Pharaoh's Army (1995)

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  • PHARAOH'S ARMY


    DIRECTED, PRODUCED AND WRITTEN BY ROBBY HENSON
    CICADA FILMS/ ITVS



    Information from IMDb


    Plot Summary
    During the American Civil War, a Union Army captain leads his rag-tag cavalry troop up a misty creek
    to a remote farm to steal enemy (Confederate) livestock.
    The farm is wroked by Sarah Anders, whose husband is away fighting for the Confederate Army.
    Far from the great armies and battlefields, a very private civil war erupts.
    The Captain and Sarah are pulled apart by the war's undertow into choices
    they can not fully control or understand.
    Each character in this drama must decide whether loyalty will be paid in blood.
    This story has a relevance to current partisan conflicts.
    Armies are not filled with murdering psychopaths.
    Good people can be driven to do bad things.
    The story chronicles the pathology of war, how escalating events can trigger unasked-for tragedy.
    Based on a true story about a southern child who shot and killed a union soldier during the Civil War.
    Written by jstanley


    Full Cast
    Chris Cooper ... Captain John Hull Abston
    Patricia Clarkson ... Sarah Anders
    Kris Kristofferson ... Preacher
    Robert Joy ... Chicago
    Richard Tyson ... Rodie
    Frank Clem ... Neely
    Huckleberry Fox ... Newt
    Will Lucas ... Boy
    Mac Miles ... Israel
    Robert E. Sampson ... Narrator
    Maude Mitchell ... Preacher's Wife
    Rebecca Ryland ... Mourner
    Scott Coffman ... Mourner
    Gale Wilson ... Mourner
    Stacie Coffman ... Mourner
    Leon Cain ... Mourner
    Alvie Cox ... Mourner
    Zach Lee ... Mourner
    D.J. Wade ... Mourner
    Margaret Ellis ... Mourner
    Anne Hayden ... Mourner
    Sarah Clay ... Mourner
    Cameron Williams ... Mourner
    Mary Ellis ... Mourner
    Ellen Ellis ... Mourner
    Paul Johnson ... Mourner
    Margaret Abbott ... Mourner
    Susan Coffman ... Mourner
    Megan Shelby ... Mourner


    Produced
    Robby Henson .... producer
    Tracy Kristofferson .... associate producer
    Doug Lodato .... producer
    Elizabeth Rodgers .... associate producer
    Melissa Weisenberg .... line producer


    Production Companies
    Cicada Films
    Independent Television Service (ITVS)
    Kentucky Educational Television
    NEA
    Sinkhole Productions Inc.
    TMF Metro


    Original Music
    Vince Emmett


    Trivia
    The text at the end of film reads: "In 1941, a Kentucky mountaineer returned to a remote sinkhole,
    the place where during the Civil War he had killed and buried a Union Soldier.
    This film was inspired by his story as told to the folklorist Harry Caudill."


    Original story took place at Meshack's Creek, Kentucky, in 1862; the town no longer exists.
    Tompkinsville is the nearest town officially recognized by the US Postal Service, roughly 6 miles to the west of the creek.
    The general area (Cumberland Gap), during the Civil War, experienced some of the most brutal clashes of the war;
    not only battles, but brother against brother and neighbor against neighbor.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Location
    Kentucky, USA


    Watch this Clip


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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Pharaoh's Army is a 1995 U.S. film directed and written by Robby Henson,
    and starring Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson and Kris Kristofferson.
    The film takes place in Kentucky during the American Civil War
    and focuses on an uneasy encounter between a small squadron of Union Army soldiers
    that take up residence at the farm of a woman whose husband is fighting in the Confederate States Army.


    User Review

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

  • I enjoyed this film. While it is not a blockbuster by today standards, It's a good watch. I enjoy Chris Cooper in most things he does.


    Mark

    "I couldn't go to sleep at night if the director didn't call 'cut'. "