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details
Studio: Universal Pictures
Release Date: Nov 24, 1999
Running Time: 138 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
The American Civil War is about to break out and best friends Jake Roedel and Jack Bull Chiles find themselves thrust into battle when Union marauders destroy Jack's family plantation. They join the Bushwackers, a skilled unit of guerilla-style fighters, and fight side-by-side until some of the members begin to distrust Jake and his Union sympathizing father. Jake becomes isolated from the gang and strikes up a friendship with Holt, a former black slave, as his seperation from Jack takes one final, deadly turn.
cast + crew
Director
Jake Roedel
Guard
Guard
Jack Bull Chiles
Sue Lee Shelley
Minister
Mrs Chiles
Asa Chiles
Wedding Musician--Guitar
Wedding Musician--Accordian
screenplay
Novel as Source Material
Producer
Producer
Producer
Executive Producer
Associate Producer
reviews
Scenery has played a major role in Ang Lee's English-language films. In 1995's ''Sense and Sensibility, '' Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet's love lives blossomed within the stone walls of English cottages and lush meadows, while 1997's ''The Ice Storm'' transformed the wintry 1970s American suburbia into a metaphor for bleak family dysfunction. In his new film, ''Ride With the Devil,'' it's the Midwestern frontier, which gets used in the grandiose, sweeping manner of ''Dances With Wolves'' but…
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