Shenandoah

1965

Action / Drama / War / Western

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 79% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 9594 9.6K

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Plot summary

Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of the Civil War he wants nothing to do with. When his youngest boy is taken prisoner by the North, the Civil War is forced upon him.


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February 06, 2016 at 02:46 AM

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James Stewart as Charlie
George Kennedy as Col. Fairchild
Patrick Wayne as James
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1 hr 45 min
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1 hr 45 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by claudio_carvalho 8 / 10

Family and the American Civil War

In Shenandoah, Virginia, the widower farmer Charlie Anderson (James Stewart) lives a peaceful life with his six sons - Jacob (Glenn Corbett), James (Patrick Wayne), Nathan (Charles Robinson), John (James McMullan), Henry (Tim McIntire) and Boy (Phillip Alford), his daughter Jennie (Rosemary Forsyth), and his daughter-in-law and James' wife Ann Anderson (Katharine Ross) in his farm.

Charlie does not let his sons to join the army to fight in the American Civil War that he considers that it is not their war. Meanwhile Jennie marries to her beloved Lieutenant Sam (Doug McClure), but they do not have honeymoon since Sam has to go to the front. When Charlie's youngest son Boy is mistakenly taken prisoner by soldiers from the North. Charlie rides with his sons to rescue Boy, while James and Ann stays in the farm. But it is time of violence and war, and tragedy reaches the Anderson family.

The heartbreaking and unforgettable "Shenandoah" is one of my favorite westerns, with the story of a family caught by the American Civil War. The plot has elements of "Friendly Persuasion", with the strong code of honor of the patriarch of a family and James Stewart has another top- notch performance. My favorite scene is when Charlie prepares the room of an abandoned farm to give the opportunity of a honeymoon to Jeannie and Sam. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Shenandoah"

Note: On 09 Dec 2018 I saw this film again.

Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 6 / 10

Moving war-western cross

SHENANDOAH is an engaging little war movie with a topical twist. It must have hit home for American audiences watching at the outset of the Vietnam War and wondering if they were going to see their sons again. Jimmy Stewart is an excellent choice for the lead role, a mild-mannered farmer who finds himself drawn into the American Civil War despite his best wishes, due to Yankee soldiers trespassing on his land.

Andrew V. McLaglen was a good choice for director as he creates a strong and compelling movie. The famous theme tune is worth catching in itself and the casting director has done well to populate the film with the likes of Doug McClure and Patrick Wayne, with Katharine Ross shining in a small star-making turn. There isn't a great deal of action here but the battle and fight scenes that do take place are fine. The ending deserves mention for being particularly poignant.

Reviewed by bkoganbing 8 / 10

This Land Here Is Anderson Land

If James Stewart had done Shenandoah twenty years earlier he would have had the role that Glenn Corbett has of the son challenging the Anderson family neutrality policy at the dinner table. The Anderson patriarch would have been played by Lionel Barrymore.

Charley Anderson is a man raising a family with six sons and a daughter all on one family farm. He owns no slaves as did many in the South back in those Civil War days. Some of his sons want to get into the Civil War as a matter of regional pride. He doesn't think that's reason enough or a real good idea in any event.

But when youngest son Philip Alford is taken by the Union soldiers because he was wearing a lost Confederate hat he found, Stewart sets out to get his son back. The journey is filled with the heartbreak and tragedy visited on a man who never wanted to get involved in a war he considered none of his business.

There sure were easier places you could be neutral in the Civil WAr. In New England you had little danger of invasion and Florida saw no great land battles of the Civil War. But the Shenandoah Valley was one of the major theaters of war back in the day. Viewers of Shenandoah know that and when the film is over we know that the Anderson family and the rest of the people living there will have more to deal with.

Shenandoah became a long running Broadway musical in the Seventies starring John Cullom. But I think more people identify with it as a James Stewart project.

Saddest moment in the film, the deaths of Patrick Wayne and Katherine Ross. Very poignant indeed.

Funniest moment is easily when Doug McClure is looking for the hand of Rosemary Forsyth from James Stewart. Funny, but also wise in terms of what makes a long term relationship possible.

Shenandoah still holds up very well forty years later as grand family entertainment.

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