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The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams

Original title: Strike the Tent
  • 2005
  • R
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
553
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Julian Adams in The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams (2005)
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Robert Adams was a valorous southern Captain who used his heart of fire to rally his men to fight. He fell in love with Eveline, a smart, kind and strong willed school teacher from the north... Read allRobert Adams was a valorous southern Captain who used his heart of fire to rally his men to fight. He fell in love with Eveline, a smart, kind and strong willed school teacher from the north. As they met, the Civil War was upon them.Robert Adams was a valorous southern Captain who used his heart of fire to rally his men to fight. He fell in love with Eveline, a smart, kind and strong willed school teacher from the north. As they met, the Civil War was upon them.

  • Directors
    • Julian Adams
    • A. Blaine Miller
  • Writers
    • Julian Adams
    • Weston Adams
    • Joshua Lindsey
  • Stars
    • Julian Adams
    • Gwendolyn Edwards
    • Eric Holloway
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    553
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Julian Adams
      • A. Blaine Miller
    • Writers
      • Julian Adams
      • Weston Adams
      • Joshua Lindsey
    • Stars
      • Julian Adams
      • Gwendolyn Edwards
      • Eric Holloway
    • 22User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 9 wins total

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    Julian Adams
    Julian Adams
    • Robert Adams
    Gwendolyn Edwards
    • Eveline McCord Adams
    Eric Holloway
    Eric Holloway
    • Benjamin Young
    Amy Redford
    Amy Redford
    • Sylvia McCord
    Tippi Hedren
    Tippi Hedren
    • Grandmother Adams
    Joshua Lindsey
    Joshua Lindsey
    • Nelson McCord
    Mickey Rooney
    Mickey Rooney
    • David McCord
    Weston Adams
    • Grandfather Adams
    Bob Dorian
    Bob Dorian
    • Gov. James H. Adams
    Edwin McCain
    • Belcher
    Elizabeth Nelson Adams
    • Madame Bonneau
    Foster Walker
    Foster Walker
    • John Boone
    • (as Mick Walker)
    LaChanda Alexander
    • Elizabeth
    Tessa Belongia
    • Little Evie
    Anna Linn
    • Little Evie
    Timmy Sherrill
    • Capt. Griffin
    Clay Braxton
    • Henry Walker
    Adam Braxton
    • John Walker
    • Directors
      • Julian Adams
      • A. Blaine Miller
    • Writers
      • Julian Adams
      • Weston Adams
      • Joshua Lindsey
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    User reviews22

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    10jimkirk-1

    It made me feel like I lived back then!

    Being a native of South Carolina, I just truly "lived" in this movie. The actors 'became' the characters and I could feel what it was like during that turbulent time.

    This is not a "slick" film one way or the other. Gwendolyn Edwards makes you want to bow and offer her your hand for a promenade; Julian Adams makes you realize what true Southern men went through during that time: it was not easy, nor pat, nor automatic. It was a time that was hard on all Southerners.

    This film made it natural that you identify with the characters: they were not heroes, supermen, or plastic celebrities. They were real people.

    I'll add this to my collection, and that is a rare honor indeed. Movies are so cheap and easily attainable that it's not worth the time and trouble to buy them. But I will definitely buy this one so that I always have it near to hand.

    A million thanks to Julian and Weston Adams and to Gwendolyn Edwards. You all made it so real and so natural.

    Thank you.

    Jim Kirk

    Paris, Tennessee
    5bkoganbing

    Great Great Grandpa's story

    The Last Confederate is a film conceived and brought to the screen by its star Robert Adams. Apparently with considerable help from the South Carolina Film Commission and state government. It certainly presents the Confederate cause in the best possible light, something of particular interest to South Carolina since it was those folks who were the first to secede and get the drums beating out a fast tempo.

    After saying that it's also a good romantic film showing the love of star Adams's great great grandfather Julian Adams and his Yankee sweetheart from Pennsylvania played by Gwendolyn Edwards. With flashbacks to the Ante Bellum period we see Adams in the last days of the war knowing full well the cause was lost, but as he says it they're now fighting for a way of life. Of course the question of slavery is kind of glossed over as you would expect.

