I still get goose bumps when Jeff Daniels screams "Bayonets!". They really nailed the music and the ability to draw out an emotional response in this scene.
I think they played that scene perfectly. You can feel the adrenaline rush and that mixture of determination and fear that defines courage as the ability to act in spite of fear.
My son is in 8th grade, and his history class is doing reports and presentations over various topics on the civil war. He was dreading doing his report, until I showed him this clip. We watched the movie together, and he decided he wanted to do his report over the fight for little roundtop because of watching this scene, and finished his report enthusiastically.
"We swing like a daw..." I love the "Bayonets!" part too. Daniels really puts his heart into it, in that you can see in his eyes the fear of the order he is giving. It is this movie that inspired me to make my 28mm American Civil War Union miniatures the 20th Maine. (To be joined soon by the 54th Massachusetts).
I have been watching this movie ever since I was a kid, and it was only today I realized he said "we swing like a door" I always thought he said dog. Thanks Maine accent.
I love how his eyes bulge and his mustache quivers. Really shows how much he was putting into his performance. Jeff Daniels is a man who knows his American history, I think he really knew how important this film would be and how vital it was for him to nail his role, which he did. I'm from NC but my family is from New England, I can't speak to an old timey Mainer accent but from what I've heard from my family up that way, I have to say he had me fully convinced. Plus he looks exactly like Chamberlain. I would say this is his performance of a lifetime. When he screams BAYONETS you can almost see him burst a blood vessel in his eyeballs. Simply outstanding work from Mr Daniels.
Daniels plays it perfectly. It’s subtle, but he’s equally shocked by that realization and its implications. He just can’t show it in front of his officers. And when he starts saying they’ll have the advantage of moving down the hill and that the rebs have to be just as beat up as their regiment. He’s also trying to convince himself that this could work.
OK don't lie. When Chamberlain yells, "Bayonets!" You get goosebumps all over. And then the music just makes you want to grab a musket and charge. Even if you have Southern sympathies.
It's good, but I think the best acting is right before, where he looks like he's not sure what to do, looks around, and everyone is looking at him for answers. Its that military moment every soldier has seen at least once. He might be in command, but now he's really got to TAKE command. Exude confidence even if you're crapping your own pants. It makes a great leadup to strong confident order for bayonets.
@@WaywardVet and that proud look Kilrain gave him when he made the command decision in the heat of the moment 10:33. He looked like almost a proud father or uncle who is elated to see his son or nephew really going from a boy to a man in a time of emergency, and that’s true of his character setting in this film: despite his position as a subordinate, he played the role of advisor and teacher to Chamberlain throughout the first part of the film.
@@jw1731 One of my favorite parts of the movie is when Kilrain says how you cannot judge a race. Anyone who judges by the group is a pewit. I think that is so relevant for today. People, (especially politicians both Democrat and Republican, and the media), often group people together and make general assumptions. Whether it be between black/white, male/female, political affiliation, or anything else. We need to take people one at a time. We need to judge based on their individual actions. Not the actions that their "group/race" is supposed to do. And in any case we should always give the benefit of the doubt.
@@charlessapp1835 Yes! I agree completely. Oftentimes much emphasis is placed on checking one's bigotry against race (and rightly so) that we disregard or condone prejudice against other groups or categories humans may be part of. Humans are complex creatures, and while we may be or become part of groups - political or religious or otherwise - we're ultimately own persons and we say or do things for a variety of motivations or intents. And as you said perfectly, we should give the benefit of the doubt, instead of resorting to the mindset of, "he looks and sounds like he's a conservative/liberal/Christian/Muslim/Buddhist, then he must think ___ and I bet he'd say ____ if he saw ____ ", which is unfortunately how most people tend to do if the discourse takes place long enough.
Joshua Chamberlain was the epitome of what being an American is all about. He was an intellectual first and foremost, but when he saw the struggle taking place, he could not sit idly by. He was an abolitionist and could not abide what was happening to his fellow man. So he took up arms and entered the fray, intent on seeing things put right. He suffered terribly for it, but never once regretted his decision. He was a true American hero in every sense.
He was a man who was truly driven by principle and virtue. His American-Christian values was what really motivated him to become a sincere abolitionist and saw the conflict as a means to correct a horrible sin. Agreed with what you said, that he never fully recovered from his wounds. But his character was truly something at the day. A true American at the heart.
@@dastemplar9681 he likely also believed in the separation of church and state, as set forth in the Constitution he defended, so although he may have been a Christian, he was an American first, and his religious beliefs are irrelevant. America is not a Christian country. That was the whole point. Whatever his religious beliefs may have been don't matter. His courage, his wisdom, his intelligence, and his sense of duty to his country are why he deserves to be remembered as an American hero.
To this day it's strange watching this movie. I was a reenactor for a number of years and many of my friends are in these scenes. I was too young to carry a weapon at the time of filming but I did manage to get down for the filming of the step off of pickett's charge. To this day that cannonade was awe inspiring. The former mayor of my town was the artillery advisor on set. He was the one who came up with the talcum powder mix for the close in cannon shots. My one friend Andrew is in every scene that Jeff Daniels is in because it was his hair used for the mustache lol.
Ever since i graduated high school I've missed learning in history class. I'm so glad I found this channel, everything good about the class without the assignments :)
The movie Gettysburg is so finally tuned, in terms of pacing, despite it being three hours long, the cinematography, and the miraculous score. And how in the heck were there not acting nominations for Martin Sheen, Jeff Daniels, and Tom Berenger? I’ve never seen a movie as tight as this magnum opus. Now Ron Maxwell has made only 2 or 3 movies since GB, and Gods and Generals and Copperheads weren’t as great. But G’Burg hits the mark on so many levels. Great review video!
