"North and South" (1985) TV mini-series

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Richard T. Heffron

Writers:

Paul F. Edwards (writer)
Patricia Green (writer)
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Release Date:

3 November 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War

Plot:

Two friends, one northern and one southern, struggle to maintain their friendship as events build towards the American Civil War.

Plot Keywords:

Espionage | Civil War | Star Crossed Lovers | Flogging | Family Feud

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Patrick Swayze	...	Orry Main
James Read	...	George Hazard
Lesley-Anne Down	...	Madeline Fabray LaMotte
Wendy Kilbourne	...	Constance Flynn Hazard
Kirstie Alley	...	Virgilia Hazard
Jean Simmons	...	Clarissa Main
Terri Garber	...	Ashton Main Huntoon
Genie Francis	...	Brett Main Hazard
Philip Casnoff	...	Elkanah Bent
Lewis Smith	...	Charles Main
John Stockwell	...	Billy Hazard
David Carradine	...	Justin LaMotte
Inga Swenson	...	Maude Hazard
Jonathan Frakes	...	Stanley Hazard
Wendy Fulton	...	Isabel Truscott Hazard
Jim Metzler	...	James Huntoon
Tony Frank	...	Salem Jones
Erica Gimpel	...	Semiramis
William Ostrander	...	Forbes LaMotte
Andy Stahl	...	Cadet Ned Fisk
Georg Stanford Brown	...	Grady
Olivia Cole	...	Maum Sally
Robert Mitchum	...	Patrick Flynn
Hal Holbrook	...	Abraham Lincoln
Robert Guillaume	...	Frederick Douglass
Morgan Fairchild	...	Burdetta Halloran
Johnny Cash	...	John Brown
Gene Kelly	...	Sen. Charles Edwards
David Ogden Stiers	...	Congressman Sam Greene
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Madam Conti
John Anderson	...	William Hazard
Lee Bergere	...	Nicholas Fabray
David Harris	...	Priam
Mitch Ryan	...	Tillet Main
Forest Whitaker	...	Cuffey
Arthur Gilliard	...	Nathaniel
Cody W. Hampton	...	George Pickett
Robert Jones	...	Whitney Smith's Brother
Mark Moses	...	Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Robert Jones	...	Fighting Man
Walter Barnes	...	Benny Haven
William Preston Daly	...	Tom 'Stonewall' Jackson
Chris Douridas	...	McClellan
Nikki Creswell	...	Young Brett Main
Temi Epstein	...	Young Ashton Main (as Temi Le Anne Epstein)
Cary Guffey	...	Young Billy Hazard
Terri Gardner	...	Alice Peet
Barton Heyman	...	West Point Instructor
Teresa Tabron	...	Nancy
Drew Deighan	...	Orderly
Stephen Godwin	...	Lt. Pearson
Stephanie Allison Jobluck	...	Ashton Main - as Minor
Melissa Manley	...	Brett Main - as Minor
Tuck Milligan	...	Smith Dawkins
Ginnie Randall	...	Clyta
Lou Walker	...	Ezekial
Tim Wise	...	Surgeon
William Arvay	...	Whitney Smith
William Bender	...	Priest
John Fortune Dunn	...	Referee
Mert Hatfield	...	Ironworker
Joanne Morgan	...	Thisbee
Ralph Pace	...	Gerritt Smith
Ray Spruell	...	Ironworker
Jacob Stewart	...	Abner
Ronnie Stutes	...	Barman
Alveda King Beale	...	Slave
Jim Cheatham	...	Cadet Lieutenant
Michael Crabtree	...	Galen DeVere
Frances Foster	...	Slave
Oliver Hamilton	...	Clinton
Jon Hayden	...	Myles Woodward (as Jon Nicol Hayden)
Eric Heffron	...	1st Cadet
Patricia Allison	...	2nd Abolitionist
Virginia Dale	...	3rd Abolitionist
Mac McClennahan	...	Passenger
Michael McHugh	...	1st Gunman
Ted Manson	...	Dr. Sapp
David Muir	...	1st Abolitionist
David Beauford	...	Clarence
Norman Bennett	...	The Planter
Tom Brennan	...	Gilhoully
Lou Hancock	...	The Woman
James Hurdle	...	Officer of the Day
Vince McKewin	...	Cpl. Tannen
James Rebhorn	...	Maj. Anderson
Michael Tulin	...	Lt. Ben Carpenter
Robert Vaucresson	...	Jed
David Weaver	...	Preston Smith
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lenore Bender	...	2nd Asylum Inmate
Michael T. Boyd	...	West Point Instructer
Darryl Cox	...	Southern Businessman
Robert Lee Hodge	...	Soldier
Davis Hotard
Eddie King
Charles Lawlor	...	Horace
Randy Moore	...	Train Conductor
Stanley Moore	...	Horseman
David Weaver	...	Preston Smith
Jessie Winn	...	Extra
Kevin R. Young	...	West Point Instructer
Vince Deadrick Sr.	...	Fighting Man at Station (First Episode) (uncredited)
Robert F. Hoy	...	Fighting Man at Station (First Episode) (uncredited)
Rachel Jakes	...	Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)
Fred Lerner	...	Fighting Man at Station (First Episode) (uncredited)
Ron O'Neal	...	William Still (uncredited)
Roger Ragland	...	Mounted Dragoon (uncredited)
Walter Robles	...	Fighting Man at Station (First Episode) (uncredited)

