The Blue and the Gray (The Complete Miniseries) | 
| Director: Andrew V. Mclaglen
Actors: Stacy Keach, John Hammond, Lloyd Bridges, Rory Calhoun, Colleen Dewhurst
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 5361
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Chinese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 381 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 1.1
MPN: COLD06544D
ISBN: 0767868293
UPC: 004339606544
EAN: 9780767868297
ASIN: B00005OSJP
Theatrical Release Date: November 14, 1982
Release Date: November 6, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 11/06/2001 Run time: 380 minutes Rating: Nr
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Before Ken Burns, Glory, and Gettysburg, the Civil War proved an effective backdrop for this 1982 miniseries--available complete and uncut on this three-disc set--about two families divided by the War Between the States. John Hammond stars as John Geyser, a Southerner caught "betwixt and between" when he becomes a war correspondent for the Northern newspaper published by his uncle. Like a Civil War-era Forrest Gump, he finds himself "where history's in the making," from the Battle of Bull Run to the scene of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Stacy Keach costars as an Army scout who takes the "fresh off the farm" Geyser under his wing. Julia Duffy is the schoolmarm who loves Keach. The ham-handed dialogue is a guilty pleasure ("What's wrong with this land that produces such a bitter fruit?" asks the embittered Geyser). The meticulously mounted battle scenes, though, are a Civil War reenactor's dream. --Donald Liebenson
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 The Blue & the Gray (The Complete Miniseries) July 1, 2009
Dubricus (Inglewood, CA USA)
I liked this miniseries a lot when it aired back in the 1980s. Because the 2 main characters are an artist who recorded the war for newspapers & a Union officer who was a "ranger," they were able to function as the Forest Gumps of the Civil War... the "everyman" who was everywhere. I'd taped it back then, but my tapes finally died, so I thought enough of it that I splurged.
Quick Shipment, But DVD Froze While Watching June 5, 2009
S. Townley (Weatherford, OK)
I bought this video to show in my classroom and knew it was used but did not expect it to completely freeze up several times and it always seemed to happen at the most intense times. I was pleased with the company other than this. Very quick shipment!!!
 I would not have thought it possible to make such great historical events so uninteresting March 22, 2009
Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States(cashbacher@yahoo.com))
Given the historical significance of the American Civil War and the incredible drama, it is hard to believe that it could be made boring. However, that is what the producers of this TV miniseries managed to do. The acting is often sub par and the dialog weak, it ends shortly after Abraham Lincoln is assassinated. To me, the lowest point was near the end shortly after Lee surrendered to Grant. The Union soldiers are sitting around their campfires and talking about the lives that were lost in getting to that point. Suddenly, they grab torches and begin marching around singing a song. These are people who survived over four years of brutal war, they are not going to be marching around singing, any singing they would do would no doubt be drunken revelry. A challenge for the lowest point is when the Stacy Keach character has a prophetic dream that Abraham Lincoln is in danger for his life. With so much history of the American nation being created, a tangential movement into the supernatural falls flat.
 Great Education Resource March 22, 2009
K. Laumann
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this movie to show to my middle school students while learning about the Civil War. Since it is so long I was worried that they would lose interest after the first few class periods of watching it, but for most of them that was not the case. They were engaged with the characters and wanted to see what happened to them. I also enjoyed the movie, and did not mind watching it five times each day.
 Blue and the Gray Recut version October 28, 2008
Sam Grant (McGregor, MN.)
I will admit that I didn't understand what the Recut version was. It was purchased to use in my class at school. It will be OK for that; but it leaves out some integral parts if you want to understand the whole story line. I wouldn't recommend it is you want the whole story behind the characters and not just the basic Civil War battle portrayals.
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