    As romance however the film is first rate. After being taken prisoner and spending time in Elmira, the Union's Andersonville Adams and two friends escape and go to Pennsylvania because that's not what his captors would think he would do and because Edwards has fled there to be with her grandfather, an aged Mickey Rooney. Rooney his scenes mostly in bed delivers a fine performance, a man you can watch live almost his entire almost century life on the big and small screen.

    The romance has some real poignancy to it. The film was shot on a lot of actual locations for the story. As history many will find it suspect.
    8acmetech

    Honest depiction, even if shallow and provincial

    Very well done, especially considering the budget. I liked the independent, realistic feel to it, vs manufactured or contrived Hollywoodism.

    I read somewhere a reviewer saying that this was "revisionist history" wrt this movie's depiction of how the slave owners treated their slaves so nicely. Absolutely untrue... there really wasn't that much depiction of slave owners with slaves to begin with, and to see one white gentleman actually talk nicely to a few slaves was totally believable.

    That same reviewer also said this movie was about "nostalgia" for the pre-war south. But I think it was more about southerners protecting their tradition, and then finally knowing when to surrender (hence the title "Strike the Tent"). Otoh, the extra featurette on the DVD about how the film was conceived did show that Julian's intention was to proudly depict his much beloved, land-owning family history.

    The film depicts pre-war southern life favorably, yet doesn't demonize the north (much), even after it's clear that the south had lost the war and had to free their slaves. It was a good depiction of one side "protecting their own", but pretty much intentionally blind to the issue of slavery itself. An interesting "real life" depiction of real history--at least from a southern, white-man's point of view.
    3don90405

    Uh boy...

    A noble cause in wanting to make this film by the family of John Adams, but uh boy, there are serious script flaws, lack of believability in some of the characters due to sub-par acting (by Julian Adams, mainly), continuity problems, and a wardrobe that at times looks like it came out of a cracker-jacks box. This film is billed as being filled with passion and being "explosive", according to one IMDb reviewer. I think dead people are more passionate and explosive! I don't know why this film is getting so many positive reviews, it's really not good at all. I'm only giving it 3 stars myself out of consideration for the family's desire to tell the story of their heritage (assuming it is all true, but I've found nothing on the history of Robert Adams anywhere else but in this film, so who knows how much of the movie is historically accurate).

    Even if you're a civil war history buff, this film will likely barely hold your interest (if at all).

    Sorry, Adams family. Nothing personal, I'm just calling it like I see it.
    10bkz2457

    Time well spent

    OK, first and foremost i like good "realistic" war films, secondly i like films even better if they are based on fact. This was both, and a bonus to both of those critical points is the lead role, who is a descendant of the "historical" character who is the main focus of the film. My wife enjoyed the film too, hard to find a film both of you can watch knowing there's going to be some bloodshed mixed in with a love story, but it works and it works well. Its hard to tell at times this is not a big budget film, but reading about it elsewhere you know its not and you can appreciate it even more. You can see there's a lot of personal effort gone into getting this film made. You see so many people on here saying "well thats 90 minutes of my life wasted" well this is just the opposite, i wish it had been longer, you get a great insight into some real peoples lives during the civil war, and the authentic backdrops and locations just add to its quality.

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    • Trivia
      The music book being used by older Eveline, played by Tippi Hedren, at the opening of the movie was an actual music book owned and used by Eveline McCord Adams, played by Gwendolyn Edwards.
    • Goofs
      In the scene where Robert first sees Eveline the bodice of the dress has very thin, synthetic looking material (authentic materials are MUCH heavier) and it appears to be the middle of the day (off-shoulder gowns were not worn until evening/night by anyone of marrying age).
    • Crazy credits
      To the memory of: Charles St. George Sinkler Adams
    • Soundtracks
      A Cold Wind
      Music by Atli Örvarsson

      Lyrics by Julian Adams and Atli Örvarsson

      Performed by Atli Örvarsson and Þórhildur Örvarsdóttir

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    • Release date
      • September 2005 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Last Confederate - Kampf um Blut und Ehre
    • Filming locations
      • Wavering Place Plantation - U.S. Route 378, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
    • Production companies
      • Strongbow Pictures
      • Solar Filmworks
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 36m(96 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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