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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 07/15/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 47 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 13 Genres: Drama, War Drama, POW Drama

Made for the TNT cable channel, this lengthy docudrama records the harrowing conditions at the Confederacy's most notorious prisoner-of-war camp. The drama unfolds through the eyes of a company of Union soldiers captured at the Battle of Cold Harbor, VA, in June 1864, and shipped to the camp in southern Georgia. A private, Josiah Day (Jarrod Emick), and his sergeant (Frederic Forrest) try to hold their company together in the face of squalid living conditions, inhumane punishments, and a gang of predatory fellow prisoners called the Raiders. After an unsuccessful escape attempt, the Massachusetts men help to put an end to the Raiders' activities. With the permission of the camp's commandant, Captain Wirz (Jan Triska), the Raiders are tried by their peers (with newly arrived prisoners as the impartial jury) and punishment is meted out. The men eagerly greet each new batch of arrivals to the overcrowded camp, hoping to hear some news of prisoner exchange, but as the months drag on and more of the men succumb to disease, that hope begins to flicker. ~ Tom Wiener, All Movie Guide

Jarrod Emick
Frederic Forrest
Ted Marcoux
Tom Aldredge
Carmen Argenziano

This made-for-TV drama about the infamous Confederate prisoner of war camp where more than 12,000 captured soldiers lost their lives has been given a simple presentation on DVD. Andersonville has been given a widescreen transfer to disc at the aspect ratio of 1.85:1, and the audio is mastered in Dolby Digital Stereo. In addition to the original English-language audio track, there's also an alternate dubbed French track, as well as subtitles in Spanish, French, and English. No additional bonus material has been included. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide