The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams
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Directed byA. Blaine Miller
Written byJulian Adams
Weston Adams
Produced byWeston Adams
Julian Adams
Billy Fox
Steve Purcell
Robert Filion
StarringJulian Adams
Amy Redford
Mickey Rooney
Tippi Hedren
Weston Adams
Eric Holloway
Gwendolyn Edwards
Joshua Lindsey
Edwin McCain
Bob Dorian
CinematographyShawn Lewallen
Edited byBilly Fox
Steve Purcell
Music byAtli Örvarsson
Production
company
Distributed byThinkFilm
Release date
  • July 15, 2007 (2007-07-15) (Long Island)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams is a 2007 American war film starring Julian Adams, Amy Redford, Gwendolyn Edwards, Eric Holloway, Joshua Lindsey, Mickey Rooney and Tippi Hedren. The movie, released in 2007 by ThinkFilm, centers on the life of Captain Robert Adams II and his Northern bride, Eveline McCord, and received 10 awards on the film festival circuit. The film was produced by Weston Adams, Julian Adams and Billy Fox. The film was titled Strike the Tent by the filmmakers, and on the film festival circuit, and was changed by the distributor before the release.

Plot

The love story of Confederate Captain Robert Adams II and a northern girl, Eveline McCord. The story begins with Captain Adams falling in love with Eveline, a governess from Pennsylvania who moved to South Carolina to work for Robert's first cousin, Governor James Hopkins Adams. As they fall in love in antebellum South Carolina, Captain Adams is launched into the outbreak of the American Civil War, despite the protests of Eveline. The film follows Adams through battles in Virginia, and his capture and subsequent imprisonment in the Federal Military Prison in Elmira, New York. The film was written and produced by the descendants of Robert and Eveline.

The film addresses the issue of slavery in a number of scenes. One in particular shows Adams encountering an African American woman in the woods at night who has just buried her child. She tells Adams “You’ve made a hard bed for yourself, and now you’ve got to lie in it.” Another scene shows Eveline speaking with the character of Elizabeth about her coming freedom and what she will do.

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the 2005 Long Island International Film Expo.[1] It was given a limited release, opening in theaters in Los Angeles, Nashville, Houston, Columbia, S.C., Charleston, S.C. and other cities.

Critical response

Michael Ordoña said in the Los Angeles Times that the film's "unapologetically romantic views of war and the Old South leave a bitter aftertaste".[2] Paul Welcom of L.A. Weekly called it "a vanity project of the most indulgent order".[3]

Home media

The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams was released on DVD in 2007, courtesy of ThinkFilm.[4] Bonus features include a featurette, outtakes, and deleted scenes.

Accolades

  • Breckenridge Festival of Film Award for Best of the Fest Drama — Winner
  • Navan Film Festival (Ireland) Best Foreign Film - Winner
  • Great Lakes Film Festival Best Narrative Feature Award — Winner
  • Great Lakes Film Festival Best Actor Award (Julian Adams) — Winner
  • Long Island International Film Expo Jury Award — Winner
  • Park City Film Music Festival Audience Choice Award — Winner
  • Solstice Film Festival Best Cinematography Award — Winner
  • Tahoe Reno International Film Festival Best New American Film Award — Winner
  • Westwood Film Festival Sony 'Like No Other' Award — Winner

References

  1. ↑ [longislandfilm.com/archives/2005-official-selections/ "Long Island International Film Expo 2005 Official Selections"]. Long Island Film Expo. July 19, 2005. Retrieved July 10, 2020. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  2. ↑ Ordona, Michael (June 8, 2007). "Romanticizing war and the Old South". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ↑ "FIlm Reviews: Surf's Up, Memories Of Tomorrrow, Flanders". LA Weekly. June 6, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  4. ↑ "The Last Confederate:The Story of Robert Adams (2007)". Amazon.com. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
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