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I didn't know that about Lee, but it certainly explains the accent. I agree about Cartman, great episode.
A little known tidbit in return:
On my nearly legendary "Surly Unauthorized Battlefield Tours" (our motto is "Shut Up and Pay Attention ... and Get Your D&*n Kid Off That Monument!) one of the highlights is the Lincoln Continental that RE drove from place to place here in the Burg. It is CS Gray, of course, and Lee refused to ride in it until the ordnance sgt replaced the Lincoln nameplate with a Jeff Davis plate.
Drop me a line the next time you are visiting and I'll arrange a tour. Our tourguides are trained in Massachusetts to ensure the highest degree of surliness available in the battlefield tour industry.
Apparently the director's cut never made it to DVD, only VHS, and it was sold in a collectors' edition with the soundtrack CD, a bullet and a map. There are a few deleted scenes that have been restored and several scenes are lengthened.
Yes, Tom, that's what I remembered getting. It was the package deal with the bullets, and a map and the VHS tapes (2). I saw the commercial on TV for the package kit and ordered it, and that's the version where I saw the white van. I've since lost the bullets, map, and the VHS tapes in one of my moves I suppose, but it was definitely that version where the mystery van appeared. Thanks.
Terry
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Why didn't General Lee drive "The General Lee" around the battlefield? It would make sense.
Anyway did the Lincoln, I mean Davis Continental have air conditioning and a sun/moon roof? And how did Major's Taylor and Marshall keep up with General Lee when he was in 5th gear? What were they driving?
A tour from a surly tour guide sounds great to me. My friends, their families and I are definately going to take more trips out there. I hope to convince them to turn the trip from a one day trip to a 3 or 4 day camping trip. (Any advice on the best campsite?) I will warn you now. One of my friends has one of those kids who enjoys climbing cannons, monuments and playing hopscotch on those 2 X 2 gravestones in the cemetary, because hey, that's seems to be why they were put there to him. I cannot wait until you get ahold of him.
Bart
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Why didn't General Lee drive "The General Lee" around the battlefield? It would make sense.
Anyway did the Lincoln, I mean Davis Continental have air conditioning and a sun/moon roof? And how did Major's Taylor and Marshall keep up with General Lee when he was in 5th gear? What were they driving?
Bart
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL oh man!!!!!! I think I've wet meself!!!! Reading this thread was just what I needed.
Tomh,
I second you about the artillery. The cannon fire with the big orange explosions and the stuntmen flying may look dramatic, but it doesn't look real.
I think Lee once said listening to rifle fire, "that's what does the killing." or words to that effect.
My complaint on the movie is simple: Fat Rebs to the rear!
OK, there was Heros von Borke who at 300 lbs, was a candidate for Weight Watchers but he was the exception and not the rule. When all the corn-feds surrounded Lee, the big dudes needed to be in the rear.
Why pick on poor Longsteeet, hasn't he suffered enough?
"On the first day of the battle when Longstreet and Lee are talking, Longstreet's cigar is unraveling and in the next shot he has a new cigar."
Well , wouldn't you light a new one if it was unraveling?
"During one of the scenes where Longstreet is talking with Lee, I think on the third day, Longstreet's beard is quite a bit shorter than it was on the previous days."
So he had a trim, that may explain the alleged delay in the assault.
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You guys were making me laugh so hard, I had to go back and re-read the entire thread to catch all the references.
The Internet Movie Database has a list of errors in continuity, "misplaced" objects (like white vans or jet trails ( and anachronisms (if appropriate) for pretty much all films. Check it out.
I would have to say that far from Sheen's accent it was his almost vacant, messianic-like stare that got me.
I love the movie, and wore out the VHS and the cassette and yes, one CD of the soundtrack.
Robert Duvall gets my vote as the best Lee for his performance in "Gods and Generals".
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