I’m a ten minute walk from where Chamberlain lived. My third grade class took a tour of his house on a field trip. They teach every school kid in Maine all about him.
Jeff Daniels really did knock it out of the park in Gettysburg. He was perfectly dialed in to the role of Chamberlain. I especially like how he plays this scene. You can see the gears turning in his head when he initially gives the order to fix bayonets. It's a stunned realization more than anything.
Yes, "BAYONETS!" is one of the best given lines in all the movies. But I think the dialog leading up to it is equally as good. Danials begins explaining his plan and the captain says "You mean charge?" Any combat leader who has been in a similar situation, where the plan has gone to shit, and you have pull something out of your ass, and make everybody believe you still know what you're doing. You have to both explain it, and convince yourself as you're explaining it, that it will actually work. And when you're done, you must fully commit by giving the forceful command (BAYONETS!). Some of the best acting ever.
You and others who have served our country militarily have pretty much agreed on how accurate the leadup to "Bayonets!" is in terms of what leadership truly means. I'm glad it's that accurate, and I thank you, sir.
Gettysburg is easily on my top 3 war movies of all time! Right along with Midway and Tora, Tora, Tora! I absolutely love the scene you just showed! I've been to the battlefield and through the movie and books I've read, felt like I had already been there and was reliving history!
First watched this movie when i was a kid around 25 years ago. Got absolutely enamored with it, especially the battle for little round Top part. I have probably watched this movie on average once a year since.
I loved the scene when the soldier comes up and says that he has been escorting the enemy prisoners with an empty pistol and Chamberlain asks him to say it a bit low voiced
I remember at that point some subtitle version has chamberlain say “not so loud” while others transcribe it as “that’s allowed”. And either makes sense.
That great scene reminds me of the scene in Band of Brothers where Liebgot has to escort 11 German prisoners with only one bullet in his rifle. Kept him from shooting any prisoners while they didn't know he was so limited in ammunition. There are probably many instances in war where prisoners weren't aware of how lightly armed their captors were.
@@Farbar1955 no Winter's emptied his M1 in view of the Germans he wanted them to know it was empty that Winters wanted them alive but the first man who did was a dead man and then what 10 guys behind enemy lines with 1 empty rifle while the rest of there forces are across the creek for them also Winters left him his baynoet as if I remember it was still fixed as Easy had just done there baynoet charge
@@sqike001ton In the series when Winters empties the rifle Leibgott's body position is such that the prisoners can't see what Winters is doing. But that's the camera shot in a TV series. In real life one of the German prisoners could understand English and actually relaxed when he heard Winters' orders. The prisoner probably relayed what he heard to the others but they weren't going to do anything anyway since they were surrounded by US troops. Anyway the comparison between the two scenarios is still an interesting one to make. I enjoyed both.
Probably my favorite scene from one of my all-time favorite war movies. Glad you like it as much as I do! It was actually watching Gettysburg for the first time as a kid that became one of the reasons I became so interested in history, especially Civil War history.
@@panzerwolf494 A speech full of bullshit, like the crap about free speech elsewhere. There is no free speech in Canada or most of Europe. The US is the freest country on earth still even despite big tech and the dems trying to remove that.
My 2 X Great Grandfather served with the 1st Maine Sharpshooters and the 20th Maine. He was actually a volunteer from Canada and as far as we can tell wasn't at Gettysburg, though he was present at Lee's surrender at Appomattox. I wasn't too interested in the American Civil War until I found this out and it made me want to learn more. Really interesting stuff.
The natural lighting in the scene gives it very unique look. It's not a location film crews would chose to film in, but the story demands it and you get something that looks different.
Yeah they did a great job finding a location that matched the actual location well. The defense of Little Round Top scenes were filmed on Camp Gettysburg Rd. and Pumping Station Rd area just a few miles west of the actual Little Round Top location.
The Maine State song is about this battle. It’s called “The Ballad of The 20th Maine” by The Ghost of Paul Revere. After reading books about this, hearing the song makes me feel like I’m there with them!
the famous Iron Brigade was badly bloodied at Gettysburg, it's just too bad they don't get more screen time for their courageous actions at that battle.
Bowdoin College produced 2 MOH recipients (Chamberlain and Everett Pope/Peleliu) and the best Marine Company Cmdr who earned a Silver Star at Guadalcanal and died on Peleliu, Andy ‘Ack Ack’ Haldane, who was featured in ‘The Pacific’
I truly love this movie, and I think I must've watched it 10 or more times. I wish that there were more films of this kind being made, but I doubt that anyone will do something similar anytime soon. It's just not how films are made anymore. And this scene in particular always gets my blood pumping. I hope I will get a chance to visit the battlefield sometime, until then I just want to thank you for the videos in which you try to bring them a bit closer to people like me who have never been there.
ROTC uses this scene as an example of an Infantry counterattack. If you get the chance go to Brunswick, ME, and visit all the JLC related exhibits and his gravesite.
love your commentary ...goes well with the videos. I was visiting Gettysburg during filming of the movie without knowing it was going on and my future wife and I were walking up to the Sharpshooters spot on Devils den at dusk with our Ghosts of Gettysburg book A Confederate soldier walked around the other side of the boulders. My wife and I jumped out of our shoes as we thought we were alone and his first words were " Im not a ghost". Got a funny picture with him as well somewhere. They had just filmed some scenes out at Pumping Station Rd.
As a irish Pennsylvanian i just loved gettysburg just to show the honor and bravery of the union and my great great great grandfather served in the 45th regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers back in 1863
Still my all time favorite movie. I saw it for the first time on the 4th of July after going to my first re-enactment when I was 6. It is one of the things that cemented my love of the Civil War ever since.
