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

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

3 November 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | Romance | War | Western

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Friendship | Civil War | Plantation | American Civil War | Slavery

Awards:

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

Cast

Kirstie Alley	...	Virgilia Hazard (6 episodes, 1985)
Georg Stanford Brown	...	Grady (6 episodes, 1985)
David Carradine	...	Justin LaMotte (6 episodes, 1985)
Philip Casnoff	...	Elkanah Bent (6 episodes, 1985)
Lesley-Anne Down	...	Madeline Fabray LaMotte (6 episodes, 1985)
Genie Francis	...	Brett Main Hazard (6 episodes, 1985)
Terri Garber	...	Ashton Main Huntoon (6 episodes, 1985)
Wendy Kilbourne	...	Constance Flynn Hazard (6 episodes, 1985)
Jim Metzler	...	James Huntoon (6 episodes, 1985)
James Read	...	George Hazard (6 episodes, 1985)
Lewis Smith	...	Charles Main (6 episodes, 1985)
John Stockwell	...	Billy Hazard (6 episodes, 1985)
Patrick Swayze	...	Orry Main (6 episodes, 1985)
Olivia Cole	...	Maum Sally (6 episodes, 1985)
Morgan Fairchild	...	Burdetta Halloran (6 episodes, 1985)
Robert Guillaume	...	Frederick Douglass (6 episodes, 1985)
Hal Holbrook	...	Abraham Lincoln (6 episodes, 1985)
Gene Kelly	...	Sen. Charles Edwards (6 episodes, 1985)
Robert Mitchum	...	Patrick Flynn (6 episodes, 1985)
Jean Simmons	...	Clarissa Main (6 episodes, 1985)
David Ogden Stiers	...	Congressman Sam Greene (6 episodes, 1985)
Inga Swenson	...	Maude Hazard (6 episodes, 1985)
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Madam Conti (6 episodes, 1985)
John Anderson	...	William Hazard (6 episodes, 1985)
Lee Bergere	...	Nicholas Fabray (6 episodes, 1985)
Jonathan Frakes	...	Stanley Hazard (6 episodes, 1985)
Wendy Fulton	...	Isabel Truscott Hazard (6 episodes, 1985)
David Harris	...	Priam (6 episodes, 1985)
Mitch Ryan	...	Tillet Main (6 episodes, 1985)
Forest Whitaker	...	Cuffey (6 episodes, 1985)
Johnny Cash	...	John Brown (5 episodes, 1985)
Erica Gimpel	...	Semiramis (4 episodes, 1985)
William Ostrander	...	Forbes LaMotte (4 episodes, 1985)
Tony Frank	...	Salem Jones (3 episodes, 1985)
Alveda King Beale	...	Slave (3 episodes, 1985)
Walter Barnes	...	Benny Haven (2 episodes, 1985)
Nikki Creswell	...	Young Brett Main (2 episodes, 1985)
Chris Douridas	...	George McClellan (2 episodes, 1985)
Temi Epstein	...	Young Ashton Main (2 episodes, 1985)
William Preston Daly	...	Tom 'Stonewall' Jackson (2 episodes, 1985)
Arthur Gilliard	...	Nathaniel (2 episodes, 1985)
Cody W. Hampton	...	George Pickett (2 episodes, 1985)
Tuck Milligan	...	Smith Dawkins (2 episodes, 1985)
Andy Stahl	...	Cadet Ned Fisk (2 episodes, 1985)

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Series Directed by
Richard T. Heffron		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Writing credits
Douglas Heyes		(6 episodes, 1985)
John Jakes		(6 episodes, 1985)
Paul F. Edwards		(2 episodes, 1985)
Patricia Green		(2 episodes, 1985)
Kathleen A. Shelley		(2 episodes, 1985)

Series Produced by
Paul Freeman	....	producer (6 episodes, 1985)
Rob Harland	....	associate producer (6 episodes, 1985)
Chuck McLain	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 1985)
David L. Wolper	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 1985)

Series Original Music by
Bill Conti		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Cinematography by
Stevan Larner		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Film Editing by
Michael Eliot		(6 episodes, 1985)
Scott C. Eyler		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Casting by
Phyllis Huffman		(6 episodes, 1985)
Jennifer Jackson Part		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Production Design by
Archie J. Bacon		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Art Direction by
Richard Berger		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Set Decoration by
Charles Korian		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Costume Design by
Vicki Sánchez		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Virginia Darcy	....	hair stylist (6 episodes, 1985)
Alan Fama	....	makeup artist (6 episodes, 1985)
Dick Smith	....	special makeup effects artist: Abraham Lincoln makeup (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Mike Salamunovich	....	unit production manager (6 episodes, 1985)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Skip Cosper	....	first assistant director (6 episodes, 1985)
Douglas Dean III	....	second assistant director (6 episodes, 1985)
Josh McLaglen	....	second assistant director (6 episodes, 1985)

Series Art Department
Richard J. Bayard	....	construction coordinator (6 episodes, 1985)
Sandy Dvore	....	drawings (6 episodes, 1985)
Earl W. Huntoon Jr.	....	property master (6 episodes, 1985)
Richard M. Cole	....	propmaker gangboss (unknown episodes, 1985)