Directed by
Richard T. Heffron

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Paul F. Edwards		writer
Patricia Green		writer
Douglas Heyes		writer
John Jakes		novel
Kathleen A. Shelley		writer

Produced by
Paul Freeman	....	producer
Rob Harland	....	associate producer
Chuck McLain	....	executive producer
David L. Wolper	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Bill Conti

Cinematography by
Stevan Larner

Film Editing by
Michael Eliot
Scott C. Eyler

Casting by
Phyllis Huffman
Jennifer Jackson Part

Production Design by
Archie J. Bacon		(as Arch Bacon)

Costume Design by
Vicki Sánchez

Makeup Department
Alan Fama	....	makeup artist (as Al Fama)
Dick Smith	....	special makeup effects artist: Abraham Lincoln makeup

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Douglas Dean III	....	assistant director
Josh McLaglen	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Richard M. Cole	....	propmaker gangboss (1985)

Sound Department
Alex Bamattre	....	sound editor
Stu Bernstein	....	sound editor
Roy Braverman	....	sound effects editor
Lee Chaney	....	sound editor
Craig Clark	....	dialogue editor
Vincent Connelly	....	sound editor
Corinne Sessarego	....	sound editor
Clancy T. Troutman	....	supervising sound editor

Stunts
Gregory J. Barnett	....	stunts
Tom Elliott	....	stunts
Fred Lerner	....	stunt coordinator: episode 1 - 6
David Cadiente	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steve Cremin	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob K. Cummings	....	stunts (uncredited)
Vince Deadrick Sr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Glory Fioramonti	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tim Gilbert	....	stunts (uncredited)
Clifford Happy	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gene Hartline	....	stunts (uncredited)
Robert F. Hoy	....	stunts (uncredited)
Loren Janes	....	stunts (uncredited)
A. Michael Lerner	....	stunt double: Patrick Swayze (uncredited)
A. Michael Lerner	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Lerner	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mike H. McGaughy	....	stunts (uncredited)
Pat McGroarty	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill McIntosh	....	stunts (uncredited)
Cliff McLaughlin	....	stunt double: James Read (uncredited)
Cliff McLaughlin	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jimmy Ortega	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bernie Pock	....	stunts (uncredited)
Roger Ragland	....	stunts (uncredited)
Walter Robles	....	stunts (uncredited)
John Robotham	....	stunts (uncredited)
J.P. Romano	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill M. Ryusaki	....	stunts (uncredited)
Walter Scott	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Verbois	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred M. Waugh	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jerry Wills	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Farmer	....	gaffer
Don E. FauntLeRoy	....	assistant camera
Peter Gerling	....	assistant camera
Ralph Gerling	....	camera operator
Owen Marsh	....	camera operator
Bill Sheehan	....	assistant camera
Michael J. Wheeler	....	second assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Judi Flowers	....	costumer (as Judi Spindel)

Music Department
James D. Young	....	music editor
Julie Giroux	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)
Julie Giroux	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Greig McRitchie	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Other crew
Michael T. Boyd	....	re-enactment coordinator
Billy L. 'Butch' Frank	....	historical consultant
Patricia Green	....	story editor
Ray Herbeck Jr.	....	technical advisor
Roger Ragland	....	wrangler
Kevin R. Young	....	re-enactment coordinator

Production Companies

• David L. Wolper Productions
• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (USA)
• TV1 (1997) (Estonia) (TV)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland Oy (2006) (Finland) (DVD)

Runtime:

561 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) (2006) | UK:15 (season 2) | UK:PG (season 1) | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Boone Hall Plantation - 1235 Long Point Road, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA

Company:

David L. Wolper Productions

Trivia:

Since West Point today bears little physical resemblance to the Academy of 1842, the West Point scenes were filmed at Historic Jefferson College outside Natchez. Local military school cadets and ROTC students served as their 19th Century counter parts and were even granted permission to grow their hair for six months to insure the proper period look.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the end of part 6, when George and Orry leave the Hazard mansion during the anti-southern procession: George is wearing a round Union-sympathy mark, but when they arrive to the rail station, the mark is flower-shaped.

Quotes:

Justin: If there is a war with Mexico, it's going to play havoc with my wine cellar.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "I Love the '80s Strikes Back" (2003)

Wonderful

A story about love and hate, tragedy and happiness, and most of all, friendship set in the very interesting time of the American Civil War.

Gets you interested in history, gets you emotionally involved and makes you feverishly wait for the next episode.

Moreover, the casting was splendid. Many superstars appear in short cameos, the leading roles are played by a big array of talented mimes - Kirstie Alley and Terri Garber should be mentioned here - this is simply a superb example for a TV production as it should be.

Not to forget the sheer loveliness of Wendy Kilbourne portraying Constance :-)