Great sites

Anything Hollywood

Atomic Popcorn

Banned in Hollywood

Bits & Pieces

Blockbuster Buzz

Blogsters' Guild

CanMag

CHUD

Daily Stab

Defamer

The Evil Beet

Filmofilia

Filmspotting

Foundry Music

Gone Hollywood

Gorillamask

Hollyscoop

Hollywood Outbreak

I Love Bacon

Other crap

Screenjunkies

Something Really Funny

Tengossip

Trailer Addict

Trivia

Ted Turner's brief appearance is not the only notable cameo in the film. During the artillery bombardment on the Union positions prior to Pickett's charge, Union General Hancock is seen calmly riding through the barrage. A young officer begs him to come down and take cover. The officer is played by Ken Burns, the filmmaker who produced the acclaimed documentary series The Civil War. See more...

Movie Mistakes blog

Update alerts | Exclude type?

Mistakes

Trivia

Pictures

Quotes

Easter Eggs

Corrections

Questions

Submit

Mistake Continuity: In the opening, the spy is watching Union troops at dawn. He rides to Longstreet's headquarters and gets there in broad daylight. They then ride to Lee's headquarters and when they get there it is dawn again. Two sunrises in one day...

Mistake Factual error: Colonel Vincent tells Colonel Chamberlain that the 20th Maine Inf. is the extreme left of the Union line, but in reality there was another regiment, the 19 Michigan, which was to their left. They were moved before the action began, but left behind about 60 skirmishers.

Mistake Continuity: Pickett's charge moved from west to east and was made late in the afternoon. When Pickett rides down the line to encourage his men before the attack, it is clear from the shadows that the scene was filmed early in the morning.

Mistake Continuity: The mane on Lee's favorite horse, Traveler, changes from gray to white to gray.

Mistake Factual error: The real Confederate General Lewis A. Armistead was quite shy of hair at the front of his head, yet Richard Jordan, who plays him in the movie, has a full head of hair.

Mistake Factual error: Colonel Chamberlain didn't order the bayonet charge. It was his second in command, Spear. Chamberlain just followed along.

Mistake Continuity: During one of the scenes where Longstreet is talking with Lee, I think on the third day, Longstreet's beard is quite a bit shorter than it was on the previous days.

Previous Page1 2

You may also like: Gods and Generals | Glory | Flags of Our Fathers | The Bridge at Remagen | The Alamo (2004)

Submit this page to:

reddit Facebook What are these?

Easily printable version of this page