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No Retreat from Destiny: The Battle That Rescued Washington

  • Video
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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No Retreat from Destiny: The Battle That Rescued Washington (2006)
ActionDramaWar

Tells the story of the Confederacy's last great invasion of the north, in July 1864, and the subsequent attack on Washington, D.C. that almost brought the northern war effort to its knees. F... Read allTells the story of the Confederacy's last great invasion of the north, in July 1864, and the subsequent attack on Washington, D.C. that almost brought the northern war effort to its knees. Follows the campaign from Richmond to Petersburg, then to battles at Lynchburg and General ... Read allTells the story of the Confederacy's last great invasion of the north, in July 1864, and the subsequent attack on Washington, D.C. that almost brought the northern war effort to its knees. Follows the campaign from Richmond to Petersburg, then to battles at Lynchburg and General Jubal Early's fight down the Shenandoah Valley - defeating two Union Armies in the process... Read all

  • Director
    • Kevin R. Hershberger
  • Writers
    • Kevin R. Hershberger
    • John Pagano
  • Stars
    • Cyril Augustin
    • Robert Blumenstein
    • Paul Boccadoro
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    95
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kevin R. Hershberger
    • Writers
      • Kevin R. Hershberger
      • John Pagano
    • Stars
      • Cyril Augustin
      • Robert Blumenstein
      • Paul Boccadoro
    • 10User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 15 wins total

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    Cyril Augustin
    • Civil War Soldier
    Robert Blumenstein
    • Unionist Father
    Paul Boccadoro
    • Soldier
    Bob Bosler
    • President Jefferson Davis
    Brendan Bradley
    Brendan Bradley
    • Alabama Soldier
    David Bridgewater
    • Gen. John C. Breckinridge
    Mike Brown
    • General John McCausland
    Aric Bruggeworth
    • Federal Staff Officer Extra
    Paul Bugelski
    • Gen. George Gordon Meade
    Bill Buser
    • Major Gen. Robert Rodes
    Renée Cannon
    • Townswoman
    Nick Carlson
    • Col Eli S Parker
    Rob Carter
    • Body Servant
    Christopher Cartmill
    • Captain Brown
    Gary Chambers
    • Union Officer
    Rory Chaply
    • Body Servant
    Tegan Chapman
    • Girl at Bakery
    Woody Chapman
    • Newspaper Boy
    • Director
      • Kevin R. Hershberger
    • Writers
      • Kevin R. Hershberger
      • John Pagano
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    9frohrer

    Alfred at the bridge

    My great-grandfather, Alfred N. Sova (1847-1935) was a private in the 9th New York Heavy Artillery, assigned to Rickett's Division of the Sixth Corps. He is portrayed by Jeremy Wade in the bridge burning scene. While not entirely accurate, (the wheat sheaves were actually placed in the roof area of the bridge prior to Alfred "shinning" up a beam to start the fire), these dramatic scenes certainly depict the courage and confusion in the fog of war.

    Although Alfred also fought at Cold Harbor, Cedar Creek, the Peterburg Breakthrough and Saylor's Creek, his actions at the Battle of Monocacy and personal role in the strategic burning of the covered bridge were the highlight of his military service and the experience that he recounted most often to his family and friends during his long life.

    ~Fred Rohrer
    9phussion

    Low Budget on an Epic Scale!!

    What an accomplishment by Lion Heart Film Works for their portrayal of the Battle of Monocacy....Mr. Hershberger and company deliver the goods to all Civil War buffs who see the value in and appreciate ATTENTION TO DETAIL in regards to the tactics of the day and the brave men and women involved.

    For those who haven't already, I would purchase the 2-disc DVD in order to gain a great insight into the making of the film and some of the best reenactment footage around!! Director Kevin Hershberger and writer/historian John Pagano also provide a feature-length commentary which, in my opinion, acts as an invaluable tool for aspiring indie filmmakers of this genre. Truly inspiring!! Fans of history...be on the look out for more stuff from these guys!
    9lionheartmary

    Liked it allot...

