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2015-01-09 06:46 pm
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Top Ten Favorite TELEVISION PERIOD DRAMA Series

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Below is a list of my favorite period drama television series. Since this list consists only of television series, there are no miniseries or television movies on this list: Read more... )
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2014-03-23 10:20 am

"GETTYSBURG" (1993) Review

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"GETTYSBURG" (1993) Review

In 1974, author Michael Shaara’s novel about the famous three-day battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was published. Titled "The Killer Angels", it told the story of the Gettysburg battle from the viewpoint of certain military leaders – Confederates James Longstreet, Robert E. Lee and Lewis Armistead and Union leaders John Buford and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. The novel went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. But despite this accolade, Shaara never really made any money from the novel. Nor did he live long enough to reap the benefits of his creation in the years to come – including the movie adaptation called "GETTYSBURG". Read more... )
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2014-02-18 11:51 am

"GETTYSBURG" (1993) Photo Gallery



Below are images from "GETTYSBURG", the 1993 adaptation of Michael Shaara’s 1974 novel about the famous three-day battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania called "The Killer Angels".  Directed by Ron Maxwell, the movie starred Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels and Martin Sheen:
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