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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 .
Gods and Generals behind the scenes gags
2022-01-17 08:02
Extended Reading
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Aida 2022-04-21 09:03:05
The four-and-a-half-hour super-long film is impressively portraying the Confederate commander Robert Lee and the famous Stonewall Jackson, who both oppose slavery and know that the South has far less human and financial resources than the North and will inevitably lose, but Still home and defending state rights to join the Confederate army and repeatedly win more with less. A humble and gentle person, he can be called a Confucian general. The most unfortunate thing is that the stone wall died under the accidental injury of his own people. The large-scale reliefs I saw in Stone Mountain in Atlanta before, engraved with stone walls, General Lee and Confederate President Davis, the stone walls can be juxtaposed with these great figures, which shows the reverence of the southern people for him.
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Estevan 2022-04-22 07:01:48
Are you tired of flirting all day?
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Gen. 'Stonewall' Jackson: Just as we would not send any of our soldiers to march in other states, and tyrannize other people... so will we never allow the armies of others to march into our states and tyrannize our people.
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Union private: [after trading coffee for tobacco] Have you got a lame horse?
Confederate: What do you be wantin' to trade for a lame horse?
Union private: Would you take General Burnside?
Confederate: [laughs] No. I guess I'll keep the horsehide.