Fresh
An impressively rendered if decidedly old-fashioned retelling of the American Civil War's one-day Battle of New Market.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Field of Lost Shoes
Send the boys in... and may God forgive me
2015 · 1h 36m · PG-13
Action, Drama, History, War
Directed by
Sean McNamara
Overview
A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.
Director and cast
- Sean McNamara Director
- Lauren Holly as Mrs. Clinedinst
- Jason Isaacs as John C. Breckinridge
- Nolan Gould as Robert / Sir Rat
- Keith David as Old Judge
- David Arquette as Captain Henry A. DuPont
- Luke Benward as John Wise
- Tom Skerritt as Ulysses S. Grant
- Max Lloyd-Jones as Sam Atwill
- Zach Roerig as Jack Stanard
- Mary Mouser as Libby Clinedinst
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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Rotten
Save for a brief prologue, there isn't a pro-slavery Southern man to be found in this fantasyland vision of the Civil War ...
Nick Schager, Village Voice
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