NORTH & SOUTH COMPLETE COLLECTION 5 PK (DVD/5 DISC) DVD

North and South
The expensively mounted miniseries North and South was originally telecast in six two-hour installments between November 3 and 10, 1985. Four screenwriters--Douglas Heyes, Paul F. Edwards, Kathleen A. Shelley, Patricia Green--were called upon to fashion a workable script from John Jakes' sprawling best-seller. The story covers the two decades prior to the Civil War, beginning in 1842. Real-life historical events are filtered through the eyes of two rival clans: the Mains, a South Carolina plantation-owning family, and the Hazards, a family of Pennsylvania industrialists. While top billing goes to Kirstie Alley as "Northern Belle" Virgilia Hazard, most of the footage is devoted to the fluctuating friendship between Orry Main (Patrick Swayze) and George Hazard (James Read). The huge guest-star cast includes Gene Kelly (in his TV miniseries debut), Elizabeth Taylor, Leslie-Anne Down, David Carradine, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Hal Holbrook (as Abe Lincoln) and Johnny Cash (as abolitionist John Brown). The recipient of seven Emmy nominations, the 561-minute North and South was filmed back to back with its equally lengthy sequel, North and South, Book II. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

North and South, Book II
This six-part, 12-hour miniseries was a sequel to the 1985 "mini" North and South, and like its predecessor it was based on a novel by John Jakes (Love and War). In the tradition of The Birth of a Nation (but without the negative racist content), North and South, Book III followed the fortunes of two large families during the Civil War: the Hazards of Pennsylvania and the Mains of South Carolina. As former friends Orry Maine (Patrick Swayze) and George Hazard (James Read) find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict, Orry's sweetheart Madeline (Lesley-Anne Down) is left at the mercy of her sadistic husband Justin LaMotte (David Carradine) and Orry's vixenish sister Ashton (Terri Garber), while George's amour Constance (Wendy Kilbourne) was saddled with an equally disreputable family. Though the series was top-heavy with villains, there was enough time left over for the heroes of the war, notably Abraham Lincoln (Hal Holbrook) and Ulysses S. Grant (Anthony Zerbe). First telecast over the ABC network from May 4-8 and May 11, 1986, North and South, Book II was re-telecast in a six-week block from May 13 to June 17, 1989. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Heaven and Hell: North and South, Book III

Cast Kirstie Alley as Virginia Hazard Kirstie Alley as Virgilia Hazard

Crew Christa Munro - Art Director Carol Helen Beule - Costume Designer Larry Peerce - Director Jerrold L. Ludwig - Editor Paul LaMastra - Editor David L. Wolper - Executive Producer Mark Wolper - Executive Producer Mona Orr - Hair Styles David Bell - Composer (Music Score) Deborah Zoller - Makeup Philip D. Schwartz - Camera Operator Rodger Maus - Production Designer Don E. Fauntleroy - Cinematographer Hal Galli - Producer Suzanne Clauser - Screenwriter Joanie Diener - Music Editor Carole Kravetz - Production Coordinator Mandy Marsh - Production Supervisor Annie Welles - Script Supervisor Marcy Froelich - Costume/Wardrobe Joan S. Thomas - Costume/Wardrobe Rick Johnson - Chief Lighting Technician Barbara Haberecht - Set Decorator John Jakes - Book Author Christa Munro - Art Director Carol Helen Beule - Costume Designer Larry Peerce - Director Jerrold L. Ludwig - Editor Paul LaMastra - Editor David L. Wolper - Executive Producer Mark Wolper - Executive Producer Mona Orr - Hair Styles David Bell - Composer (Music