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- 'Civil War' is a road trip movie set in a horrifying what-if scenario
- When: Civil War is in theaters and IMAX on April 12.
- What to know: The latest from writer-director Alex Garland imagines a United States at war with itself.
- The plot follows three generations of journalists — played by Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura and Stephen McKinley Henderson — on a dangerous trip from New York to Washington, D.C.
- Garland wrote the film during the 2020 election but tells Yahoo Entertainment its release during the 2024 election cycle is coincidental and due to “logistical requirements.”
- While there are some allusions to recent social unrest early in the film, the world of Civil War is wholly fictional and does not concern itself with present-day party politics.
- Promotion for the film hints at a complicated backstory with multiple distinct factions vying for power — but one of Civil War’s greatest strengths is that almost none of this is explained and it is open to viewer interpretation.
- Garland hopes Civil War will spark earnest conversation about the potential consequences of extremism, “because conversation is the thing that is really struggling to exist in public discourse.”
- — Sam Matthews, executive producer
- April 10, 2024
Most Recent The Civil War Videos. April 27, 2024. Silent Cavalry. Author and journalist Howell Raines talked about Union soldiers from Alabama who aided General Sherman in his 1864 March…...
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Explore a multimedia timeline that is a companion to Ken Burns's acclaimed documentary series, The Civil War. The timeline provides a comprehensive overview of the war, from its political...
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For three days in July 1863, Union and Confederate forces clash at Gettysburg in one of the most pivotal battles of the Civil War.
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The American Civil War saw the Confederate South initially succeed, led by Robert E. Lee. However, the Battle of Antietam marked a turning point, leading to the Emancipation Proclamation. Despite victories in 1863, Lee's second invasion attempt in the North failed at Gettysburg, signaling the Confederacy's decline.
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- Was Meade a general for the North? What happened to McClellan?Lincoln frequently changed commanders, because they would not always perform to his standards.
- Regarding the point that Lee was trying to move the war out of the South so that the harvest could b...Great question Don. My sense is that Lee was hoping that his campaign into the North would be successful so that the Union would have been bottled...
- I have a question and im not sure if it sounds stupid or not but. Were there any female soilders in ...Hardly any, but Frances Clayton is known for her disguising herself as "Frances Clalin" in order to fight in the Civil War. Here's an article about...
- why did lee not fight with lincolnRobert Lee was offered the job of commander of the North's army but he felt he had to decline even though he OPPOSED slavery he could not take the...
- Why would Robert E Lee. invade the North again after losing in Antietam.Before, the south had been playing a defensive strategy. He saw that if the current strategy continued, the north would just continue thrusting its...
- If the south won the civil war would the union try to start another war with them to try to bring th...No ifs allowed. It didn't happen. The confederacy lost the war, and won the cultural battle.
- so, at Gettysburg it doesn't specify which area the battle was mostly fought from. Anybody know wher...There was many important small battles in the Gettysburg campaign, like 'the wheat field', or 'the little round top'. On the third day of the battl...
- Is Robert E. Lee from the Union or the Confederates?Kinda... both. A son of Revolutionary War officer Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III, Lee was a top graduate of the United States Military Academy a...
- Why were two-term presidencies so rare from 1830-1860? Was this a reaction to Jackson in some way?no the slavery question split the vote constantly so there will be a lot of switching between presidents because none of them knew how to deal with...
The Battle of Gettysburg: The Civil War in Four Minutes. Watch on. Historian Garry Adelman describes the events that took place during the Battle of Gettysburg from July 1-July 3, 1863.
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Explore a multimedia timeline that is a companion to Ken Burns's acclaimed documentary series, The Civil War. The timeline provides a comprehensive overview of the war, from its political...
Aug 24, 2019 · Garry Adelman of the American Battlefield Trust tackled the whole Civil War in 56 minutes. He began with the lead-up to the war, from the Compromise of 1850 to Bloody Kansas to Abraham...
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