Series Sound Department
Ron Tinsley	....	sound effects editor (6 episodes, 1985)
Richard Wagner	....	production sound (6 episodes, 1985)
Alex Bamattre	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Stu Bernstein	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Roy Braverman	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)
Lee Chaney	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Craig Clark	....	dialogue editor (unknown episodes)
Vincent Connelly	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Corinne Sessarego	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Clancy T. Troutman	....	supervising sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Fred Lerner	....	stunt coordinator (6 episodes, 1985)
Gregory J. Barnett	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
David Cadiente	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Steve Cremin	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bob K. Cummings	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Vince Deadrick Sr.	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Tom Elliott	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Glory Fioramonti	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Tim Gilbert	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Clifford Happy	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Gene Hartline	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Robert F. Hoy	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Loren Janes	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Mike H. McGaughy	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Pat McGroarty	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bill McIntosh	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jimmy Ortega	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bernie Pock	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Roger Ragland	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Walter Robles	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
John Robotham	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
J.P. Romano	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bill M. Ryusaki	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Walter Scott	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jack Verbois	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Fred M. Waugh	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jerry Wills	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Farmer	....	gaffer (6 episodes, 1985)
Owen Marsh	....	camera operator (6 episodes, 1985)
Charles L. Morgan	....	key grip (6 episodes, 1985)
Don E. FauntLeRoy	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Peter Gerling	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Ralph Gerling	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Bill Sheehan	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Michael J. Wheeler	....	second assistant camera (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Liz Keigley	....	location casting (6 episodes, 1985)
Shari Rhodes	....	location casting (6 episodes, 1985)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Joie Hutchinson	....	costume supervisor: women (6 episodes, 1985)
Pat McGrath	....	costume supervisor: men (6 episodes, 1985)
Vicki Sánchez	....	costume supervisor: women (6 episodes, 1985)
Judi Flowers	....	costumer (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Michael Cipriano	....	assistant editor (6 episodes, 1985)
Leon Garbers	....	assistant editor (6 episodes, 1985)
Richard L. McCullough	....	assistant editor (6 episodes, 1985)

Series Music Department
Stephen A. Hope	....	music editor (6 episodes, 1985)
Jay Alfred Smith	....	music editor (6 episodes, 1985)
Christopher Flick	....	assistant music editor (unknown episodes, 1985)
Julie Giroux	....	composer: additional music / orchestrator (unknown episodes)
Greig McRitchie	....	composer: additional music (unknown episodes)
James D. Young	....	music editor (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Robert Easton	....	dialect coach (6 episodes, 1985)
Patricia Green	....	executive script consultant (6 episodes, 1985)
Ray Herbeck Jr.	....	historian / technical advisor (6 episodes, 1985)
Ken Lee	....	location auditor (6 episodes, 1985)
Alleen N. Nollmann	....	script supervisor (6 episodes, 1985)
Don Shelley	....	location auditor (6 episodes, 1985)
Mark Wolper	....	production executive (6 episodes, 1985)
Michael T. Boyd	....	re-enactment coordinator (unknown episodes)
Billy L. 'Butch' Frank	....	historical consultant (unknown episodes)
Roger Ragland	....	wrangler (unknown episodes)
Kevin R. Young	....	re-enactment coordinator (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• David L. Wolper Productions
• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1985) (USA) (TV)
• TV1 (1997) (Estonia) (TV)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland Oy (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (book 1)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (book 2)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (complete series)

Runtime:

561 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

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 | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

David L. Wolper Productions

Trivia:

According to an extra from the Book Two movie, the big Manassas scene where you see pandemonium among both the soldiers and the crowd, the wide angle shot was not staged - there was real panic. Something had gone wrong, a gun went off when it wasn't suppose to, somebody else ran a direction they weren't suppose and really caused a stir.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Charles is seeing Willa in St. Louis and eating in the restaurant it shows them going for a walk and then returning to the restaurant. It shows his rank as Corporal in the first part of the scene and during the walk. Back in the restaurant it shows his rank much higher, possibly a Sgt. or higher. When leaving it shows him as a Corporal again.

Quotes:

Brett: [at west point graduation, about Billy] Oh Ashton isnt he hansome.
Ashton: They all are especially that one.
Brett: I meant Billy.
Ashton: I know who you meant. Although i dont understand what you see in that BOY when there are so many men available.
Brett: Billy is the man for me.
Ashton: Well i guess you'll just have to settle for whomever comes along, not being blessed with the smae adventurous spirit as myself.
Brett: And I'm sure your betrothed just adores that side of your nature.
Ashton: James Huntoon. That sod.
Brett: Ashton!
Ashton: Theres only one thing about him i find attractive, he has a brilliant future in politics and politics my dear sister is where the power is.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Psych: An Evening with Mr. Yang (#3.16)" (2009)

One of the Best! I recommend this story to anyone.

One of the best! As being a fan of the civil war, I was very pleased with the first installment of the North and South trilogy. Patrick Swayze gives and extraordinary performance, as well as James Reed and Leslie Ann Down. In watching this fabulous story unfold into a time never forgotten, the subjects of love, passion, grief, shame, harmony, and cruelty come to life. I was first introduced to this series when I was in the eighth grade. Being a young boy, you would think that I wouldn't have been interested in this civil war soap. To be honest, this story stole the hearts of every one in my class, and this is just the first book. I bought the novel and studied the likes and differences and it was awesome. I am 17 now and still enjoy the story, characters, subject, and remember the times of the civil war. As a movie director of the future, I will always enjoy North and South: Book One.