matthew mckeon
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Elizabeth Keckley lead a very interesting life, meeting both Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Davis(as I remember).
Well, give it a minute or two, you'll be back in action.
Absolutely agree with this one. The possibilities are endless in expanding the story line. The hero would be a black man, his comrades and their families, without any "white" influence like Glory, which covered white families and officers and politics. Successful movies always seem to have clear cut good guys and bad guys.
Also a movie about the Arkansas. A movie from the common sailor/artillerymen viewpoint serving aboard her during her naval career, with a Das Boot theme. To fight against overwhelming odds, the intensity of the banzai-type battle, the sense of fatalism, the vague hint of hope (of victory), the camaraderie, a sense of duty? honor? desperation?, the lack of resources, determination, etc. In a sense it's about the "bad guys".
It was noted as such!Actually, that was a joke.
I'm from Indiana and I still don't know a lot about his raid in theI just don't believe that many folks are aware of his daring raids. So many other flamboyant characters eclipse his legacy.
Well, Lincoln worked. Maybe we don't give the average movie goer too much credit. But when Glory was released it didn't even play here! The home of the US Army 10th Mountain Division afterall!Whoa- it really is endless. Probably what would work would be to pick subjects that would appeal to today's movie goers even thought they've never heard of the folks involved. I'd have to guess the spy stories ( sans lapel cams, may be, er a stretch? ), the Locomotive chase, any of the Ranger stories- stuff which young people would identify with HOPEFULLY in lieu of small cars driving at stupid speeds for reasons which are never quite clear ( but there's a bad guy somewhere whose small car is also driving stupidly fast ). I'm agreeing with whoever said there's probably going to have to be a good guy/bad guy in the script- problematic given the viewing public.
And yes, wouldn't it be great to have some of our Civil War personalities drawn clearly for us? Some might always remain enigmatic- ask Mark- with an awful lot of evidence to pour through he has a subject whose privately held personality apparently is awfully tough to draw a bead on 150 years later. Plus, when there's someone like Grant or the person whose name is eluding Nate at the moment there's going to be a LOT of different takes on them! I'm guessing some Hollywood would give a wide berth too on that account, thinking if 50% of movie goers detest either man it's 50% less proceeds.
Would ' Reveille in Washington ' make too dreary a movie? They could switch back and forth, macro and micro views of the city at war, keep a common these running.
Well, Lincoln worked. Maybe we don't give the average movie goer too much credit. But when Glory was released it didn't even play here! The home of the US Army 10th Mountain Division afterall!
Two people whose stories I would like to see on the big screen would be Edwin Stanton and James Longstreet. Both were surrounded by plenty of controversy and both played huge parts in the drama of the Civil War.This may have been asked in another thread? Not that I've encountered one, just makes sense there would have been one. Try searching for that, however without coming up with far too many results to pick through!
In another thread Mary Tepee came up- I was just thinking that her Civil War time would have made a great movie- would make one although being Hollywood I'm guessing they'd make us suffer through the rest of her life, too. It made me think, what other personalities of the era would make great movies? OR entire events ? They'd have to be things or folks which would capture the attention of non-Civil War geeks, too. Well heck, ' Lincoln ' did and that was pretty much about the politics at the time. That kind of thing is generally a big snore. If that movie was a hit, all bets are off when it comes to predicting what General Joe Public will watch.
The McCook family saga might make one- as would the Red River dam although the budget would be WOOHOO, ships and setting?
Yes, sorry to post in Ladies Tea- claimed it on the grounds that Mary Tepee was mentioned first. Makes sense to me, I'm female.
I would like to see this, too.I wish they would do a mini series and start with the young officers at west point, go into the mexican wars, then go into the civil war and then post civil war. So a mini series that would cover about 1825-18780. Not focus so much on the battle scenes as much but more on the after math of the battles and the retreating, victories and maneuvering etc...And focus on the relationships between the officers as they fight one another and later on reconcile or don't reconcile.
The McCook family saga might make one- as would the Red River dam although the budget would be WOOHOO, ships and setting?