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Of course! But honestly, they're all too old....and have you seen Val Kilmer lately?He could possibly play Winfield Scott....
well...he said living or dead. So that is what I went with.
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I'd like to see a movie about the Alabama and have Tom Selleck play "Old Beeswax".
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I liked the casting for the Congress in Lincoln. How to cast the Confederate Congress?
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo! That's my Forrest nominee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I swear I just hurt myself laughing!Uh..........................
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Christopher Lloyd. He's long in the tooth but he's got the semi-crazy energy and the right look!
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Crazy as it sounds, dye Tim Roth's hair red, tell him to march to the sea, and let him go!
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As for Braxton Bragg, does anyone object to the legendary R. Lee Ermey?
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The casting of the Gunny would fit for Bragg's look and I guess the Gunny could have a field day chewing himself out, but would anyone really want to play Bragg in anything?
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Well, my first choice was Woody Allen, but common sense prevailed....
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If I were a Hollywood mogul for a month or so, I would look to do a picture on Antietam, to me the seminal battle of the war. I would insist on avoiding the long, deliberate soliloquies as demonstrated in Gettysburg and Gods and Generals, as I felt those dialogs were off putting to the mass of modern viewers. While I enjoyed the dialog personally, I still feel that the scenes were a bit over dramatic maybe even semi hammy, with the supporting cast looking soulfully in every direction as the words flowed over the scenes like a deep pool.
While the Generals garner nearly all attention in Civil War films, I would insist on focusing on the story from a soldier's perspective, preferably to soldiers that lived through the battle. The odd Lieutenant, a few Sergeants and Corporals and the remaining main charters fleshed out by your ordinary ever day knuckle dragging Private. I would do the battle scenes much like Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War or the opening landing scene from Saving Private Ryan or the first few episodes of Band of Brothers, to demonstrate just how brutal the Civil War really was. The resulting imagery of the film would remind viewers of what really happened and possibly removing some of that lustrous sheen of romanticism, which surrounds the War to this day.
I would avoid the high notions of "Fighting to Save the South from the Tyranny of Oppression" or "Fighting to Restore the Union" or " Fighting to Free the Slaves" mentality which dog period films. My focus would be on the soldier's perspective and the thoughts of survival, the senseless slaughter of men for what was arguably a draw and the Us versus Them mentality which no doubt played on both sides of the battlefield.
My cast would consist of smaller bit part actors and unknowns, much as was done in Band of Brothers. Not having a leading actor with "Star Power" would no doubt take away from the box office numbers, but not having to stroke the ego of a "Star" would not force the film to compete with the performance of said "Star"
I would not include the Hollywood formula for modern war films; The gang gets together, they are a hot mess, someone is a GI Joe in the mob of new recruits, someone is a Joe Sh-- The Rag Man, but becomes the hero of the unit, fight the battle and win the war haminahaminah. I would start with two opposing forces, receiving orders to met at some out of the way place in Maryland, march onto the field of battle and slaughter each other and limp away scratching their heads, wondering exactly what they accomplished at such a high cost, then moving off to yet another round of slaughter.
My wife and I have discussed just what these men, who survived the war, would have been like upon their return to their homes after the war. I often wonder what my 17 relatives who survived from McDowell to Appomattox were like when they got home. I assume that the tight jawed, say little, ultra reserved, very conservative traits of my Dad's side of the family stems directly from those men who returned, scarred by what they had lived through. That would be the movie I would make.
While the Generals garner nearly all attention in Civil War films, I would insist on focusing on the story from a soldier's perspective, preferably to soldiers that lived through the battle. The odd Lieutenant, a few Sergeants and Corporals and the remaining main charters fleshed out by your ordinary ever day knuckle dragging Private. I would do the battle scenes much like Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War or the opening landing scene from Saving Private Ryan or the first few episodes of Band of Brothers, to demonstrate just how brutal the Civil War really was. The resulting imagery of the film would remind viewers of what really happened and possibly removing some of that lustrous sheen of romanticism, which surrounds the War to this day.
I would avoid the high notions of "Fighting to Save the South from the Tyranny of Oppression" or "Fighting to Restore the Union" or " Fighting to Free the Slaves" mentality which dog period films. My focus would be on the soldier's perspective and the thoughts of survival, the senseless slaughter of men for what was arguably a draw and the Us versus Them mentality which no doubt played on both sides of the battlefield.
My cast would consist of smaller bit part actors and unknowns, much as was done in Band of Brothers. Not having a leading actor with "Star Power" would no doubt take away from the box office numbers, but not having to stroke the ego of a "Star" would not force the film to compete with the performance of said "Star"
I would not include the Hollywood formula for modern war films; The gang gets together, they are a hot mess, someone is a GI Joe in the mob of new recruits, someone is a Joe Sh-- The Rag Man, but becomes the hero of the unit, fight the battle and win the war haminahaminah. I would start with two opposing forces, receiving orders to met at some out of the way place in Maryland, march onto the field of battle and slaughter each other and limp away scratching their heads, wondering exactly what they accomplished at such a high cost, then moving off to yet another round of slaughter.
My wife and I have discussed just what these men, who survived the war, would have been like upon their return to their homes after the war. I often wonder what my 17 relatives who survived from McDowell to Appomattox were like when they got home. I assume that the tight jawed, say little, ultra reserved, very conservative traits of my Dad's side of the family stems directly from those men who returned, scarred by what they had lived through. That would be the movie I would make.
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Well Allen would be great with the ineptitude portion of the role. That one nearly caused me to spew my mourning Monster.Well, my first choice was Woody Allen, but common sense prevailed....
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Wasn't there a thread like this already? 
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Well, in any movie that included Ben Butler, he would have to be played by Danny DeVito!
Hilaritas!
jno
Hilaritas!
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I've seen Dennis Franz suggested for Butler. Uncanny resemblance (except Franz's eyes aren't cockeyed).
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He'd make a nice Butler, but could he pull off a Bahstan accent?
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"I'm the dude playin' the dude disguised as another dude: I know what dude I am!"
Anyone know the movie?
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