (I)

Trivia:

Around 200 of the re-enactors were employed as a "Core Company" to be available for filming six days a week, 24 hours a day. They were the only re-enactors who were paid for taking part in the movie.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain looks through his binoculars before the Battle of Fredericksburg, he would have been standing on the north side of the Rappahannock River looking at the city towards the south. But the Point of View shot through the binoculars shows what would have been seen looking north from Maryes Heights.

Quotes:

Sgt. Buster Kilrain:[using a dead Union soldier for cover]
Sgt. Buster Kilrain:Oh, Patrick... I hope you don't mind. I know you're in heaven, but you've still got plenty of work to do down here in this cold, pitiless world.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Rogues March

Working title: How the CSA actually won

If you knew absolutely nothing about the American Civil War you might come away from Gods and Generals believing something like this: A madman named Lincoln decides one day in 1861 to raise an army to invade several southern states because he just feels like doing that. The people of these states have no choice but to start their own country to defend themselves and a polite, bearded, man named Lee leads them and this other polite, bearded, man Jackson too. Because god is on their side, the kind, virtuous, heroic, and excessively chivalrous men of the southern army prevail in several engagements against the godless, sex-crazed, murderous barbarians of the north. Jackson and Lee deftly direct the outnumbered army of Christ against the unwashed Yankee heathen and wins the war except that he got shot by one of his own men by accident and dies otherwise the south won.

Yep, that's just what you might believe.

Gods and Generals is a confused, heavily pro-Confederate, train wreck. It attempts to span two years of the war though the perspective of General Thoams "Stonewall" Jackson, arguably one of the most brilliant field commanders West Point has ever produced. Like it's antecedent Gettysburg it is of epic length except that Gettysburg made sense. This film is all over the place. Focuses on non-pivotal battle scenes and is bloated with nonsensical dialog and close ups of men talking to themselves in archaic,sanctimonious, soliloquies. There are no issues, there are no cassus belli,no internal conflicts, there is only a clumsy and amateurish elevation of the confederacy; an embattled yet righteous society defending their way of life against their tyrannical northern overlords. Or so you would be led to believe. There is one mention of Fort Sumter, a passing nod or two to slavery, and the rest is the Lee/Jackson traveling show. Overall a sloppy and weakly constructed PSA for why the south should have won the war.

To it's credit, it does have very graphic and disturbing battle scenes where both sides are, at times, honored and portrayed with equanimity.

However, G&G, like Gettysburg, had potential to evenly instruct and entertain. That's where the similarities between the two films ends Gods and generals is a ponderous and poorly edited, rambling, confusing, tribute to the CSA. Aside from it's endless length it jumps around way too much, lacks proper character development and historical veracity. It is no wonder it bombed at the box office. It's just not very watchable, at least not in one sitting. It might be of interest to those, like myself, who are interested in civil war films. This one is a grave disappointment.