The read
Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do. Number 2 of 2 in its series by score. It runs long at 3h 39m.
Synopsis
Follows the personal and professional life of Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of the American Civil War until its halfway point.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes8%
Metacritic30/100
Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do.
209 audience votes
Key crew
- Ronald F. MaxwellDirector
- Randy EdelmanOriginal Music Composer
- Ronald F. MaxwellScreenplay
- John FrizzellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Stephen LangLt. Gen. Thomas Stonewall Jackson
- Jeff DanielsLt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
- Robert DuvallGen. Robert E. Lee
- Kevin ConwaySgt. Buster Kilrain
- C. Thomas HowellSgt. Thomas Chamberlain
- Jeremy LondonCapt. Alexander 'Sandie' Pendleton
- Matt LetscherCol. Adelbert Ames
- Brian MallonMaj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
- Bo BrinkmanMaj. Walter Taylor
- Bruce BoxleitnerLt. Gen. James Longstreet
- William SandersonMaj. Gen. A. P. Hill
- Billy CampbellMaj. Gen. George Pickett
Stills
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Themes
generalbased on true storyrise and fallbattledeathunion soldierconfederate soldieramerican civil warsecession19th centuryviolencebased on real person