Score) Deborah Zoller - Makeup Philip D. Schwartz - Camera Operator Rodger Maus - Production Designer Don E. Fauntleroy - Cinematographer Hal Galli - Producer Suzanne Clauser - Screenwriter Joanie Diener - Music Editor Carole Kravetz - Production Coordinator Mandy Marsh - Production Supervisor Annie Welles - Script Supervisor Marcy Froelich - Costume/Wardrobe Joan S. Thomas - Costume/Wardrobe Rick Johnson - Chief Lighting Technician Barbara Haberecht - Set Decorator John Jakes - Book Author Christa Munro - Art Director Carol Helen Beule - Costume Designer Larry Peerce - Director Jerrold L. Ludwig - Editor Paul LaMastra - Editor David L. Wolper - Executive Producer Mark Wolper - Executive Producer Mona Orr - Hair Styles David Bell - Composer (Music Score) Deborah Zoller - Makeup Philip D. Schwartz - Camera Operator Rodger Maus - Production Designer Don E. Fauntleroy - Cinematographer Hal Galli - Producer Suzanne Clauser - Screenwriter Joanie Diener - Music Editor Carole Kravetz - Production Coordinator Mandy Marsh - Production Supervisor Annie Welles - Script Supervisor Marcy Froelich - Costume/Wardrobe Joan S. Thomas - Costume/Wardrobe Rick Johnson - Chief Lighting Technician Barbara Haberecht - Set Decorator John Jakes - Book Author

North and South
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North and South, Book II
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Heaven and Hell: North and South, Book III
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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD1: Dolby Digital Mono DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: cc Retrospective documentary: "The History of North and South" DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 5 DVD Sides: 8 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 1212 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- Book 1 - Disc One/Side A 1. Credits. [4:33] 2. West Point-Bound. [3:30] 3. Love at First Sight. [7:37] 4. Resolute Match. [2:12] 5. Carpetbagger Fight. [4:00] 6. Train to Progress. [2:52] 7. Mind Over Beauty. [1:21] 8. "Lower Than Plebes." [2:31] 9. Barracks Dispute. [2:08] 10. Table Manners. [2:21] 11. Bent Discipline. [8:15] 12. Love Letters. [3:08] 13. A Bitter Duel. [4:40] 14. Long Distance. [6:11] 15. Thin Ice. [9:03] 16. Recuperation. [1:45] 17. Of Human Bondage. [9:03] 18. Changes at Home. [3:32] 19. Mistreating Priam. [3:25] 20. Wedding Woes. [1:34] 21. A Ruined Woman. [7:44] 22. End Credits. [1:22] 1. Credits. [2:43] 2. Madeline in Mind. [7:17] 3. Insult to Injury. [4:59] 4. Framing Bent. [5:15] 5. Graduation 1846. [4:53] 6. Separation Anxiety. [6:41] 7. Proper Punishment. [5:49] 8. Forbidden Chapel. [3:46] 9. Southern Pride. [3:02] 10. Illegitimate Son. [2:38] 11. Suicide Patrol. [6:01] 12. Courting Constance. [9:14] 13. A Fine Proposal. [3:33] 14. Early Resignation. [3:06] 15. Civilian Brawl. [1:58] 16. Irish Eyes. [3:23] 17. A Different Orry. [1:50] 18. Love and Loss. [4:17] 19. Helping a Runaway. [2:47] 20. Hunted and Whipped. [3:14] 21. Dangerous Meeting. [4:59] 22. End Credits. [1:25] Side #2 -- Book 1 - Disc One/Side B 1. Credits. [2:48] 2. Running Free. [4:20] 3. A Family United. [4:48] 4. Offer Accepted. [3:19] 5. Antislavery Talk. [7:57] 6. Feminine Wiles. [3:28] 7. A Secret Bond. [4:15] 8. Hazardous Inferno. [5:57] 9. Man of the House. [3:51] 10. Blood Relative. [2:18] 11. End of an Era. [5:21] 12. Beau for Ashton. [6:15] 13. Charles's Challenge. [5:21] 14. Duel of Honor. [5:04] 15. West Point Boy. [2:20] 16. Visit to Belvedere. [2:48] 17. Family Values. [4:19] 18. Ironclad Partners. [2:53] 19. Damn Gentleman. [3:17] 20. A Wronged Wife. [4:08] 21. Fugitive-Slave Law. [6:25] 