Its a thought I had last night, who else thinks that would be awesome
if it followed the historical record to the letter? No sense in "Hollywoodizing" a thing about his life, it was dramatic enough!
To be honest, its not the first time I've thought of it. The first time was on a movie set, I wasn't needed so while reading a book on the Republic of Texas Navy, one of the crew asked if such a thing existed. After some chit chat he wondered aloud if such a story would make a good movie, after I said I thought so, I followed up saying there was a lot of history that would be good on film, then the director overhearing while walking by said "Let me guess, something Civil War?" to which I said "Sure, if you ever look up Nathan Bedford Forrest you'd agree!"
Getting back on track, its just a thought. I think a three episode miniseries would be awesome, each episode say an hour and forty-five minutes long. First episode, his early life to secession, second the war, third the end of the war, Reconstruction, and later years.
Who else thinks that would be a great show if done right? Lord knows advertising wouldn't be a problem, the news and political groups going bonkers would be a ton of free advertising for it.