I rewatched this movie just the other day, one of my all time favourite movies, and this scene being my favourite of the movie. Another scene that always hits me in the guts is when Lee orders general Pickett to reform his division and Picketts reply is "I have no division"
Another one with Pickett that I remember clearly is when he’s ordered to charge and he says, his voice strained, that he will follow his orders, but “I do this, under protest.”, knowing that his men will be massacred and still heading out to the slaughter
Love this movie! I used to watch it every year on the anniversary. I’d watch July 1st on July 1st. Then I’d stop and watch July 2nd or July 2nd and so forth. Great movie!
Not only did papers report his premature death, I believe that the Union Army itself administered last rites and actually declared Chamberlain dead at one point following his injuries at Petersburg. They were only off by about 50 years...
I actually got to meet an extra who was a Union soldier and a Confederate Officer while on a trip to Gettysburg about 3 years ago he was very nice and cool
I also love this "BAYONETS" line of Col . Chamberlain. Perhaps one of my favourite movies about the American Civil War (the other is "Gone with the Wind"), this scene of the dialogues between the heroes, the last Pickett's charge and tears from the scene of the dying Confederate general Armistead begging God to save his injured friend (who fought for the Union) and all this made it good and wonderful story. ❤❤❤☺️😌😌
Shout out from Erie PA. Love your videos and love the movie Gettysburg. First time I saw the movie was I was in a gift shop on a trip to Gettysburg. Such an amazing movie.
I saw this movie in my 8th grade history class and it has become my favorite historical movie. This is one reason I love history. Also anyone else notice the guys on the ground moving out of the way before the charge so they don't get stepped on
I am and always will be a Texas boy by heart, but even though there were Texas units marching up that hill, I will also always deeply admire the quick thinking and moral courage of Chamberlain at Little Round Top. The Texas boys were fighting for their independence, but what the men of the 20th Maine went through to uphold the Union and - though not often stated openly, universally acknowledged - to end slavery in America, was truly remarkable. God bless those patriots and their memory.
Chamberlain's charge was a move made in a desperate situation "Hold to all hazards" was the order, but he (Chamberlain) put it perfectly, "we can't run, but if we stay we can't shoot". He couldn't go back, nor could he stay, so the only choice left to him was simply go forward.
You are right it ought to be 'universally acknowledged.' Slavery and the right to own others is written in the Confederate Constitution produced in Montgomery, Alabama just after the first seven states secede. Anyone with CSA sympathies today who can't acknowledge what the war was about ought to actually read the CSA Constitution and letters, not of the poor Southern men doing the fighting (who mainly did not own slaves), but rather the letters of ambitious landowning officer class. Becoming a 'freeman' in the South meant becoming a large landowner and therefore owning others. For some, mostly younger Sessionists, the aspiration of being 'free' to enslave others was the principle 'right' they wanted. All roads lead to the "peculiar institution" as the "basis of southern civilization" as John Calhoun put it a decade before the war began.
Yes this scene is by far my favorite it bought tears to my eyes the courage of Chamberlain and his men showed no bounds. And in my opinion this is the best movie I have ever watched.
This movie came on the TNT channel every few months from around 1993 to 1995. I watched it every time, and even recorded the theme song on cassette tape from my stereo system hooked up to the TV. Then I would listen to that tape on my Walkman while outside in the woods and pretend to be a civil war commander.
I love this movie. This was the movie that got me interested in History. My father wanted to go to Gettysburg for vacation one year when I was in elementary school. I didn't want to go but he put in this movie, we watched it, and that as they say was that. We went to the library I got every book they had on Gettysburg. I read them in the car on the way up there and I was hooked every since. Speaking of Jeff Daniels. I was very impressed with his role as Chamberlain. He also did justice to George Washington in the movie "The Crossing." Have you seen that one? He also does a fantastic recitation of The Gettysburg Address too. Those could be interesting reactions to do.
Greetings from Erie Pa. I love the movie Gettysburg and remember the copy I have of the movie I actually bought in a small shop in Gettysburg. My parents took me when I was about 12 years old and I was so blah about going since I was young and just wanted to play my Gameboy. My parents took us on a bus tour around the battlefields and the tour guide we had loved what he did and loved history as much as you and he had my attention the whole time. That's when I found out I truly loved History
Have you visited Strong Vincent's grave? He was Chamberlain's brigade commander, mortally wounded during the fight on Little Round Top. He's an Erie native and buried there.
While I definitely agree that Chamberlain was a driving force for this attack, Capt Spears' efforts should NOT be overlooked, despite the post Civil War memoirs. It's often difficult to start something if someone isn't already doing it, and to motivivate your troops to do that, I think Spears' bears a LOT of the credit.
Awesome to see my second favorite Ohioan, my wife being the first of course, doing another Gettysburg film bit. I was actually in the Gods and Generals film as a background artist. Thanks again for the awesome work you do. (:
13:06 Yes. I remember Chamberlain wrote that the situation was so confusing that a confederate officer tried to fire his revolver at his head with one hand while surrendering his saber with the other.
@@austinburtt9640 I can't remember the exact quote, so I was little vague, but I think you're right. I think he said that the confederate fired at him.
Your stuff is always great. Love both "The Killer Angels" and "Gettysburg". Saw the movie in the theater several times, most notably in downtown Gettysburg when visiting the battlefield (early-mid 90's)?
I've been a civil war buff since a kid during the great 1961-65 centennial, read all the pop histories and visited Gettysburg, Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Antietam battlefields at 15 and didn't know the amazing details of this part of the fight or about Chamberlain until seeing the film in the nineties. What a blowout!
When Ted Turner planned his civil war trilogy, this pompous billionaire said it was a labor of love. After GETTYSBURG and GODS AND GENERALS, he said he did not make enough money to film the third movie of the trilogy. He could have never done any of it without the wonderful re-enactors. 😢😢😢 I have watched this countless times, always crying buckets of tears. The most heartbreaking scene was when Stephen Lang's Pickett said, "General Lee, I have no division." 😢😢😢
Its awesome that you were in Erie! I am a volunteer at the Erie Maritime Museum, we were probably closed when you were up here. It is definitely worth the visit if you are ever back in the area!
