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Hatfields and McCoys
« on: May 18, 2012, 04:22:08 am »
Anyone else going to watch this mini-series on the History Channel?  (For once they're actually going to show something history related.)

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It’s the true American story of a legendary family feud—one that spanned decades and nearly launched a war between Kentucky and West Virginia. Hatfields & McCoys, a three-part miniseries, showcases an all-star cast led by Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton. It chronicles a clash of clans that inspired passion, vengeance, courage, sacrifice, crimes and accusations, while forever transforming the two families and the region they lived in.

The Hatfield-McCoy saga begins with Devil Anse Hatfield (Costner) and Randall McCoy (Paxton). Close friends and comrades until near the end of the Civil War, they return to their neighboring homes—Hatfield in West Virginia, McCoy just across the Tug River border in Kentucky—to increasing tensions, misunderstandings and resentments that soon explode into all-out warfare between their families. As hostilities grow, friends, neighbors and outside forces join the fight, bringing the two states to the brink of another civil war.

This six-hour series features some of Hollywood’s top talents:
 
Kevin Costner as Devil Anse Hatfield
Bill Paxton as Randall McCoy
Joe Absolom as Selkirk McCoy
Matt Barr as Johnse Hatfield
Tom Berenger as Jim Vance
Powers Boothe as Wall Hatfield
Ben Cartwright as Parris McCoy
Max Deacon as Calvin McCoy
Noel Fisher as Cotton Top Mounts
Jeremy Fredrick as Jeffeson McCoy
Jilon VanOver Ghai as Ransom Bray
Michael Greco as Bill Staton
Katie Griffiths as Alifair McCoy
Boyd Holbrook as William “Cap” Hatfield
Andrew Howard as Bad Frank Phillips
Lloyd Hutchinson as Floyd Hatfield
Tyler Jackson as Bud McCoy
Michael Jibson as Phamer McCoy
Jack Laskey as Sam McCoy
Jena Malone as Nancy McCoy
Tom McKay as Jim McCoy
Damian O’Hare as Ellison Hatfield
Sarah Parish as Levicy Hatfield
Greg Patmore as Good ‘Lias Hatfield
Lindsay Pulsipher as Roseanna McCoy
Sam Reid as Tolbert McCoy
Ronan Vibert as Perry Cline
Mare Winningham as Sally McCoy

http://www.history.com/shows/hatfields-and-mccoys/articles/about-hatfields-and-mccoys


Hatfields and McCoys Theatrical Trailer - on History Channel May 28


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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2012, 12:17:08 pm »
Thank you for posting this.  If you get a chance, read The Hatfields and McCoys by Otis K. Rice.  The real story is amazing and I hope the History Channel is true to it (I suspect it will be). 
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« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2012, 03:34:36 pm »
A new book by  W.Va. writer Anne Black Gray, "The Devil's Son," tries to imaginatively fill in the gaps to describe what members of the Hatfield family faced with bullets flying from their famous feud with the McCoy family, who lived across the river in Kentucky from the West Virginia Hatfields. Cap Hatfield was a friend of her grandfather.

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« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2012, 04:06:36 am »
FYI, first episode comes on tomorrow at 9/8c.
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« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2012, 04:27:50 am »
I'm looking forward to watching this & I hope the History Channel does more of this type of programming, looks like it's going to be pretty good.  I was born in and my ancestors lived in Pike County, Ky.  Right in the middle of McCoy country!
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« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2012, 01:02:52 am »
There is some interesting reading on this. Sure hope the history channel does it right.
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« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2012, 01:11:02 am »
Quote from: Atomic Cow on May 28, 2012, 04:06:36 am
FYI, first episode comes on tomorrow at 9/8c.

It started here 10 minutes ago.
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« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2012, 01:50:02 am »
I'm watching it right now, like it so far. 
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« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2012, 03:02:33 am »
Quote from: alicewonders on May 29, 2012, 01:50:02 am
I'm watching it right now, like it so far. 

I recorded it.
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« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2012, 03:04:11 am »
Not bad, but it moved a little slow.

I'm guessing it will speed up with tomorrows episode.
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« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2012, 03:09:26 am »
Quote from: Atomic Cow on May 29, 2012, 03:04:11 am
Not bad, but it moved a little slow.

I'm guessing it will speed up with tomorrows episode.


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« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2012, 03:12:59 am »
Encore right now
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« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2012, 11:21:47 am »
I understand it was filmed in Romania. I thought those mountains looked a little, well, unWest Virginia! I caught only a couple of minutes and didn't feel like dedicating any more time to it.
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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2012, 03:17:33 am »
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Because of the length and subject matter, I decided to opt out.

Also, I couldn't help but roll my eyes when I saw this preview.

It is getting a lot of viewers so it will probably repeat.

Cast includes Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, Tom Berenger, Powers Boothe, and Mare Winningham.

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