Film based on the book by Jeffrey M. Shaara.

Special features of this DVD: all-new introduction by executive producer Ted Turner ; feature-length audio commentary by writer/director Ronald F. Maxwell and 2 of the film's historical advisors ; 3 making-of documentaries: Journey to the past, The African-American slave experience in the film's era, The life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson: a closeup look at this complex military man, & The authenticities of the film, about the movie's painstaking recreations of actual events ; 2 music videos: Bob Dylan's Cross the Green Mountain and Mary Fahl's Going home.

Originally released by Ted Turner Films, 2002.

Director of photography, Kees Van Oostrum ; production designer, Michael Z. Hanan ; editor, Corky Ehlers ; music, John Frizzell and Randy Edelman.

Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, Mira Sorvino, Kevin Conway, C. Thomas Howell, Frankie Faison.

Ronald F. Maxwell directs this epic prequel to his Gettysburg, framing the story with three bold men and three fateful battles. The men: Joshua Chamberlain, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee. The battles: Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville. Through these combatants and conflicts we witness the bravery and strife of a nation at war with itself.

MPAA rating: PG-13 : for sustained battle sequences.

DVD.

Audio track in English ; subtitled in English, French and Spanish ; closed captioned for the hearing impaired.