Hollywood knows how to do it safely, and you are right, no movie gets it all correct. If you've ever witnessed live-fire transpiring in a wooded area, bullets and trees show off an awesome display of splinters, ricochet action & sounds, and more that is both a marvel and horror to behold when it is coming toward you. Just a few, 3, or 4 in the initial contact portion would have carried this scene 'a hundred miles' for effect. Otherwise, this scene, too, is one of my most cinematic ACW favorites. Thanks for sharing it with us. Soldier On!
If I'm remembering correctly, Gettysburg and Dumb & Dumber were released in the same year, or at least pretty close in time. Gives you a good overview of Jeff Daniels's range as an actor, eh?
One of the best scene of the movie. My favorite, tought, is the little moment when Armistead pray and cry to his mn, just before charging. You get a sense of humanity, of tragedy and futility for those men who go into hellish death for a very doubtful cause, throwing their lives away with yet all this bravery.
I really think you would enjoy atun-shei films’ three part series over Gettysburg. He talks about this fight as well as the overlooked Minnesota charge!
My favorite scene is during Pickett’s charge when the rebs finally get within musket range, and it’s such a quick scene. But it’s when the Union infantry stands up and fired their volley at then
I love how that Gettysburg the movie is so historically focused that they even have the moment where Longstreet can't even bring himself to order Pickett to charge, he just nods solemnly knowing full well he just ordered hundreds of men to their deaths for little reason. Lee's folly was that was too successful and allowed his overconfidence cloud his judgement, Gettysburg was the result.
One thing that the movie couldn't go into was that there was a good reason the real Chamberlain was an outstanding orator. He had a speech impediment as a boy, and to overcome it, he practiced his elocution diligently and made himself participate in public speaking at every opportunity. This explains his skill as a speaker, and it shows the kind of will and determination that was central to his character.
@14:26 The two soldiers you said were part of the mutineers were actually the brothers from the 20th Chamberlain talks to who tells him they can't shoot a lick lying down and prefer to fight standing. In the book, Chamberlain observes that they have been killed prior to the charge.
I'll have to make a stop at the Erie Cemetery next time I'm up there. I'm from Bradford so like an hour and a half outside Erie. You should check out (if you already haven't) the History of the Kinzua Dam with Cheif Cornplanter. Really interesting History from around my area.
I met C. Thomas Howell at a Comicon in Virginia. I asked him about his feeling of obligation to playing Thomas Chamberlain; he felt it and still has the utmost reverence for Jeff Daniels.
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I still get goose bumps when Jeff Daniels screams "Bayonets!". They really nailed the music and the ability to draw out an emotional response in this scene.
I think they played that scene perfectly. You can feel the adrenaline rush and that mixture of determination and fear that defines courage as the ability to act in spite of fear.
Absolutely!
@@cashcleaner Gettysburg was a lost cause propaganda flick
I don't know why but it always brings a tear to my eye when I watch this scene
So weird that I was just watching Jeff in the Steve Jobs movie. Its a Jeff Daniels day for me lol.
My son is in 8th grade, and his history class is doing reports and presentations over various topics on the civil war. He was dreading doing his report, until I showed him this clip. We watched the movie together, and he decided he wanted to do his report over the fight for little roundtop because of watching this scene, and finished his report enthusiastically.
Awesome!
Now...THAT is what we call parenting!
Good for you. Excellent job. Teach them history at a young age and they'll enjoy it their whole lives. It's important
"We swing like a daw..."
I love the "Bayonets!" part too. Daniels really puts his heart into it, in that you can see in his eyes the fear of the order he is giving.
It is this movie that inspired me to make my 28mm American Civil War Union miniatures the 20th Maine. (To be joined soon by the 54th Massachusetts).
Can confirm, coming from maine, that accent is perfect
I have been watching this movie ever since I was a kid, and it was only today I realized he said "we swing like a door" I always thought he said dog. Thanks Maine accent.
I love how his eyes bulge and his mustache quivers. Really shows how much he was putting into his performance. Jeff Daniels is a man who knows his American history, I think he really knew how important this film would be and how vital it was for him to nail his role, which he did. I'm from NC but my family is from New England, I can't speak to an old timey Mainer accent but from what I've heard from my family up that way, I have to say he had me fully convinced. Plus he looks exactly like Chamberlain. I would say this is his performance of a lifetime. When he screams BAYONETS you can almost see him burst a blood vessel in his eyeballs. Simply outstanding work from Mr Daniels.
Daniels plays it perfectly. It’s subtle, but he’s equally shocked by that realization and its implications. He just can’t show it in front of his officers. And when he starts saying they’ll have the advantage of moving down the hill and that the rebs have to be just as beat up as their regiment. He’s also trying to convince himself that this could work.
OK don't lie. When Chamberlain yells, "Bayonets!" You get goosebumps all over. And then the music just makes you want to grab a musket and charge. Even if you have Southern sympathies.
It's good, but I think the best acting is right before, where he looks like he's not sure what to do, looks around, and everyone is looking at him for answers. Its that military moment every soldier has seen at least once. He might be in command, but now he's really got to TAKE command. Exude confidence even if you're crapping your own pants. It makes a great leadup to strong confident order for bayonets.
@@WaywardVet and that proud look Kilrain gave him when he made the command decision in the heat of the moment 10:33. He looked like almost a proud father or uncle who is elated to see his son or nephew really going from a boy to a man in a time of emergency, and that’s true of his character setting in this film: despite his position as a subordinate, he played the role of advisor and teacher to Chamberlain throughout the first part of the film.
