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Title: General Lee was human
Review: Martin Sheen shows General Lee as a tortured human being, a man not a God who had to deal with poor support, poor supply, and the constant worry about keeping his ramshackle army together in the midst of a wild card campaign. Lee screwed up at Gettysburg when he wouldn't listen to Longstreet and that was depicted with brilliance in the movie. Gettysburg was Lee's greatest blunder and I'd rather watch a movie showing him as a human being than as some saintly untouchable Southern icon myth.Ted Turner put this movie together brilliantly, especially the largest collection of Civil War artillary ever fielded for an event, over 300 Napolion 20 pound field guns were used in the artillary duel before Picket's charge.Sadly, Richard Jordon was lost to cancer after this movie, what a great actor, I will never forget his performance as Lou Armsted.
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