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• Actors: Artist Not Provided
• Directors: DIrector Not Provided
• Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Genius Products (TVN)
• DVD Release Date: April 7, 2009
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001PPLJN6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,637 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Dont bother, May 2, 2009

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Mrs. S (Lima, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gettysburg: The Battle and the Address [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

This seemed really cool... A gettysburg doc. in HD...what could be better right??? Well jokingly i have said before that the only thing they got right with this film was the spelling of Gettysburg. I was discusted after 8 minutes of watching it. The HD was great dont get me wrong on that but the mis-facts were terrible. The film depicted the potential of taking culps hill in the middle of the day when the order was presented late at night in very dark pennsylvania. And the screwed with the names of the Generals during the first day of the battle... Overall it was terrible but I would not suggest buying it even though it is listed very cheap for blu-ray.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst Civil War Documentary Ever, March 25, 2009

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L. Richard Houston (Hamptonville, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gettysburg: The Battle and the Address [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

I picked this disc up a couple of months ago at Best Buy, and I can't begin to describe how disappointed I was.

First and most importantly, there's more than one glaring inaccuracy. If you're going to do a documentary about Gettysburg, shouldn't you at least check the basic facts? It was frustrating, to say the least.

So frustrating, in fact, that I've yet to watch the portion detailing Lincoln's post-battle visit to Gettysburg. If the battle portion was any indication, the Gettysburg Address segment was going to be as bad ... or worse.

The ONLY decent feature were the battle maps. When viewed in high definition, they're fairly cool. However, a few maps here and there isn't nearly enough to warrant a purchase. Go with something else ... anything else.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nonsense, January 8, 2010

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Wookie "No" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gettysburg: The Battle and the Address [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

This documentary is total BS. The facts and opinions are totally wrong. I doubt that whoever was responsible for this have even read a single book on Gettysburg.

Heth's troops opened the battle, not Early's.
Little Roundtop was the most important battle feature on the second day, not Culp's hill.
Custer did not "Save the Union". Indeed Grant's victory in Vicksburg did more to end the Civil War than the battle at Gettysburg. Had Meade lost there he would have retreated into Washington's inpenetrable defenses and waited for Grant's army to push Lee away from the district.
I have read in many books about Gettysburg that Lincoln was livid that Meade did not follow up the battle by persuing Lee. Their statements as to a 'discovery' of a hand written telegram regarding this and subsequent opinions was absurd.
Indeed these four "facts" are only the beginning.

Even the material regarding the address was silly.

Avoid this garbage.