@@jw1731 One of my favorite parts of the movie is when Kilrain says how you cannot judge a race. Anyone who judges by the group is a pewit.
I think that is so relevant for today. People, (especially politicians both Democrat and Republican, and the media), often group people together and make general assumptions. Whether it be between black/white, male/female, political affiliation, or anything else. We need to take people one at a time. We need to judge based on their individual actions. Not the actions that their "group/race" is supposed to do. And in any case we should always give the benefit of the doubt.
@@charlessapp1835 Yes! I agree completely. Oftentimes much emphasis is placed on checking one's bigotry against race (and rightly so) that we disregard or condone prejudice against other groups or categories humans may be part of. Humans are complex creatures, and while we may be or become part of groups - political or religious or otherwise - we're ultimately own persons and we say or do things for a variety of motivations or intents. And as you said perfectly, we should give the benefit of the doubt, instead of resorting to the mindset of, "he looks and sounds like he's a conservative/liberal/Christian/Muslim/Buddhist, then he must think ___ and I bet he'd say ____ if he saw ____ ", which is unfortunately how most people tend to do if the discourse takes place long enough.
I hear Chamberlain shout “Bayonets!” I want to grab my Exacto knife and duct tape it to my walking stick and charge down a hill
This charge and the Fort Wagner charge from Glory are just incredible.
As a boy from Maine, the stand of Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine was the stuff of legends growing up. Love this movie and this scene.
yessah bub. We like to name stuff after him for sure!
I named my first son Joshua Lawrence after Chamberlain. My second son is Audie Leon. Right now my younger boy hates his first name so he goes by Lee
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Joshua Chamberlain was the epitome of what being an American is all about. He was an intellectual first and foremost, but when he saw the struggle taking place, he could not sit idly by. He was an abolitionist and could not abide what was happening to his fellow man. So he took up arms and entered the fray, intent on seeing things put right. He suffered terribly for it, but never once regretted his decision. He was a true American hero in every sense.
He was a man who was truly driven by principle and virtue. His American-Christian values was what really motivated him to become a sincere abolitionist and saw the conflict as a means to correct a horrible sin. Agreed with what you said, that he never fully recovered from his wounds. But his character was truly something at the day. A true American at the heart.
@@dastemplar9681 he likely also believed in the separation of church and state, as set forth in the Constitution he defended, so although he may have been a Christian, he was an American first, and his religious beliefs are irrelevant.
America is not a Christian country. That was the whole point. Whatever his religious beliefs may have been don't matter. His courage, his wisdom, his intelligence, and his sense of duty to his country are why he deserves to be remembered as an American hero.
@@cleverusername9369here, here!
Yes but which Americans? Americans killed eachother.
I named my oldest son Josh after Joshua Chamberlain. My second boy I named Audie after Audie Murphy
To this day it's strange watching this movie. I was a reenactor for a number of years and many of my friends are in these scenes. I was too young to carry a weapon at the time of filming but I did manage to get down for the filming of the step off of pickett's charge. To this day that cannonade was awe inspiring. The former mayor of my town was the artillery advisor on set. He was the one who came up with the talcum powder mix for the close in cannon shots. My one friend Andrew is in every scene that Jeff Daniels is in because it was his hair used for the mustache lol.
As a lifelong Mainer, I'll say that Jeff's accent is spot on in every single one of his scenes. It never slips.
Ever since i graduated high school I've missed learning in history class. I'm so glad I found this channel, everything good about the class without the assignments :)
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'The Killer Angels' is a wonderful read, 'Gettysburg' does it justice.
I believe the movie could have had a lot more carnage
I started the book today. It better than the movie.
The movie Gettysburg is so finally tuned, in terms of pacing, despite it being three hours long, the cinematography, and the miraculous score. And how in the heck were there not acting nominations for Martin Sheen, Jeff Daniels, and Tom Berenger? I’ve never seen a movie as tight as this magnum opus. Now Ron Maxwell has made only 2 or 3 movies since GB, and Gods and Generals and Copperheads weren’t as great. But G’Burg hits the mark on so many levels. Great review video!
A very rare occasion a film does a book justice
I’m a ten minute walk from where Chamberlain lived. My third grade class took a tour of his house on a field trip. They teach every school kid in Maine all about him.
Makes sense. One of the most incredible Americans that ever lived. Both in the breadth of his accomplishments and the strength of his character.
Jeff Daniels really did knock it out of the park in Gettysburg. He was perfectly dialed in to the role of Chamberlain. I especially like how he plays this scene. You can see the gears turning in his head when he initially gives the order to fix bayonets. It's a stunned realization more than anything.
Yes, "BAYONETS!" is one of the best given lines in all the movies. But I think the dialog leading up to it is equally as good. Danials begins explaining his plan and the captain says "You mean charge?" Any combat leader who has been in a similar situation, where the plan has gone to shit, and you have pull something out of your ass, and make everybody believe you still know what you're doing. You have to both explain it, and convince yourself as you're explaining it, that it will actually work. And when you're done, you must fully commit by giving the forceful command (BAYONETS!). Some of the best acting ever.
You and others who have served our country militarily have pretty much agreed on how accurate the leadup to "Bayonets!" is in terms of what leadership truly means. I'm glad it's that accurate, and I thank you, sir.
Gettysburg and Waterloo are my favorite war films and i always liked almost every scene from both of them
Fun fact: Waterloo was filmed in the Ukrainian Soviet Union and the extras were Soviet Soldiers.
@@WarriorsTale88 Yup i knew that its just such an astonishing feat achieved by them
Gettysburg is easily on my top 3 war movies of all time! Right along with Midway and Tora, Tora, Tora! I absolutely love the scene you just showed! I've been to the battlefield and through the movie and books I've read, felt like I had already been there and was reliving history!
