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Shenandoah (1965) was a Drama - War Film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and produced by Robert Arthur.

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Shenandoah (1965)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 26, 2025 From 4 Star Films

Shenandoah is a curious movie on multiple accounts. It’s not unreasonable to think that large families like the Anderson’s existed in real life for mere practicality sake. More children means more farmhands to put in a day’s work and keep things running. It’s a survival tacti... Read full article


Shenandoah (1965)

By Beatrice on Oct 7, 2018 From Flickers in Time

Shenandoah Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen Written by James Lee Barrett 1965/USA Universal Pictures First viewing/Netflix rental 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 ... Read full article


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Charlie Anderson: I'm glad you're here, Johnson. I've been meaning to have a word with your people about those cannons of yours. The chickens have stopped laying, the cows have dried up. Who do I send the bill to?


Charlie Anderson: What do you do with dead soldiers?


Charlie Anderson: Why we have this same conversation every Saturday before Sunday meeting, I'll never know, but I'm going to pray to the Almighty that this will be the end of it.


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The opening battle scenes are taken from Raintree County and are printed as a mirror image of the original footage. (The same scenes can also be seen in, among other films, How the West Was Won.)
The movie was turned into the stage musical under the same title in 1975 starring John Cullum.
In Disneyland's 50th fireworks show, "Remember, Dreams Come True," a portion of the music can be heard. It plays before the Frontierland sequence.
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