Anybody seen "Pharoahs Army"

[Jayboss1]

Watched it last night on netflix. It was a fairly good movie, an independent film. The long and short being a women and her young sons experience when a small detachment of union soldiers comes to her Kentucky cabin in search of food for the army of the Cumberland. Of course in true cinematic fashion her husband is off fighting for the noble cause of the Confederacy and the Union soldiers portrayal is less than flattering. At the end it says the story is based on a Kentucky man showing authorities were during the civil war he and his mother buried a union soldier in the woods. It was in 1940 I believe it said when this happened. Is anyone familar with this story or it's level of legitimacy??

 

[johan_steele]

As soon as you see "Based on actual events." Run away.

 

[donna]

I haven't seen this movie but plan to get it. Anything about Kentucky is of interest for me. Thanks for posting.

 

[Republican Blues]

I didn't swallow the Based on Actual events, but I enjoyed it or what it was.... a movie

 

[Dave Wilma]

Actual events is not important. I think the film is very authentic in capturing the nature of the conflict in the mountains where loyalties divided neighbors and, like all wars, it boils down to just trying to survive amid circumstances not of your own making. The characters are very well drawn and you wish you could stay with the survivors.

 

[Blessmag]

Enjoyed it enough I have watched it 3 times!

 

[Republican Blues]

Actual events is not important. I think the film is very authentic in capturing the nature of the conflict in the mountains where loyalties divided neighbors and, like all wars, it boils down to just trying to survive amid circumstances not of your own making. The characters are very well drawn and you wish you could stay with the survivors.

In total agreement.... I've watched 5 0r 6 times

 

[Borderruffian]

I have Pharoh's Army. One of my favorite rainy day movies. As to whether or not the story itself was based on actual events or was basing them on the overall tenor of the war in the region I'd bet on the former.

Geographically Meshack Creek and Little Meshack Creek are in Monroe County Kentucky east of Tompkinsville in the south central part of the state in what was a divided area.

 

[ole]

Watched it once. Could have been based on a real event, but it was a nice movie.

 

[Jayboss1]

I was kind of wondering about the real event aspect. This came across my humble brain. If you have seen the movie you know how the soldier was killed and that only two people knew were the body was stashed. As it says at the end, in 1940 a Kentucky man brought authorities to the location of the corpse. So roughly what we would have here is essentially a 80 year old cold case in terms of their having to be some type of investigation. You have human remains that you would have to determine how long it has been there and how they died. And if you have a guy standing there who showed you were it was he would have some explaining to do. This also came to mind. Beings the soldier that was killed was defenseless, not engaging in combat, and shot to death by a civilian wouldn't the guy who did it be facing at least a manslaughter charge. I mean I know the movie and all involved, and it's more than likely just a good story. But at the end the kid shot to death a guy lying in bed already injured and hid the body for 80 years. Now right or wrong or indifferent it would be interesting to see how that would be handled. Anyway, like I said just thinking out loud.

 

[Dave Wilma]

I surfed around and the Internet Movie Database states that the movie is based on a true story written by [email protected]. That's an address at the Stern School of Business at NYU, but I could not winkle out who J Stanley is.