| Andersonville | |
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| Genre | Drama History War |
| Written by | David W. Rintels |
| Directed by | John Frankenheimer |
| Starring | Jarrod Emick Frederic Forrest Ted Marcoux |
| Music by | Gary Chang |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | John Frankenheimer Ethel Winant |
| Producers | Diane Batson-Smith (as Diane Smith) David W. Rintels Lansing L. Smith |
| Production locations | Turin, Georgia Wilmington, North Carolina |
| Cinematography | Ric Waite |
| Editor | Paul Rubell |
| Running time | 167 minutes |
| Production company | Turner Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | TNT |
| Release | March 3, 1996 |
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Andersonville is a 1996 American television film directed by John Frankenheimer about a group of Union soldiers during the American Civil War who are captured by the Confederates and sent to an infamous Confederate prison camp.
The film is loosely based on the diary of John Ransom, a Union soldier imprisoned there. Although certain points of the plot are fabricated, the general conditions of the camp accurately match Ransom's descriptions, particularly references to the administration of the camp by Captain Henry Wirz. His line on escaping prisoners is very similar to the book, "The Flying Dutchman [Wirz] offers to give two at a time twelve hours the start".[1]
- ^ Ransom, John L.; Catton, Bruce (May 1994). Andersonville Diary: Life Inside the Civil War's Most Infamous Prison. Berkley Trade. p. 71. ISBN 0-425-14146-2.