    A well produced Indie docu-drama, with great production values and scale for such a limited budget. I keep hearing $500,000, but I thought it was truly closer to half of that.

    The Music is great and hits the mark each time. I liked the emotional center with the woman's P.O.V. Voice Over telling us the story as if she already knew the outcome, but never let on, let us discover the story with her. Nice.

    The actors did a great job on a tough Indie film budget, and they looked striking like the Generals and politicians they were supposed to portray. No other Civil War film has so accurately brought to life real characters from the 1860s. The combat was stunning and shocking, up-there with much bigger budget Hollywood productions. Overall, worth checking out.
    4gardeniapalms

    P.O.V. Review From One NOT Connected to Project

    I'm writing this as someone not connected to this project in any way and wouldn't have an intimate knowledge as to budgets nor activities represented in this video. Those are not things regular viewes would know.

    That being said, I will say of the production values that they seemed pretty good for the most part. The video starts off with a woman obviously from the south speaking very poetically. That same voice and type of speaking appears a few more times but that's it. This video was included in the "Lincoln: Trial by Fire" DVD collection.

    To be painfully honest, the video came off more of a bunch of Civil War re-enactors wanting to document what they do rather than be about some battle that saves the citry of our nations capital. (At least that's what the Summary says it's about.) There is no voice-over explaining to us what what was happening nor why troops were being moved into certain positions nor what happened that would spur them to take the action either side was taken. At certain parts there is a subtitle at the bottom with the name of the location and, at time, the name of the person in the frame which is fine but I kept asking myself "Why?". Granted, there is some dialogue like, for instance, you see a bunch of Confederate soldiers walking along a rode next to a fence where some women were hanging about only to have one of the soldiers run over to one of them who begins to almost plead him to just forget everything and come on home while he's saying he can't. Then, I think it involved the same two people, while he's back with those walking he runs back and gives her some kind of red fabric but not sure because he didn't have it on him just a few seconds earlier.

    There were spots where the voice of the person talking was muffled but instead of hearing words, you heard whatever it was around the mic being rustled as if it was inside a saddlebag...you can see someone's mouth moving...just couldn't hear them. For the most part, you have men moving from place to place firing their rifles or a cannon or two but nothing to explain what was going on.

    In places where a location was indicated in a subtitle on the bottom of the screen, never was a map ever shown showing us the bigger picture...only local maps thay may (or may not) have existed at the time. There may have been a year indicated in those subtitles but to be honest, I don't remember seeing them so I don't know how close to the end of the war these activities occurred (other than one of the re-enactiors stating that this was the 3rd attempt on Washington D.C. by the Confederacy).

    My advice to future film-makers: if you want to tell us a story than do that...tell us the story. Don't just show us a bunch of people running around shooting guns at each other in different color uniforms. In a sense I was feeling much like the Confederate soldiers must have felt...confused and questioning what was the point. In all, this video had the promise of being different since it seemed to be telling it from the point of the Confederacy, it's just a shame it didn't live up that promise...nor any other.
    7rickrk-rk

    Not bad.

    The acting may a bit cheesy at times, and the make up regarding facial hair definitely looked fake. But, the authenticity of the weapons and the devastating effects they had made up for it. The battle scenes were actually cringe-worthy as a result. I can't even imagine the cajones it must've taken to stand in the open with bullets whizzing by and your comrades on either side of you being mortality wounded.

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    • Trivia
      Two Union soldiers featured would earn the Medal of Honor for their actions at the Battle of Monocacy, and both were from the 10th Vermont Regiment. 1st Lt. George E. Davis for defending two bridges against repeated Confederate assaults until he set fire and retreated, thereby delaying the Confederate advance. Corporal Alexander Scott for braving enemy fire and rescuing his regiment's flag from capture.
    • Connections
      Edited from Wicked Spring (2002)

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    • Release date
      • March 10, 2006 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Boonsboro, Maryland, USA
    • Production companies
      • Historical Entertainment LLC
      • LionHeart FilmWorks
      • Wicked Spring
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    • Budget
      • $400,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 47 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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