Great antiwar movie on Turner's now - Democratic Underground

catmandu57

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Fri Aug-01-03 03:47 PM
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Great antiwar movie on Turner's now

Shenandoah, Jimmy Stewart its a civil war movie but carries a strong antiwar message stressing the futility and destruction of war. He plays a farmer just trying to stay out of the fighting. He does a great scene near the end at his wifes grave telling her about the war. Two great lines: What do you do with dead soldiers? and This war is like all the others the undertakers are winning it.
Check it out if you can.

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Muddleoftheroad

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Fri Aug-01-03 03:59 PM
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1. Not quite

I don't think it's as stridently anti-war as you make it out to be. It makes it clear that sometimes a moral stand is fighting for a cause -- whether it's freedom or your family.

But it is a great movie.

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Boudicea

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Fri Aug-01-03 04:01 PM
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2. Turner Classic Movies ruined AMC

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quispquake

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Fri Aug-01-03 04:17 PM
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3. AMC ruined AMC...

...when they decided to show commercials, and to concentrate on newer movies...I haven't turned them on since...

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