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Martin Sean was invited to play Robert Lee, but because he had signed a contract with the TV series "The White House", Robert Duvall replaced him, and Duvall is actually a descendant of Robert Lee.
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When Lee and Jackson entered Fredericksburg, a toothless old man greeted them. This scene actually originated from the 1993 "Battle of Gettysburg", in which Buford rode into the cover. In Gunzburg, a toothless old man greeted him as well.
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In the film, Jackson and his students left the Virginia Military Academy and later Jackson's funeral was filmed on the same day.
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The last scene of the film is the scene of Jackson’s coffin parked in the Virginia Military Academy classroom, and then the camera is pulled back to his wife, children and students. This scene was cut in the theater version, but appeared on the TV and DVD versions. middle.
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The media giant Ted Turner invested $60 million in the film in his own name.
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In view of the producer's agreement to donate US$500,000 to protect the Civil War battlefield, the vast majority of extras who participated in the film did not receive any money. The remaining about 200 extras are very heavy, shooting 6 days a week, or even working 24 hours a day, and their remuneration must be paid.
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In the film, some extras play multiple roles, so that the audience will find that some people are actually shooting themselves.
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Some scenes in the film were shot in Robert Duvall's manor, which was baptized by war.
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During the filming of the film, many extras and military advisers were recalled due to the sudden 9/11 incident and the United States sent troops to Afghanistan.
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In order to continue to star in the film, Kevin Conway gave up the opportunity to join the film "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
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Russell Crowe was the first person to play Jackson, but he was ready to return to Australia for vacation and had to refuse.
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The American Motion Picture Association initially rated the film as R-rated due to the violent and bloody scenes in the film. In order to meet the PG-13 standard, director Ron Maxwell shortened and cut some of the most controversial scenes.
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The scene of the advance of the Northern Army in the Battle of Fredericksburg was not from the actual shooting of the scene. The reason was that the 9/11 incident brought back a large number of soldiers and there was not enough manpower to shoot the big scene. So in post-production, visual effects director Thomas Smith added 17,000 3D soldiers to the screen, and the 3,000 dead soldiers scattered on the battlefield were also his hands.
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Director Ron Maxwell spent a whole year editing the film .
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Extended Reading
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Trycia 2022-04-24 07:01:22
100 years ago there was that kind of state in the civil war. 100 years later, I can talk about the civil war with this attitude. I have nothing to say except envy.
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Bradford 2022-04-24 07:01:22
Looking back on the past ten years, it was a decade of constant reflection on myself. The world is so big that I can't imagine it. Putting it ten years ago, it is difficult for me to understand that there are a group of people in the history of the world.
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Gen. 'Stonewall' Jackson: [commenting on the elaborate uniform of General Trimble] There goes the best dressed man in this whole army.
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: All these thousands of men. Many of them not much more than boys. Each one of them some mother's son, some sister's brother, some daughter's father. Each one of them a whole person loved and cherished in some home far away. Many of them will never return. An army is power. Its entire purpose is to coerce others. This power can not be used carelessly or recklessly. This power can do great harm. We have seen more suffering than any man should ever see, and if there is going to be an end to it, it must be an end that justifies the cost. Now, somewhere out there is the Confederate army. They claim they are fighting for their independence, for their freedom. Now, I can not question their integrity. I believe they are wrong but I can not question it. But I do question a system that defends its own freedom while it denies it to an entire race of men. I will admit it, Tom. War is a scourge, but so is slavery. It is the systematic coercion of one group of men over another. It has been around since the book of Genesis. It exists in every corner of the world, but that is no excuse for us to tolerate it here when we find it right infront of our very eyes in our own country. As God as my witness, there is no one I hold in my heart dearer than you. But if your life, or mine,is part of the price to end this curse and free the Negro, then let God's work be done.