Shenandoah
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Written by James Lee Barrett
1965/USA
Universal Pictures
First viewing/Netflix rental
[box] Charlie Anderson: Lord, we cleared this land. We plowed it, sowed it, and harvested it. We cooked the harvest. It wouldn’t be here and we wouldn’t be eating it if we hadn’t done it all ourselves. We worked dog-bone hard for every crumb and morsel, but we thank you Lord just the same for the food we’re about to eat, amen.[/box]
OK Civil War/Western tale.
Charlie Anderson (James Stewart) is the patriarch of a Northern Virginia farming family. The family does not keep slaves and therefore has opted out of taking sides in the Civil War. But, when the youngest son is mistakenly arrested by Yankees for being an escaped prisoner of war, Charlie and family are moved into action. With Katharine Ross as the young wife of one of the sons.
This was all right if nothing exceptional. It has kind of a folksy, family friendly tone.
