Sherman s march is three hours of footage from a broken mans life. Documentary filmmaker ross mcelwee sets out to make a movie about union general shermans march to the sea towards the end of the american civil war. Film time out says general sherman s march through the south in the american civil war was unrivalled up to that time for its ferocity towards a civilian population. The timetravelling adventures of an advanced canine and his adopted son, as they endeavor to fix a. With reiko aylesworth, nadia dajani, joe flanigan, arden myrin. Ross mcelwees sundance awardwinning shermans march in 1986. Its a minor point because this film is unlike any conventional documentary or comedy. January 9 sherman s march sets out to follow general william t. Sherman s march to the sea also known as the savannah campaign or simply sherman s march was a military campaign of the american civil war conducted through georgia from november 15 until december 21, 1864, by maj. Shermans march nr by paul attanasio washington post staff writer december 25, 1986 ross mcelwee is a beguiling amateur, and the virtue of his quirky documentary, sherman s march, is. Shermans march not available on your favorite video service. Watch shermans march, the documentary by ross mcelwee fandor.
Not only is sherman s march a beautiful portrait of one mans personal journey through the strange tapestry of love and history, its a wonderful snapshot of the american south in the early 80s. Next thing you know troops march on down to the sea, in this case a local pond. We always have to keep in mind that a documentary, after all, can tell lies and it can tell lies because it lays claim to a form of veracity which fiction doesnt. A meditation on the possibility of romantic love in the south during an era of nuclear weapons proliferation is a 1986 documentary film written and directed by ross mcelwee. Mcelwee decides to make a documentary about general william shermans march through the south during the civil war. After his girlfriend leaves him, mcelwee takes a voyage along the original route followed by general william sherman. With ty burrell, max charles, stephen colbert, leslie mann.
The soldiers line up, the superior officers bark out their orders. As helmed by rick king and adapted from the memoirs of general william tecumseh sherman, the 2007 history channel documentary sherman s march recounts the details of the famous. Ross mcelwee is a beguiling amateur, and the virtue of his quirky documentary, shermans march, is that it cuts against the grain, communicating the texture of real life with lazy intimacy. Final revenge is a short video documentary using firsthand accounts of general william sherman s union troops marching from savannah to columbia, sc, and the burning of that. Ross mcelwee takes us on a journey to make a documentary on sherman s march, but ends up showing us a sequence of extensive real life footage from his subsequent crisis in love. Sherman led some 60,000 soldiers on a 285mile march from atlanta to savannah, georgia. Sherman s infamous scorchedearth march through the confederacy in the latter stages of the civil war, but ends up finding something. Voir en sherman s march 1985 vf gratuit film complet. Its mostly about ross mcelweethe director and his adventures with hot southern. A meditation on the possibility of romantic love in the south during an era of nuclear weapons proliferation is a 1986 documentary film. This is not a film, but its definitely filmmaking brows held high duration. It was awarded the grand jury prize at the 1987 sundance film festival. Sherman had rested in atlanta until after the election, but once lincoln had won, sherman torched the city and headed for the coast.