I guess you have never seen "Paths of Glory" or Come and See". Now those are war movies.
Top three for me is "Saving Private Ryan", "Memphis Belle", and "Gettysburg".
for me the top 3 in order are Gettysburg, 1917, and Saving Private Ryan
What about Zulu?
Whoever played Ellis absolutely nailed it
I have seen this movie at least a 100 times and this scene always leaves me with goosebumps... such an awesome and powerful depiction of history
First watched this movie when i was a kid around 25 years ago. Got absolutely enamored with it, especially the battle for little round Top part. I have probably watched this movie on average once a year since.
I loved the scene when the soldier comes up and says that he has been escorting the enemy prisoners with an empty pistol and Chamberlain asks him to say it a bit low voiced
I remember at that point some subtitle version has chamberlain say “not so loud” while others transcribe it as “that’s allowed”. And either makes sense.
@@jw1731 Ya
That great scene reminds me of the scene in Band of Brothers where Liebgot has to escort 11 German prisoners with only one bullet in his rifle. Kept him from shooting any prisoners while they didn't know he was so limited in ammunition. There are probably many instances in war where prisoners weren't aware of how lightly armed their captors were.
@@Farbar1955 no Winter's emptied his M1 in view of the Germans he wanted them to know it was empty that Winters wanted them alive but the first man who did was a dead man and then what 10 guys behind enemy lines with 1 empty rifle while the rest of there forces are across the creek for them also Winters left him his baynoet as if I remember it was still fixed as Easy had just done there baynoet charge
@@sqike001ton In the series when Winters empties the rifle Leibgott's body position is such that the prisoners can't see what Winters is doing. But that's the camera shot in a TV series. In real life one of the German prisoners could understand English and actually relaxed when he heard Winters' orders. The prisoner probably relayed what he heard to the others but they weren't going to do anything anyway since they were surrounded by US troops. Anyway the comparison between the two scenarios is still an interesting one to make. I enjoyed both.
Probably my favorite scene from one of my all-time favorite war movies. Glad you like it as much as I do! It was actually watching Gettysburg for the first time as a kid that became one of the reasons I became so interested in history, especially Civil War history.
I can't believe he played in Dumb and Dumber and most people will remember him for that movie.
He also played in the Newsroom and delivered an incredible speech about America and the current issues we've had
@@panzerwolf494 I saw the series. Too bad they canceled it.
He also played Washington in The Crossing.
@@panzerwolf494 A speech full of bullshit, like the crap about free speech elsewhere. There is no free speech in Canada or most of Europe. The US is the freest country on earth still even despite big tech and the dems trying to remove that.
@@stephenrohaim382 "There is no free speech in Canada or most of Europe" You realise that the pain in my side from laughing should be illegal right?
You should cover Armistead's rally during Pickett's charge in this movie as well. That scene never fails to give me goosebumps.
Armisteads charge, picket wasn’t the one that made it to the wall
Gettysburg and Glory are my all time favorite civil war movies! Great job on this one!👍👍
My 2 X Great Grandfather served with the 1st Maine Sharpshooters and the 20th Maine. He was actually a volunteer from Canada and as far as we can tell wasn't at Gettysburg, though he was present at Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
I wasn't too interested in the American Civil War until I found this out and it made me want to learn more. Really interesting stuff.
The natural lighting in the scene gives it very unique look. It's not a location film crews would chose to film in, but the story demands it and you get something that looks different.
Yeah they did a great job finding a location that matched the actual location well. The defense of Little Round Top scenes were filmed on Camp Gettysburg Rd. and Pumping Station Rd area just a few miles west of the actual Little Round Top location.
The Maine State song is about this battle. It’s called “The Ballad of The 20th Maine” by The Ghost of Paul Revere. After reading books about this, hearing the song makes me feel like I’m there with them!
It wasn't the Ken Burns documentary that got me into Civil War history. It was the film Gettysburg.
For me it was both
Thank you so much for paying homage to the men of the 1st Minnesota.
Nearly the whole minniesota regiment got killed 😔🇺🇲
the famous Iron Brigade was badly bloodied at Gettysburg, it's just too bad they don't get more screen time for their courageous actions at that battle.
This is definitely my favorite Civil War film. I own the movie and watch it often and never tire of it, especially that particular scene!
Bowdoin College produced 2 MOH recipients (Chamberlain and Everett Pope/Peleliu) and the best Marine Company Cmdr who earned a Silver Star at Guadalcanal and died on Peleliu, Andy ‘Ack Ack’ Haldane, who was featured in ‘The Pacific’
I truly love this movie, and I think I must've watched it 10 or more times. I wish that there were more films of this kind being made, but I doubt that anyone will do something similar anytime soon. It's just not how films are made anymore. And this scene in particular always gets my blood pumping.
I hope I will get a chance to visit the battlefield sometime, until then I just want to thank you for the videos in which you try to bring them a bit closer to people like me who have never been there.
My Cousin Gregg was one of the Reenactors in the movie. He was part of that charge!
I know, this scene has been giving me goosebumps for almost 30 years.
ROTC uses this scene as an example of an Infantry counterattack. If you get the chance go to Brunswick, ME, and visit all the JLC related exhibits and his gravesite.
I was so inspired by this movie. I took a road trip to Gettysburg to visit the park.
love your commentary ...goes well with the videos. I was visiting Gettysburg during filming of the movie without knowing it was going on and my future wife and I were walking up to the Sharpshooters spot on Devils den at dusk with our Ghosts of Gettysburg book A Confederate soldier walked around the other side of the boulders. My wife and I jumped out of our shoes as we thought we were alone and his first words were " Im not a ghost". Got a funny picture with him as well somewhere. They had just filmed some scenes out at Pumping Station Rd.
