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The History Channel Presents Washington the Warrior

starring: Stacy Keach, Shea Patrick, Grigorij Strelec, Jackson Bolt
directed by: Robert M. Wise

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: A&E
EAN: 0733961760187
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 29, 2006
Running Time: 92 minutes
Sales Rank: 22825
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 29, 2006



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Product Description:
The History Channel takes a look as George Washington's pre-presidential career as a soldier on this fascinating program. Exploring a part of Washington's life that is rarely covered WASHINGTON THE WARRIOR is full of exciting reenactments and wise words from historians.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 733961760187 Manufacturer No: AAE-76018

Amazon.com:
He was 'first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen,' and Washington the Warrior puts the emphasis on the beginning of that equation. The military career of George Washington is the well-chosen focus of this History Channel documentary, which will probably surprise the casual history buff. It gives the fascinating story of Washington's youthful ride into the Ohio territory to deliver a message to the French, a defining moment (and one that made Washington a celebrity after his diary of the journey was published). The film strongly suggests that the young Washington was in over his head in the early battles that followed, and that his career might well have ended after he led a British debacle at Fort Necessity, a stumble at the start of the French and Indian War. Glossing lightly over GW's years as a gentleman farmer, the doc picks up again with Washington's takeover of the Revolutionary army (he showed up at the Second Continental Congress dressed in his military uniform, leaving little question about his intentions) and the tenacious years that followed. The approach here is basically an illustrated lecture, with Stacy Keach intoning the story of Washington, and experts (mostly sounding enthralled with Washington's life) providing context. Meanwhile, armies of reenactors march through their paces in pretend battles. Jackson Bolt plays the mature Washington, with Shea Patrick as the younger version--and how refreshing to see the carved-in-marble George Washington as a guy in his twenties. CGI effects are a big boost here, and the location work is often flavorful. The re-creations have the flat, unconvincing quality of many such things--nobody ever gets their uniforms dirty--but the life being described is an important one, and the approach is foursquare. --Robert Horton



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DEFINITELY A FIVE STAR PRODUCTION,COVERING WASHINGTON'S WELL KNOWN MILITIA SERVICE PRIOR TO AND DURING ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - GREAT PRODUCTION
This was a very unique view of a man I have only seen on money and paintings. School and college do not ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Interesting Look at Washington
Relatively well made film, the computer generated graphics that created larger number of soldiers on the ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - I'd die for this man.
That is pretty much the sentiment of many of the soldiers serving under General Washington during the Revolutionary ... Read More


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