"Gods & Generals" Director's Cut to be Premiered

[markj]

We can only hope that Ron Maxwell did a major retool of his film:

http://www.gifilmfestival.com/2008/08filminfo/godsandgenerals.html

Yours, &c.,

Mark Jaeger

[WoodenNutmeg]

Re: "Gods & Generals" Director's Cut to be Premiered

Er, I highly doubt it.

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: "Gods & Generals" Director's Cut to be Premiered

Hallo!

Ah, for the heddy Way Back Daze of the 1st Golden Era of the AC Forum, when modern movies were forboten. ;) :) :)

"Director's Cuts' IMHO are clever ways to recycle and try to revive profits from DVD sales and rentals by adding deleted scenes and tacking on History Channel features, trailers, etc. Sometimes the "deleted" or "Edited" scenes are found as "special features" on DVD Disk No. 2, and sometimes, rarely, they actually readd them into the movie itself.

Curt
Who has not yet watched "King Kong the Director's Cut" DVD that has been sitting by the TV for months Mess

[stx]

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"Gods and Generals is not only the finest movie ever made about the Civil War, it is also the best American historical film. Period."
--Bill Kauffman, American Enterprise Magazine

I'm not sure how many historical films this man has seen. I appreciate Gods and Generals for what it is, a hollywood attempt at history, and it gives a cheap thrill every once and a while, but I think this is a bit of a stretch. Won't be seeing the new cut.

[garyjd]

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Think I'll pass. ~Gary

[fahtz]

Re: "Gods & Generals" Director's Cut to be Premiered

Just when you thought it could not get any longer...

[Charles Heath]

Re: "Gods & Generals" Director's Cut to be Premiered

A certain one-liner by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler came to mind in less than a nanosecond.

You already know the one.

[jurgitemvaletem]

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Think of it this way,

enough folks buy this new copy and maybe, just maybe, there will be enough funds to mae "The Last Full Measure" and maybe, just maybe, someone will be willing to produce, and maybe, just maybe, Maxwell won't completely bomb it. Who knows, Maxwell may have seen the error of his ways and actualy retooled it into something worth watching.

Well, I will probably do my part in this long line of maybes and purchase the new cut, if for nothing else than to just laugh.

[Shockoe Hill Cats]

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Out of curiosity, did anyone catch the June 2008 Civil War Times? Local professor Gary W. Gallagher, of the University of Virginia was interviewed in the article "Hollywood Interprets the Civil War."

He briefly discusses some points about Maxwell's "Gods and Generals" and goes into further detail in his new book, Causes Won, Lost and Forgotten: How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Know About the Civil War.

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: "Gods & Generals" Director's Cut to be Premiered

Hallo!

Has anyone read my book with a similar title:

How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Mis-Know and Don't Know About the Civil War?

It was on the New MorK Times' Best Cellar List for 15 seconds once....

;) :) :)

Curt

[unclefrank]

Re: "Gods & Generals" Director's Cut to be Premiered

It was so painful to watch, it made my eyes water! :cry_smile

[markj]

Re: "Gods & Generals" Director's Cut to be Premiered

Well, the good news is that Ron Maxwell joined forces with those dudes who produced "The Matrix" series--they're bang-up film editors. Problem is, Maxwell has been forced to change the title of his director's cut to...

"Gods and Speed Racers."

Very truly yours,

Mark Jaeger

[dusty27]

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I may be mistaken, but I don't see where it will be available for sale. Isn't this for premier at a theater?

[Parault]

Re: "Gods & Generals" Director's Cut to be Premiered

Out of curiosity, did anyone catch the June 2008 Civil War Times? Local professor Gary W. Gallagher, of the University of Virginia was interviewed in the article "Hollywood Interprets the Civil War."

He briefly discusses some points about Maxwell's "Gods and Generals"

Yes, I just read the article this afternoon. If found it interesting. Prof. Gallagher pretty much hit it on the mark.

[madasabagofcats]

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A bunch of us went to see this garbage at a Cinema in the West End (special showing as it never got anywhere near a release in the UK.)

Mr Maxwell gave a speech at the beginning, heightening our anticipation and promising a 'question and answer' session at the end, indicating that the movie had received 'mixed reviews' in the US.

Mr Maxwell never appeared at the end. He must have slunk out on hearing the murmuring sound that increased to a cacophony during the 'cuddly General Jackson and child' nonsense.

I like to think that he cleared off when my mate Tony McKenna pronounced in a 'stage whisper' (Tony isn't the quietest of blokes when he has the hump,)

'I'd like to know who's going to give me back the four hours of my life wasted here!'