As a irish Pennsylvanian i just loved gettysburg just to show the honor and bravery of the union and my great great great grandfather served in the 45th regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers back in 1863
Love this, being a Mainer I hold great pride for the boys in the 20th.
Still my all time favorite movie. I saw it for the first time on the 4th of July after going to my first re-enactment when I was 6. It is one of the things that cemented my love of the Civil War ever since.
I rewatched this movie just the other day, one of my all time favourite movies, and this scene being my favourite of the movie. Another scene that always hits me in the guts is when Lee orders general Pickett to reform his division and Picketts reply is "I have no division"
Another one with Pickett that I remember clearly is when he’s ordered to charge and he says, his voice strained, that he will follow his orders, but “I do this, under protest.”, knowing that his men will be massacred and still heading out to the slaughter
@@zjjohnson3827 Hood was the one who said that, not Pickett
Love this movie! I used to watch it every year on the anniversary. I’d watch July 1st on July 1st. Then I’d stop and watch July 2nd or July 2nd and so forth. Great movie!
Not only did papers report his premature death, I believe that the Union Army itself administered last rites and actually declared Chamberlain dead at one point following his injuries at Petersburg. They were only off by about 50 years...
I actually got to meet an extra who was a Union soldier and a Confederate Officer while on a trip to Gettysburg about 3 years ago he was very nice and cool
The Gettysburg soundtrack is so good!
I also love this "BAYONETS" line of Col . Chamberlain. Perhaps one of my favourite movies about the American Civil War (the other is "Gone with the Wind"), this scene of the dialogues between the heroes, the last Pickett's charge and tears from the scene of the dying Confederate general Armistead begging God to save his injured friend (who fought for the Union) and all this made it good and wonderful story. ❤❤❤☺️😌😌
Didn't ever get around to watching this movie until a few months ago. Worth it.
Shout out from Erie PA. Love your videos and love the movie Gettysburg. First time I saw the movie was I was in a gift shop on a trip to Gettysburg. Such an amazing movie.
I saw this movie in my 8th grade history class and it has become my favorite historical movie. This is one reason I love history. Also anyone else notice the guys on the ground moving out of the way before the charge so they don't get stepped on
I am and always will be a Texas boy by heart, but even though there were Texas units marching up that hill, I will also always deeply admire the quick thinking and moral courage of Chamberlain at Little Round Top. The Texas boys were fighting for their independence, but what the men of the 20th Maine went through to uphold the Union and - though not often stated openly, universally acknowledged - to end slavery in America, was truly remarkable. God bless those patriots and their memory.
Chamberlain's charge was a move made in a desperate situation "Hold to all hazards" was the order, but he (Chamberlain) put it perfectly, "we can't run, but if we stay we can't shoot". He couldn't go back, nor could he stay, so the only choice left to him was simply go forward.
You are right it ought to be 'universally acknowledged.' Slavery and the right to own others is written in the Confederate Constitution produced in Montgomery, Alabama just after the first seven states secede. Anyone with CSA sympathies today who can't acknowledge what the war was about ought to actually read the CSA Constitution and letters, not of the poor Southern men doing the fighting (who mainly did not own slaves), but rather the letters of ambitious landowning officer class. Becoming a 'freeman' in the South meant becoming a large landowner and therefore owning others. For some, mostly younger Sessionists, the aspiration of being 'free' to enslave others was the principle 'right' they wanted. All roads lead to the "peculiar institution" as the "basis of southern civilization" as John Calhoun put it a decade before the war began.
@jona5482 you learned Howard Zinn's version of history very well
One of the defining moments of American history. Rest in peace Joshua Chamberlain.
Great movie, one of the only movies of this length I can watch repeatedly whenever I can.
Yes this scene is by far my favorite it bought tears to my eyes the courage of Chamberlain and his men showed no bounds. And in my opinion this is the best movie I have ever watched.
One of my favorite movies. :D Saw clips on TH-cam and watched the whole movie on Google Play. Never regretted it.
Chamberlain won the Congressional Medal of Honor for this charge. It also highlights the Yankee Shout, which was just as powerful as the rebel yell.
This movie came on the TNT channel every few months from around 1993 to 1995. I watched it every time, and even recorded the theme song on cassette tape from my stereo system hooked up to the TV. Then I would listen to that tape on my Walkman while outside in the woods and pretend to be a civil war commander.
Whoot! Love this scene, glad to see you cover it
I love this movie. This was the movie that got me interested in History. My father wanted to go to Gettysburg for vacation one year when I was in elementary school. I didn't want to go but he put in this movie, we watched it, and that as they say was that. We went to the library I got every book they had on Gettysburg. I read them in the car on the way up there and I was hooked every since.
Speaking of Jeff Daniels. I was very impressed with his role as Chamberlain. He also did justice to George Washington in the movie "The Crossing." Have you seen that one? He also does a fantastic recitation of The Gettysburg Address too. Those could be interesting reactions to do.
Greetings from Erie Pa. I love the movie Gettysburg and remember the copy I have of the movie I actually bought in a small shop in Gettysburg. My parents took me when I was about 12 years old and I was so blah about going since I was young and just wanted to play my Gameboy. My parents took us on a bus tour around the battlefields and the tour guide we had loved what he did and loved history as much as you and he had my attention the whole time. That's when I found out I truly loved History
Have you visited Strong Vincent's grave? He was Chamberlain's brigade commander, mortally wounded during the fight on Little Round Top. He's an Erie native and buried there.
As a Mainer, I love Chamberlain and his portrayal by Jeff Daniels in this film is fantastic.
I do not know how you don’t break down in tears when watching this scene. He didn’t command the 20th Maine… he lead them!
and to add to the fact that its mostly reenactors: they pretty much all showed up with their own kits including cannon
While I definitely agree that Chamberlain was a driving force for this attack, Capt Spears' efforts should NOT be overlooked, despite the post Civil War memoirs. It's often difficult to start something if someone isn't already doing it, and to motivivate your troops to do that, I think Spears' bears a LOT of the credit.
