Shenandoah details
Movie Details:
- Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
- Produced By: Universal
- Year: 1965
- Run Time: 105 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Drama, War
- Filmed In: Color
- Key Cast: James Stewart, Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett, Patrick Wayne, Rosemary Forsyth, Katharine Ross, Philip Alford, Jim McMullan, Full Credits
- Awards: Best Sound (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie 1965), New Star of the Year - Female (Hollywood Foreign Press Association 1965), Full Awards
The year is 1863. Wealthy Virginia landowner Charlie Anderson (James Stewart), a man of peace despite his autocratic behavior, steadfastly refuses to take sides in the Civil War. Bit by bit, Anderson's isolationism--and his way of living--is torn apart.
Charlie's daughter, Jannie Anderson (Rosemary Forsyth) falls in love with Confederate soldier Sam (Doug McClure). His youngest son, Boy Anderson (Philip Alford) is captured by the Confederate army and taken prisoner. Meanwhile, another son, James (Patrick Wayne) and his wife, Ann (Katherine Ross), are murdered by looters. And his oldest son, Jacob Glenn Corbett, is accidentally killed. How all of these personal tragedies culminate in a successfully sentimental finale is the peculiar charm of Shenandoah, which proved to be a hit with audiences on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line. James Lee Barrett's screenplay was later adapted into a successful Broadway musical, starring Northern Exposure's John Cullum in the Stewart role. by Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Keywords:
- family
- pacifism
- slavery
- soldier
- son
- Civil-War [US]
- farmer
Themes:
- Single Parents
- Fathers and Sons
- Out For Revenge
- Death of a Child
