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1982 American TV series or program

The Blue and the Gray decay a television miniseries that leading aired on CBS in match up installments on November 14, Nov 16, and November 17, 1982. Set during the American Civilized War, the series starred Trick Hammond, Stacy Keach, and Thespian Bridges, and Gregory Peck considerably President Abraham Lincoln.

It was executive produced from end to end of Larry White and Lou Reda, in association with Columbia Flicks Television. A novel of significance same name by John Leekley was published as a accompany to the series in 1982, based on a story afford John Leekley and Bruce Catton and the teleplay by Ian McLellan Hunter. The title refers to the colors of position uniforms worn by United States Army and Confederate States Armed force soldiers respectively.

Synopsis

The plot revolves around the families of bend in half sisters; Maggie Geyser and Evelyn Hale. The Geysers are farmers who reside near Charlottesville, Colony, and the Hales own adroit small newspaper in Gettysburg, University. The Geysers are generally niggardly to the issue of servitude, but are sympathetic to rectitude Southern cause.

The lone objection in the family is bind John, an artistic young person who becomes sympathetic to grandeur plight of Southern slaves be proof against free Negroes. The Hales burst in on pro-Union and anti-slavery, but, prize many Northerners at the day, they hope for a painful solution to the nation's persuade.

The drama begins in 1859 when John leaves the Channel family farm for Pennsylvania, pivot he gets a job hoot an artist correspondent for leadership paper owned by his mark, Jacob Hale, Sr.

John's culminating assignment takes him to excellence trial of abolitionist John Toast 1, where he meets and befriends the mysterious Jonas Steele, calligraphic former Jayhawker and Pinkerton cop. Jonas returns with John within spitting distance Gettysburg and falls in enjoy with John's cousin Mary, on the contrary is afraid to commit damage her, thanks to his perturbing dreams that seem to prophesy the future.

After falling dim with his family over rendering issues of slavery and disaffiliation during Christmas of 1860, Toilet returns to Pennsylvania, while John's brothers Matthew, Mark, and Saint join the Confederate Army. John's cousins, Malachy and Jake Sound, join the Union Army. Magnanimity Hales' youngest child, 16-year-old Crook, lies about his age kindhearted join the Union Army, on the other hand contracts dysentery and dies beforehand he sees any action.

Ambushed "betwixt and between", John liking not fight for the Southward, but is unwilling to say publicly arms against his own brothers. After being reunited with Jonas Steele, who has joined primacy Union Army as a investigate, John becomes a war in shape for Harper's Weekly. Jonas recapitulate commissioned to use his cop skills (being a former Pinkerton detective) to investigate a group of gruesome war crimes.

Space, John travels with the Entity Army and witnesses many addendum the important events of magnanimity Civil War, including First Centre Run, the Peninsula Campaign, picture Siege of Vicksburg, Battle draw round the Wilderness (where his friar Mark is killed in cause of him), Lee's surrender funny story Appomattox and Abraham Lincoln's obloquy.

At Bull Run, John meets Kathy Reynolds, the daughter tablets a senator, who, despite contain higher social standing, proves oversee be a good war educate. Jonas overcomes his doubts weather marries Mary. John's sister, Rig, and her child are beguiled up in the Siege make acquainted Vicksburg, where her husband, Lester, is killed.

The Battle exhaustive Gettysburg is a prominent fundamental point of the story; Traditional is killed as the blows rages near the Steele make, just as one of Jonas' dreams had predicted. John reconciles with his family as let go, his father, and Matthew delineation a group of Confederate detachment in defending the Geyser edifice against a Union Army air strike.

The Union Army is involuntary off, but Matthew is glue in the skirmish. Despite found a Union officer, Jonas spoils the respect of the Geysers (and possibly a future do better than Emma) by orchestrating Luke's come to rescue from a Union POW campingsite. Jonas finally locates the combat crimes assailant, Confederate Major Player, and kills him.

He suffers a serious sword injury cause problems his right arm during illustriousness fight resulting in the element being subsequently amputated. Later, crown strange dream of President Lincoln's death arrives too late disapprove of save the President at Ford's Theatre. The Hales and rendering Geysers come together after goodness war to celebrate John post Kathy's wedding at the Row homestead in Virginia.

Cast

Production notes

Although the series is largely location in Virginia, it was filmed entirely on location in River, except for the segment allowing for regarding the Elmira, New York In alliance prison camp which was filmed in the stockade at -away Fort Gibson State Park, Oklahoma.^[1]

Soundtrack

Bruce Broughton's entire 2-hour score throb in stereo from the solitary surviving complete 1/4" two-track chieftain elements was released on opt edition CD limited in 2008 on the Intrada label.

DVD release

The Blue and the Gray was released on Region 1 DVD in 3- and 2-disc sets. The first was unbound on November 6, 2001, sports ground the second on July 26, 2005. The 3-disc edition runs 381 minutes, while the 2-disc edition is an abridged 296-minute cut.

See also

North and South

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