Awesome to see my second favorite Ohioan, my wife being the first of course, doing another Gettysburg film bit. I was actually in the Gods and Generals film as a background artist. Thanks again for the awesome work you do. (:
love this scene and the movie is my favorite too. I have visited gettysburg only once and i hope to visit again in the future.
13:06 Yes. I remember Chamberlain wrote that the situation was so confusing that a confederate officer tried to fire his revolver at his head with one hand while surrendering his saber with the other.
I think the revolver actually fired but missed his head and then he surrendered after that single shot
@@austinburtt9640 I can't remember the exact quote, so I was little vague, but I think you're right. I think he said that the confederate fired at him.
Your stuff is always great. Love both "The Killer Angels" and "Gettysburg". Saw the movie in the theater several times, most notably in downtown Gettysburg when visiting the battlefield (early-mid 90's)?
I've been a civil war buff since a kid during the great 1961-65 centennial, read all the pop histories and visited Gettysburg, Bull Run, Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, Antietam battlefields at 15 and didn't know the amazing details of this part of the fight or about Chamberlain until seeing the film in the nineties. What a blowout!
When Ted Turner planned his civil war trilogy, this pompous billionaire said it was a labor of love. After GETTYSBURG and GODS AND GENERALS, he said he did not make enough money to film the third movie of the trilogy. He could have never done any of it without the wonderful re-enactors. 😢😢😢
I have watched this countless times, always crying buckets of tears. The most heartbreaking scene was when Stephen Lang's Pickett said, "General Lee, I have no division." 😢😢😢
i like the little twirl with sword in hand Ellis does as he's leading the charge. chokes me up.
Daniels accent is right on. Also the expression on his face, he nails it.
Great breakdown love it!!
One of my favourite scenes
Its awesome that you were in Erie! I am a volunteer at the Erie Maritime Museum, we were probably closed when you were up here. It is definitely worth the visit if you are ever back in the area!
Love this movie...went through most of the Audiobooks of Michael and Jeff Shaara regarding the Civil War. Awesome stuff!
Hollywood knows how to do it safely, and you are right, no movie gets it all correct. If you've ever witnessed live-fire transpiring in a wooded area, bullets and trees show off an awesome display of splinters, ricochet action & sounds, and more that is both a marvel and horror to behold when it is coming toward you. Just a few, 3, or 4 in the initial contact portion would have carried this scene 'a hundred miles' for effect. Otherwise, this scene, too, is one of my most cinematic ACW favorites. Thanks for sharing it with us. Soldier On!
Im so hyped for the blucher scene!!
That one is SO good
First time seeing the fresh trim, awesome movie clip as well
Jeff Daniels is such a talented actor, to say the very least. 👍
If I'm remembering correctly, Gettysburg and Dumb & Dumber were released in the same year, or at least pretty close in time. Gives you a good overview of Jeff Daniels's range as an actor, eh?
Eid Mubarak to everyone seeing this comment!
Wonderful! My favourite scene.
One of the best scene of the movie.
My favorite, tought, is the little moment when Armistead pray and cry to his mn, just before charging.
You get a sense of humanity, of tragedy and futility for those men who go into hellish death for a very doubtful cause, throwing their lives away with yet all this bravery.
Awesome information sir
I really think you would enjoy atun-shei films’ three part series over Gettysburg. He talks about this fight as well as the overlooked Minnesota charge!
Fine, I will rewatch the movie again!
I love the dynamic between him and his brother
My mother was from Maine. Joshua Chamberlain was one of her heros, and she frequently bragged about the 20th Maine.
My favorite scene is during Pickett’s charge when the rebs finally get within musket range, and it’s such a quick scene. But it’s when the Union infantry stands up and fired their volley at then
It’s a great scene! Thank you for pronouncing Bowdoin correctly!
I love how that Gettysburg the movie is so historically focused that they even have the moment where Longstreet can't even bring himself to order Pickett to charge, he just nods solemnly knowing full well he just ordered hundreds of men to their deaths for little reason. Lee's folly was that was too successful and allowed his overconfidence cloud his judgement, Gettysburg was the result.
‘Longstreet’
@@TigerRifle1 fixed for you
One thing that the movie couldn't go into was that there was a good reason the real Chamberlain was an outstanding orator. He had a speech impediment as a boy, and to overcome it, he practiced his elocution diligently and made himself participate in public speaking at every opportunity. This explains his skill as a speaker, and it shows the kind of will and determination that was central to his character.
Love that Maine accent! "You mean chaaage sir?" "Yes, chaaage!"
Thanks for remembering the 1st Minnesota - I always thought Lincoln's line "the last full measure of Devotion" was a reference to them.
@14:26 The two soldiers you said were part of the mutineers were actually the brothers from the 20th Chamberlain talks to who tells him they can't shoot a lick lying down and prefer to fight standing. In the book, Chamberlain observes that they have been killed prior to the charge.
Man! Now I have to watch Gettysburg again
Great Movie man, well done.
If when Chamberlain shouts “bayonets!!” If you are not fighting the urge to charge down Little Round Top I do not want to know you.
I'll have to make a stop at the Erie Cemetery next time I'm up there.
I'm from Bradford so like an hour and a half outside Erie.
You should check out (if you already haven't) the History of the Kinzua Dam with Cheif Cornplanter. Really interesting History from around my area.
Turn: Washington’s Spies was amazing ! You need to do a review :)
I met C. Thomas Howell at a Comicon in Virginia. I asked him about his feeling of obligation to playing Thomas Chamberlain; he felt it and still has the utmost reverence for Jeff Daniels.