North and South
The most beguiling aspect of Northern Americans fighting Southern Americans is that both sides had to attend the same Bob Hope USO show.
Unfortunately, this mini-series doesn't depict any incidences from those prospective powder kegs.
While on his way to West Point, Orry (Patrick Swayze), the offspring of a plantation owner, meets George (James Read), the heir to a steel dynasty, and they become fast friends.
But when civil war breaks out, the pair must part ways: Orry becomes a Confederate officer, while George is military aide to Lincoln (Hal Holbrook).
Meanwhile, both family fortunes are threatened: Orry's plantation from slave revolt, and George's company from his war-profiting sister-in-law.
Bursting with made-for-TV pageantry, this star-studded adaptation of the literary trilogy strikes the perfect balance between historical events and soapy melodrama.
And in the end, the North got what it wanted from the South: to turn their slaves into free taxpayers.
Green Light
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The most beguiling aspect of Northern Americans fighting Southern Americans is that both sides had to attend the same Bob Hope USO show.
Unfortunately, this mini-series doesn't depict any incidences from those prospective powder kegs.
While on his way to West Point, Orry (Patrick Swayze), the offspring of a plantation owner, meets George (James Read), the heir to a steel dynasty, and they become fast friends.
But when civil war breaks out, the pair must part ways: Orry becomes a Confederate officer, while George is military aide to Lincoln (Hal Holbrook).
Meanwhile, both family fortunes are threatened: Orry's plantation from slave revolt, and George's company from his war-profiting sister-in-law.
Bursting with made-for-TV pageantry, this star-studded adaptation of the literary trilogy strikes the perfect balance between historical events and soapy melodrama.
And in the end, the North got what it wanted from the South: to turn their slaves into free taxpayers.
Green Light
vidiotreviews.blogspot.com