22. End Credits. [1:21] 1. Credits. [2:48] 2. Southern Charm. [5:22] 3. Too Many Suitors. [2:34] 4. Painful Attraction. [6:07] 5. Slave to Love. [8:20] 6. Path to Freedom. [3:09] 7. Blaming the North. [7:42] 8. A Dark Secret. [6:19] 9. Need for Violence. [5:51] 10. Controversial Text. [2:23] 11. The Graduates. [3:56] 12. Sibling Rivalry. [3:17] 13. Loyal and True. [1:38] 14. Basic Chemistry. [2:45] 15. Troubled Friends. [4:43] 16. Shaming the Mains. [5:12] 17. Madeline's Dilemma. [5:05] 18. Tea and Sympathy. [3:38] 19. Backwoods Deal. [2:23] 20. Betrayal. [4:58] 21. A Kept Woman. [4:03] 22. End Credits. [1:22] Side #3 -- Book 1 - Disc Two 1. Credits. [2:49] 2. Wedding Vows. [2:06] 3. Laudanum Treatment. [6:03] 4. Distant Wives. [7:40] 5. Secession Talks. [4:06] 6. Bent at the Brothel. [8:12] 7. Prejudice Railroad. [2:49] 8. Profit Partners. [3:22] 9. The Right Side. [4:22] 10. George's Concerns. [2:00] 11. Unity Postponed. [2:50] 12. John Brown Detour. [7:57] 13. Militia Martyrs. [3:55] 14. The Inevitable. [2:03] 15. Asylum Walls. [4:03] 16. Mrs. Grady. [5:43] 17. "War Is Killing." [4:10] 18. Strong Medicine. [2:35] 19. Furious Orry. [5:21] 20. Ashton's Scheme. [6:20] 21. Palmetto Pride. [3:25] 22. End Credits. [1:20] 1. Credits. [2:46] 2. Nothing to Wear. [2:16] 3. Election-Day Thugs. [5:50] 4. Services Rendered. [2:48] 5. Reconciliation. [3:09] 6. Arranged Marriage. [2:28] 7. Call to Arms. [2:22] 8. Rights and Wrongs. [5:27] 9. Family Tree. [2:02] 10. Choosing Sides. [5:15] 11. Fort Sumter Orders. [1:53] 12. One Less Yankee. [6:12] 13. Newlywed Ambush. [8:23] 14. One Bad Apple. [2:48] 15. Addiction's Cure. [1:37] 16. True Devotion. [4:15] 17. A Look at Lincoln. [1:58] 18. Bent on Blockade. [2:21] 19. Hazards at Odds. [7:09] 20. April 12, 1861. [2:59] 21. Brotherly Love. [18:43] 22. End Credits. [1:21] Side #4 -- Book 2 - Disc One/Side A 1. Credits. [2:46] 2. Sharpshooter. [6:13] 3. The Race to Fight. [6:59] 4. Heroic Departure. [3:38] 5. Southern Aggression? [5:07] 6. A Woman Alone. [7:35] 7. The Need to Nurse. [2:10] 8. Influential Men. [7:42] 9. Impolite Politics. [9:33] 10. Lord of Discipline. [2:33] 11. Shameful Secret. [1:41] 12. Mrs. La Motte. [1:30] 13. Fiery Destruction. [4:22] 14. Homecoming. [1:54] 15. Business and Pleasure. [6:11] 16. News to Brett. [1:53] 17. Drumming Up Support. [5:55] 18. Lincoln's Strategy. [2:00] 19. Watching the War. [4:52] 20. Carnage at Manassas. [3:32] 21. Leisurely Retreat. [5:03] 22. End Credits. [:47] 1. Credits. [2:47] 2. Presidential Defeat. [2:40] 3. Fugitive Women. [8:38] 4. Davis Approves. [2:35] 5. Hate for Love. [5:19] 6. Blockade Champagne. [4:03] 7. Bent Desire. [3:24] 8. Napoleon and Josephine. [4:31] 9. The Happiest Day. [7:17] 10. A War on Paper. [4:06] 11. Trading Post. [2:03] 12. Saved at Gunpoint. [5:55] 13. Dorothea Dix. [4:00] 14. Medical Benefits. [3:26] 15. Horseback Target. [4:02] 16. Augusta's Soldier. [7:45] 17. Officer Feud. [4:11] 18. Emancipation. [3:04] 19. A Hard Bargain. [3:35] 20. Thwarted Liaison. [6:48] 21. A Mistress Reveals. [3:18] 22. End Credits. [:56] Side #5 -- Book 2 - Disc One/Side B 1. Credits. [2:47] 2. Hazardous Business. [3:52] 3. Friend and Foe. [7:00] 4. Counting the Dead. [2:22] 5. Ulysses S. Grant. [3:27] 6. Freeing the Slaves. [4:57] 7. Condolence Call. [4:09] 8. Back Pay. [6:54] 9. Ambush in Virginia. [2:38] 10. Family Man. [10:43] 11. Brothers of Arms. [2:43] 12. Gettysburg. [4:07] 13. A Hollow Victory. [1:29] 14. Dueling Deserters. [3:03] 15. Working Women. [5:26] 16. Ashton's Revenge. [7:32] 17. Water Wheel. [4:00] 18. Brief Rendezvous. [5:32] 19. A Sister's Scorn. [4:34] 20. Insubordination. [3:25] 21. Low Country Lawyer. [2:51] 22. End