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Copperhead

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Abner Beech (Billy Campbell), a righteous farmer from upstate New York, exercises his right to free speech in a time when families are divided by the Civil War.
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Justin Stewart Film Comment Magazine 11/04/2013
As both politics and entertainment, it's lacking. Go to Full Review Matt Zoller Seitz RogerEbert.com 07/24/2013
2.5/4
I wish "Copperhead" were better, because it tells a story we haven't seen before, and creates a world that films have rarely shown us. Go to Full Review Farran Smith Nehme New York Post 07/18/2013
1.5/4
So much taste and intelligence went into these finely wrought costumes, props and sets in order to tell a story of such tedium. Go to Full Review John P. McCarthy America Magazine 04/28/2014
Maxwell and Kauffman merit praise for acknowledging historical complexity, but the film's moral and aesthetic limitations keep Copperhead from entering this realm. Go to Full Review Jeff Beck Examiner.com 04/14/2014
2.5/5
There's a good story to be told somewhere in here, but they just couldn't get at it, choosing to stretch out and suffocate what good material they had, resulting in a bland and tedious tale that would fail to engage even the most avid history buff. Go to Full Review Christopher Schobert The Playlist 07/19/2013
B-
For this audience, Ron Maxwell's film will prove entertaining and though-provoking, at the very least. For the rest, it is unlikely to provide much dramatic sustenance. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Chris P @RT06285801 Jun 10 Id have to say that the last 45 min of this film made the rest of the movie work. Prior to it were moments that seemed awkward, maybe over written. Overall it kept my attention but the ending really made it worth the watch. 4 1/2 stars for the ending, 3 maybe for the rest. See more Steven H @RT31761715 07/16/2023 An underrated Civil War-era drama with terrific performances, a strong story, and a beautiful original score! Grade: A See more 10/15/2021 Not bad, not great at a look of upstate New York during the Civil War. Some were virulent abolitionists and others who cared I am not fighting. It says it all with NY as the city had riots and upstate people refused to fight (Copperheads) and didn't care about slavery or the preservation of the Union. [just like the Revolution as NY was in turmoil as a civil war was going on upstate 1/3 didn't care, 1/3 loyalist and the remaining patriots] See more 06/23/2020 Just saw this on Prime. Sees like a very timely movie that was beautifully set and tells a story that not many people know. See more 06/20/2020 A muddled and preachy waste of film that sucks deeply from the stew of lies that is neoconfederate dogma. It pits the saintly sympathizer to the Confederacy against the tediously unvarying vileness of anyone who doesn't embrace the confederacy in upstate New York. Heavy handed, plodding, and dogmatic. It would be very popular at Ku Klux Klan meetings. See more 11/21/2019 Somehow worse than Gods and Generals. See more Read all reviews
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Ronald F. Maxwell

Director

Billy Campbell

Abner Beech

Peter Fonda

Avery

Angus Macfadyen

Jee Hagadorn

Augustus Prew

Ni Hagadorn

François Arnaud

Warner Pitts

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Copperhead

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Movie Info

Synopsis Abner Beech (Billy Campbell), a righteous farmer from upstate New York, exercises his right to free speech in a time when families are divided by the Civil War.
Director
Ronald F. Maxwell
Producer
Ronald F. Maxwell
Screenwriter
Bill Kauffman
Distributor
The Film Collective
Production Co
Swordspoint Productions
Rating
PG-13 (An Unsettling Sequence)
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 28, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 27, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$171.7K
Runtime
1h 58m
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