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The North and South Trilogy
Two strangers, young men from Pennsylvania and South Carolina, meet on the way to West Point ... Thus begins this brilliant novel of antebellum America, spanning three generations and chronicling the lives and loves of two great family dynasties. The Hazards and the Mains are brought together in bonds of friendship and affection that neither jealousy nor violence can shatter - until a storm of events sunders the nation and brings the cataclysm of war!
From the first Union rout in Virginia to the last tragic moments of surrender, here is a gigantic five-year panorama of the Civil War! Hostilities divide the Hazards and the Mains, testing them with loyalties more powerful than family ties. While soldiers from both families clash on the battlefields of Bull Run, Fredericksburg and Antietam, in intrigue-ridden Washington and Richmond, strong-willed men and beautiful women defend their principles with their lives ... or satisfy illicit cravings with schemes that could destroy friends and enemies alike!
The war ends, but there is no peace for the Hazards and the Mains in a nation still inflamed with bitterness and hatred. The defeated South teems with schemers and carpetbaggers ... and the North has no place for scarred veterans such as Charles Main, who struggles to rebuild his life in the Plains cavalry, only to be stalked by a murderous nemesis seeking revenge against both families. A gripping portrait of Reconstruction America, and a fitting conclusion to the saga of two mighty dynasties!
The books were made into TV movies starring Patrick Swayze and James Read as Orry Main and George Hazard. The first two novels were adapted in 1985 and 1986, while the third part was aired in 1994.
There were major changes made in the TV adaptation. Most notably the focus was dramatically shifted towards the love story between Orry and Madeline. In the novel the beginning is the fight Orry and George have en route to West Point. In the TV miniseries, the beginning is the meeting of Orry and Madeline before Orry heads for West Point. In the novel he only meets her in his first holidays after two years in West Point, and has not waited two years for a reunion.
Cooper Main, Orry's elder brother and an important character from the novels, is absent in the first two miniseries episodes. However, when Patrick Swayze declined to appear in the third episode, Cooper Main— who was not even mentioned with one syllable in the two preceding episode— mysteriously appears on the scene, confusing many people who didn't know the novels.
In the novels Elkanah Bent is described as fat and even obese and coming from Ohio. In the miniseries however, he mutates into a wiry Georgian.
The Hazard men are described as short and stocky in the novels; nevertheless, the tall and lean actors James Read (George) and Jonathan Frakes were cast for these roles. Orry Main is several times described as being six feet, two inches tall, but Patrick Swayze is considerably shorter than that. In the novel, Orry is described as being taller than George by a head, in the miniseries he is considerably shorter than George.
In the book, Orry and George fight in the Mexican War, where Orry loses his arm. In the miniseries, though, he receives an injury to the leg.
Most dramatic, however, is the change made regarding Orry's fate. In the book he dies after being shot in the head by a wounded Union soldier he tries to help; in the miniseries he survives the war to return to Madeline and his plantation in South Carolina. However, this caused a problem when Patrick Swayze refused to play Orry in the third novel. He was, at the beginning of the third miniseries episode, stabbed by Elkanah Bent.

sayang yg jadi orry gak cakep..untung mati ditengah2...

tadinya gw rada bingung ,nanti si charles main ganti pemain...cakep bo....pas awal gw bingung nih siapa lagi...anaknya siapa...tyt ada pergantian pemain..kayak sepak bola aja..

generally this film was outstanding