Product Details

• Actors: Beau Bridges, Joanna Cassidy, Phil Hartman, James Earl Jones, James Coburn
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Hbo Home Video
• DVD Release Date: August 30, 2005
• Run Time: 97 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007TKNF6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,888 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Second Civil War" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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SECOND CIVIL WAR - DVD Movie

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Strangelove" Quality Political Black Comedy, November 25, 1998

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[e-mail] (Graz, Austria) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Second Civil War [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"The Second Civil War" accomplishes what "Wag the Dog" tried and failed to do. While the latter, despite great performances, becomes a stale one-joke movie, the former takes ever more outrageous twists and turns. And everything that happens is frighteningly within the realm of possibility! Best in-joke: James Earl Jones, the "voice" of CNN, plays a reporter for the CNN clone in the movie.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable HBO Movie!!!, April 29, 2006

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gardener97 (Atlanta) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Second Civil War (DVD)

Starts off funny, moves to hilarious and end up very disturbing. An incredible stellar cast. Made in 1997 and for a number of years HBO has pretended it never heard of this film and it is not for sale (today) in the HBO store. It was once sold for a very short time on laser disk and vhs. Then it was pulled and denied. Suddenly it has surfaced on dvd. I figure I'd grab a copy on dvd before it disappears again.

Excellent movie - well crafted and definitely not 'politically correct'.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, relevant and possible, April 18, 2000

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"mrpbrooks" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Second Civil War [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Sorry, but I love this movie. Not only is it quite funny, but it prophisized not only Lewinsky, but GW Bush as well. This is something that I think could happen in the US (a Hispanic Revolution, closing our borders to immigration). I also think the fact that Clinton could not ask South Carolina to remove the confederate flag indicates just how fragile the Presidency is in the context of states and Governors.