| Don1962 | 21 Feb 2012 5:03 p.m. PST |
Who was your favorite -- and least favorite among the actors who portrayed Union and Confederate Generals in the GETTYSBURG movie? Rebels:
Tom Berenger (Lt. Gen. James Longstreet)
Martin Sheen (Gen. Robert E. Lee)
Stephen Lang (Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett)
Richard Jordan (Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Armistead)
Andrew Prine (Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett)
Patrick Gorman (Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood)
William Morgan Sheppard (Maj. Gen. Isaac R. Trimble)
Royce D. Applegate (Brig. Gen. James L. Kemper)
Warren Burton (Maj. Gen. Henry Heth)
MacIntyre Dixon (Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early)
Joseph Fuqua (Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart)
Timothy Scott (Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell)
George Lazenby(Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew)
Charles Lester Kinsolving (Brig. Gen. Willilam Barksdale)
Graham Winton (Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes)
Patrick Falci (Lt. Gen. Ambose Powell Hill) Yanks:
Sam Elliott (Brig. Gen. John Buford)
Brian Mallon (Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock)
John Rothman (Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds)
Richard Anderson (Maj. Gen. George G. Meade)
Emile O. Schmidt (Brig. Gen. John Gibbon)
Sorry if I left any out …
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| The Gray Ghost | 21 Feb 2012 5:18 p.m. PST |
Sam Elliott (Brig. Gen. John Buford)
Stephen Lang (Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett)
Tom Berenger (Lt. Gen. James Longstreet)
Brian Mallon (Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock)
Richard Jordan (Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Armistead) |
| Florida Tory | 21 Feb 2012 5:24 p.m. PST |
For the Yankees: Sam Elliott (Brig. Gen. John Buford)
Brian Mallon (Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock) For the South: Patrick Gorman (Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood) It was nice to see Elliott portraying Buford in a manner that brought attention to his pivotal role in the battle. Mallon had the best line in the movie, "There are times when a corps commander's life does not count." Gorman did an outstanding job acting. Rick |
Larry Gettysburg Soldiers  | 21 Feb 2012 5:29 p.m. PST |
FAVORITES (because each of these have a neat quotable line)
Sam Elliott (Brig. Gen. John Buford)
Patrick Gorman (Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood)
William Morgan Sheppard (Maj. Gen. Isaac R. Trimble)
Stephen Lang (Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett) |
| Major Mike | 21 Feb 2012 6:06 p.m. PST |
Stephan Lang and Sam Elliot for favorite Joseph Fuqua for least favorite |
| John the OFM | 21 Feb 2012 6:19 p.m. PST |
Learn how to crosspost, young man.
It's not necessary to start a brand new thread just because you forot a Board. |
| Landorl | 21 Feb 2012 7:48 p.m. PST |
Sam Elliott. He fits that era perfectly! |
Toshach  | 21 Feb 2012 8:19 p.m. PST |
Worst: Brian Mallon (Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock) Hancock was known for his great stature. Mallon was anything but. Patrick Gorman (Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood) He looked like a feeble old man. Liked Tom Berenger and Stephen Lang |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 22 Feb 2012 12:59 a.m. PST |
Worst:All them Yankee ones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Old Slow Trot | 22 Feb 2012 7:56 a.m. PST |
Richard Anderson(MG George Gordon Meade),brief but pivotal role. Somewhere in the middle. Lang's Pickett,Jordan's Armistead and Elliot's Buford were well played. As well as the fellow who played MG John Reynolds(John Rothman). |
 jrbatso | 22 Feb 2012 8:43 a.m. PST |
Sam Elliott (Brig. Gen. John Buford)
Stephen Lang (Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett) |
| taskforce58 | 22 Feb 2012 9:41 a.m. PST |
Buford, Hancock, Armistead, Longstreet. |
| Patrick Sexton | 22 Feb 2012 9:45 a.m. PST |
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| John Michael Priest | 23 Feb 2012 7:57 a.m. PST |
Longstreet is my favorite and, at the risk of being out of line, Robert E. Lee's portrayal. The best part of his role was the interaction between him and Longstreet and how Lee always managed to assert himself. |
| GNREP8 | 26 Feb 2012 7:40 a.m. PST |
A former James Bond was in it? – I never knew that!
George Lazenby(Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew) |
| DontTreadOnMe | 04 Feb 2013 9:43 a.m. PST |
I wonder why Early didn't get a scene? He was featured in the credits……a bad agent perhaps! |
| DontTreadOnMe | 04 Feb 2013 1:22 p.m. PST |
The above should read Ewell…… I'm always getting those two mixed up! |
| Spreewaldgurken | 05 Feb 2013 6:24 a.m. PST |
I thought that Tom Berenger was one of the only convincing southern accents in the film, to the point that I thought he must surely be a southerner himself, when in fact the furthest south he's ever lived is Missouri. Sam Elliott is always fun to watch, even though he always plays the same character. Who knows whether John Buford sounded like that or not, but Oh Well, it seems like that's how an American on a horse ought to sound. (But I kept waiting for him to lean over to Jeff Bridges in the bowling alley and say: "I like yer style, dude….") In retrospect there are is whole lot of acting in that movie that is either wooden, or fairly cringe-worthy, and often both. |
| MahanMan | 06 Feb 2013 1:17 p.m. PST |
Every Federal general, but especially Sam Elliot and John Rothman. |
| Jemima Fawr | 08 Feb 2013 5:23 p.m. PST |
Armistead and all his endless monologues about the good ol' days. |
