The Last Full Measure

[monsieurdl]

Has anyone else paid attention to the fact that the third book in the Civil War series has lost its title to another production due out later this year, a Vietnam thriller? The third movie, as you all must know, looks like it will never get made... We can only hope, right???

[J_Man0507]

With the box office failure of Gods and Generals Maxwell has had a hard time getting anybody to fund the endeavor. Turner, who financed the first two (hence the primary focus on the South in film) didn't want to lose any more money, so he has, from what I understand, decided not to finance the film. I think The Last Full Measure would make for a good book, but it would primarily focus on Petersburg, and I don't know how well it would take off in theaters. Now, as a mini-series on TV, I would say it would have a pretty good chance of getting some viewers who might, say, sit down and watch three or four hour and 1/2 episodes. But I would like to see it portrayed on film in some fashion or another.

[Jamieva]

A TV mini series is how Gods and Generals should have been done too. There's just so much in each book to cram into less then 3 hours in a movie.

I don't think LFM will be made anytime in the near future like said previously. It did poorly at the Box office and the reviews for the most part were not good which keeps the casual movie goer away.

[tackitt27]

The book was good, but then again I love the series of books. The first book wasnt made into a movie either, and I'd love to see that made into one as well.

[gary]

Originally Posted by Jamieva

A TV mini series is how Gods and Generals should have been done too. There's just so much in each book to cram into less then 3 hours in a movie.

I don't think LFM will be made anytime in the near future like said previously. It did poorly at the Box office and the reviews for the most part were not good which keeps the casual movie goer away.

Agree. Too much cut out and it was still too long. D*mn if they did, d*mn if they didn't. A mini-series could do better justice to a huge work like Gawds 'n ginerals.

[M E Wolf]

Dear Monsieurdl and List Members;

I highly doubt if the third part of the trilogy "The Last Full Measure" will ever hit the DVD format and or screen.

I don't know if anybody realized, at the end where it has in memory of; Ron Maxwell's name and Royce Applegate's name was listed. When you have a 'director' like Maxwell die--well, hard to find someone willing to direct something like the Civil War if there isn't a personal passion for it--such as Maxwell. The snip of Royce Applegate in Gods and Generals -- folks he looked really poorly. In real time, B. General Kemper lived past the end of the Civil War.

I would love to see Robert Duvall portray General R. E. Lee. Don't know if any caught his interview but, he did mention he was related to General Robert E. Lee. In addition, if you see the death mask of General Lee and Robert Duvall--not that much different. I really do like the entire cast from the movie Gettysburg and would love to see them in The Last Full Measure also.

I have my own ideas of how the entire series should go--but, I have grand ideas an a pauper's purse and absolutely no training, skills to make it happen. I would replace Ron Maxwell with Sam Elliott as a director--He really hasn't had many opportunities to do so but, they were good when he did them. (Lot of wishes and dreams list members [smiles]).

Just some thoughts.

Respectfully submitted,
M. E. Wolf

[5fish]

"The Last Full Measure" would be great to bring to the Big screen but the civil war movies of the last decades never embrace CG or Green and Blue screen technologies. They always use the reactors to recreate battles and I don't think there are enough reactors to create Civil war battle correctly. If future films embraces the technologies and recreate civil war battles, I think a new generation will embrace the civil war and keep it living histroy.

[Jamieva]

1st, Ron Maxwell is not dead. He just had a special on PBS that ran "Lee and Lincoln at Antietam".

2nd, I do agree they could benefit from CGI like Lord of the Rings did to get the numbers right and get the full scale of the battle instead of totally relying on re enactors.

[M E Wolf]

Dear 5fish,

I have lost the site and information however, the US Military took to the field in strength to do a re-enactment of First Bull Run/Manassas around the 1950-1960s period. I think it would be wonderful to have the military do it again if we had peace time again.

In a BBC production about British battles, the host seemingly had a chess board like thing and animated action and yet, had re-enactors on the field being in battle.

It seemed to me, in the movie Gods and Generals there was some digital action as far as Fredericksburg the town, the heights. Close ups were filmed in Harpers Ferry.

Just some thoughts.

Sincerely,
M.E. Wolf

[M E Wolf]

Dear Jamieva--

I had to borrow back the DVD. You are correct. It was not the director/producer Maxwell but some other person named Maxwell.

Sorry I got it wrong folks.

Sincerely,
M.E. Wolf