Cold Mountain
Produced and released Dec. 25, 2003, by Miramax Films, budget of $83 million, gross of $20 million, color Super 35mm negative, 2.35:1 screen ratio, digital sound, 155 mins.
Production:
- Directed by Anthony Minghella
- Screenplay by Anthony Minghella, based on the book by Charles Frazier
- Produced by Sydney Pollack, Ron Yerxa, Albert Berger, William Horberg
- Cinematography by John Seale
- Film Editing by Walter Murch
- Sound editing by Martin Cantwell, Nigel Mills, Walter Murch
- Production Design by Dante Ferretti
- Historical Consultant Brian Pohanka
Cast:
- Jude Law as Inman
- Nicole Kidman as Ada Monroe
- Renée Zellweger as Ruby Thewes
- Donald Sutherland as Reverend Monroe
- Ray Winstone as Teague
- Brendan Gleeson as Stobrod
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Veasey
- Natalie Portman as Sara
- Kathy Baker as Sally Swanger
- James Gammon as Esco Swanger
- Giovanni Ribisi as Junior
- Eileen Atkins as Maddy
- Charlie Hunnam as Bosie
- Jena Malone as Ferry Girl
- Ethan Suplee as Pangle
- Jack White as Georgia
- Lucas Black as Oakley
- Jay Tavare as Swimmer
- Melora Walters as Lila
- Taryn Manning as Shyla
Links:
- Credits from the IMDB for the title Cold Mountain
- official site from Miramax
- "Did Black Troops Fight for the South?" BlackWebPortal, Jan. 09, 2004
- Experience the Real Cold Mountain from Asheville NC
- "Hollywood turns to history for Civil War film Cold Mountain," Civil War Courier, Dec. 1, 2003
- "Hollywood lies about the Civil War; Knee deep on Cold Mountain," Socialist Worker, January 9, 2004
- "Into The Breach; Cold Mountain misses the real story of a big battle. A new tour fills the gap," Time magazine, Jan. 19, 2004.
- "The Civil War, Without All the Sepia Tint," New York Times, December 21, 2003 - article
Books:
- Cavanaugh, Michael and William Marvel. The Petersburg Campaign: The Battle of the Crater "the Horrid Pit," June 25-August 6, 1864. (The Virginia Civil War Battles and Leaders Series) New York; H. E. Howard, 1989.
- Edward A. Miller, Jr. The Black Civil War Soldiers of Illinois: The Story of the Twenty-ninth U.S. Colored Infantry. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. 1998.