![]() ![]() ![]() Unprecedented help also came from the filming-friendly auspices of the Commonwealth of Virginia, State of Maryland and the generosity of the National Park Service, townsfolk throughout the Shenandoah Valley and Appalachian Mountains as well as the enthusiasm of Civil War historians and reenactors. The chain of events that allowed him to make his first two films began and ended with the personal, historical and financial interests of Ted Turner. The director/writer/producer would like to complete his Civil War trilogy with The Last Full Measure, which is already on the drawing boards. ![]() Though it took 25 years for him to realize his visions, he's not done yet. And it's quite all right with him if his epics - the four-hour-plus Gettysburg (1993) and three-and-a-half-hour prequel, Gods and Generals, entering theaters this month - go down as his lasting achievements. Director Ron Maxwell became so deeply involved in researching and realizing two authentically precise Civil War movies that they may end up as perhaps the legacy of his filmmaking life. There's commitment, and then there's real commitment. Director Ron Maxwell discusses his new documentary epic.ĭirector Ronald F. ![]()
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