Credits. [:46] 1. Credits. [2:47] 2. Rebel Training. [4:28] 3. Augusta and Charles. [5:24] 4. Sniper Patrol. [4:26] 5. A Boy's Life. [1:37] 6. Grant's Move. [3:03] 7. Wilderness Hell. [5:39] 8. Negligent Nurse. [3:38] 9. Orry Investigates. [2:48] 10. Wounded General. [3:59] 11. Madeline's Mercy. [4:54] 12. "Mrs. Picard." [5:05] 13. Enemy Sympathizer. [4:48] 14. Libby Prison. [7:59] 15. States' Rights. [2:59] 16. Using Huntoon. [5:09] 17. Murder Suspect. [6:39] 18. Mistress Protection. [4:02] 19. Valiant Rescue. [4:41] 20. Lincoln's Priorities. [3:04] 21. Hazard's Plight. [6:02] 22. End Credits. [:56] Side #6 -- Book 2 - Disc Two 1. Credits. [2:47] 2. Dismal Conditions. [2:33] 3. Prisoner Transfer. [8:08] 4. Christmas Presents. [4:04] 5. A Visit From Salem. [2:47] 6. Cavalry Clues. [3:20] 7. Rafe's Generosity. [4:07] 8. "Honor Is Dead." [2:48] 9. Justice in Charity. [2:03] 10. Speedy Recovery. [2:58] 11. Defective Weapons. [3:07] 12. A Man Named Morgan. [2:25] 13. Iron Forgery. [2:11] 14. Money for Love. [5:13] 15. Armed Celebration. [3:06] 16. Sold to a Scoundrel. [3:30] 17. Double or Nothing. [2:15] 18. Madeline's Mystery. [5:28] 19. Benefit Performance. [8:12] 20. Lost Causes. [12:09] 21. Violent Traitor. [10:24] 22. End Credits. [:48] 1. Credits. [2:46] 2. Last Chances. [3:17] 3. Spared by Sherman. [5:04] 4. The New Boss. [3:32] 5. Greene Investigated. [4:24] 6. Home Fires Burning. [2:42] 7. Lincoln's Vision. [3:31] 8. Petersburg, 1865. [7:41] 9. Wounded Boy. [1:36] 10. Outnumbered. [6:33] 11. Lee at Appomattox. [6:12] 12. The War at Home. [7:55] 13. A New Era. [3:07] 14. More Than Bricks. [1:46] 15. Servicing Sam. [4:57] 16. Accepting Fate. [4:28] 17. Several Concerns. [2:50] 18. Looking for Orry. [5:25] 19. Overjoyed. [3:52] 20. Battle Mont Royal. [7:21] 21. "Charity for All." [4:33] 22. End Credits. [:48] Side #7 -- Book 3 - Side A 1. Vendettas (Credits). [6:18] 2. The End of Orry. [5:16] 3. Soldier and Actress. [6:16] 4. Mont Royal Doubts. [3:04] 5. Private Performance. [1:35] 6. Klan Invitation. [2:49] 7. Madeline's Mission. [3:05] 8. Segregated Church. [4:00] 9. Visit From George. [2:58] 10. Mentally Disturbed. [1:35] 11. New Partnership. [4:06] 12. Desire to Love. [4:29] 13. Bawdy House. [2:48] 14. Charlie's Past. [4:30] 15. Intervention. [2:18] 16. Schemers. [3:15] 17. Cheyenne Country. [7:17] 18. Business Ventures. [5:13] 19. Teepee Sanctuary. [5:29] 20. Cooper's Fire. [8:17] 21. Bent Revenge. [5:27] 22. End Credits. [1:01] 1. Credits. [2:42] 2. Fire and Blood. [3:32] 3. Untimely Funeral. [4:07] 4. Tracking a Butcher. [3:54] 5. Pride in Liberty. [4:40] 6. Cooper's Claim. [1:10] 7. Piano Lessons. [3:23] 8. Wanted Man. [2:18] 9. Scarred for Life. [3:09] 10. Vows and Threats. [4:25] 11. Terms of Investment. [3:10] 12. Without Malice. [3:05] 13. Slavery With Interest. [:53] 14. Impossible Love. [6:53] 15. Labor Talks. [2:12] 16. Obsessive Behavior. [2:45] 17. Magic Magee. [4:46] 18. The Rights of Men. [10:29] 19. Box-Office Smash. [6:09] 20. Asking for Help. [3:42] 21. Taking Lives. [11:50] 22. End Credits. [1:01] Side #8 -- Book 3 - Side B 1. Credits. [2:58] 2. Healing Scar. [4:33] 3. Civil Action. [5:44] 4. Purchasing Power. [7:25] 5. Soul Mates. [5:42] 6. Called to Rescue. [2:06] 7. Society Woman. [2:42] 8. Charlie's Trail. [3:09] 9. Sobering Encounter. [4:32] 10. Special Treatment. [2:19] 11. Dynamite Plan. [2:25] 12. Finding Rocks. [5:10] 13. Touched in the Head. [5:01] 14. Clues From a Friend. [1:56] 15. Ashton's Return. [2:50] 16. Saving the Enemy. [2:35] 17. Resting Place. [4:53] 18. The Devil in Cooper. [4:10] 19. Need to Leave. [6:23] 20. Prepared for Attack. [4:38] 21. Good and Evil. [8:26] 22. End Credits. [1:02]