C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Kevin Willmott

Writer:

Kevin Willmott (writer)

Release Date:

24 June 2005 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

What if the South had won the War?

Plot:

Through the eyes of a british "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.

Plot Keywords:

American Civil War | Civil War | Fake Documentary | What If | Journalist

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Greg Kirsch	...	Confederate Family Dad
Renee Patrick	...	Confederate Family Mom
Molly Graham	...	Confederate Family Child
William Willmott	...	Confederate Family Slave / Frederick Douglas (voice) (as Will Willmott)
Rupert Pate	...	Sherman Hoyle
Evamarii Johnson	...	Patricia Johnson
Greg Hurd	...	Mr. Johnson
Ryan L. Carroll	...	Bobby
Don Carlton	...	Colonel Bloodhound
Kevin McKinney	...	Blackface Abraham Lincoln
Will Averill	...	Blackface Harriet Tubman
Arlo Kasper	...	Old Abraham Lincoln
Joe Bugni	...	Car Guy No. 1
Troy Moore	...	Car Guy No. 2
Jennifer Coville	...	Daisie

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Unrated | USA:TV-MA (cable rating) | UK:12A

Filming Locations:

Lawrence, Kansas, USA

Company:

Hodcarrier Films

Trivia:

The reason San Francisco was chosen as the place the audience watches the "documentary" was because the filmmakers wanted the irony of portraying a traditionally ultra-liberal city in the ultra-conservative Confederacy.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Since this film deals with an alternate history which diverged from our timeline in 1863, all so-called anachronisms and factual errors dealing with events from that point on should be regarded as plot holes at best, and redundant at least.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[commercial for Confederate Family Insurance]
Confederate Family Insurance Speaker: A man fills many roles in his lifetime: provider, protector, master of the house. As a father you have a vital role in your family's life. They depend on you to be there. We help to make sure you can fulfill that promise, because
[pause]
Confederate Family Insurance Speaker: no matter what they call you
[pause]
Confederate Family Insurance Speaker: at the end of the day
[pause]
Confederate Family Insurance Speaker: you know you're just
[pause]
[...]

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Beulah" (1950)

A thinking film...

I saw the movie and was able to attend a talk back session with the director, producer and several of the actors- one of the more enlightening movies I've seen in a long time. To draw from what the cast and crew said, this movie is not something everyone will like, and it will likely make viewers uncomfortable at times with how close it comes to the truth. The point of the movie is not to be the most beloved classic of this millennium but, loved or hated, to generate discussion that Hollywood tends to skirt thinking it's bad for business. Wilmott does nothing like radically changing history, he tweaks several incidences enough to create a real world of not only "what if" but "it is," going as far as substantiating some of the more more outrageous laughs with historical proof of how real these unthinkables are today. If you want to see a smart movie with real issues at stake, C.S.A. is a must-see.