Gods and generals [DVD]
(DVD) 

Based on the novel by Jeff Shaara.

Originally produced as an American motion picture in 2002.

Special features: Introduction by Ted Turner ; Commentary by director/screenwriter Ronald F. Maxwell and historical advisors Col. Keith Gosbon and James I Robertson Jr., ; Documentary: Journey to the past: the African-American slave experience in the film's era ; Documentary: The life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson ; Documentary: the authenticities of the film ; 2 music videos: bob dylan's Cross the Green Mountain and Mary Fahl's Going home ; theatrical trailer.

Director of photography, Kees van Oostrum ; editor, Corky Ehlers ; production designer, Michael Hanan ; music composed by John Frizzell, Randy Edelman.

Jeff Daniels (Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain), Stephen Lang (General Stonewall Jackson), Robert Duvall (General Robert E. Lee), Mira Sorvino (Fanny Chamberlain), Kevin Conway (Sgt. Buster Kilrain), C. Thomas Howell (Sgt. Thomas Chamberlain), Matt Letscher (Col. Adelbert Ames), Frankie Faison (Jim Lewis), Jeremy London (Alexander 'Sandie' Pendleton), William Sanderson (General A. P. Hill), Kali Rocha (Anna Morrison Jackson), Stephen Spacek (Capt. James Power Smith), Brian Mallon (General Winfield Scott Hancock), Mia Dillon (Jane Beale), Karen Hochstetter (Roberta Corbin), Donzaleigh Abernathy (Martha), Bo Brinkman (Major Walter Taylor), Billy Campbell (General George Pickett), David Carpenter (Rev. Beverly Tucker Lacy), John Castle (Old Penn), Alex Hyde White (General Ambrose E. Burnside), Robert Easton (John Janney), Joseph Fuqua (Col. J. E. B. Stuart), Lydia Jordan (Jane Corbin), Sean Pratt (Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire), Malachy McCourt (Francis P. Blair), John Prosky (General Lewis Armistead), Bruce Boxleitner (General James Longstreet).

Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain leaves behind a quiet life and a career as a college professor to fight for the Union. Native Virginian Gen. Robert E. Lee is forced to choose between his loyalty to the United States and his love of the Southern states where he was born and raised, and leads the Confederate army. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson -- a man of great religious faith -- believes in a higher authority leading him and his men to certain, pre-ordained fates, also serves in the defense of the Confederacy. The film follows Chamberlain, Jackson, and Lee from the declaration of war through the battles at Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville.

MPAA rating: Rated PG-13 for sustained battle sequences.

DVD, Region 1, NTSC; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround; widescreen presentation preserving the original 2.35:1 aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition, enhanced for widescreen televisions.

DVD-ROM and online features on Side B require: installation of the InterActual player (included), PC with DVD-ROM drive (will not work on a Mac), Microsoft Windows 98SE or higher operating system, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, internet access.

In English with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned.