Copperhead (2013)
The war at home
A family is torn apart during the American Civil War. Abner Beech (Billy Campbell), a righteous farmer from upstate New York, exercises his right to free speech in a time when families are divided by the Civil War.
- Date of release
- 2013-06-28
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (23)
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Director
- Ronald F. Maxwell
Casting
- François Arnaud — Warner Pitts
- Billy Campbell — Abner Beech
- Angus Macfadyen — Jee Hagadorn
- Augustus Prew — Ni Hagadorn
- Peter Fonda — Avery
- Lucy Boynton — Esther Hagadorn
- Brian Downey — Preacher Taggart
- Ryan Doucette — Byron Truax
- Robbie O'Neill — Inspector
- Hugh Thompson — Hurley
Interesting facts
Copperhead is a 2013 American historical war drama film produced and directed by Ron Maxwell and starring Billy Campbell, Angus Macfadyen, Augustus Prew, Lucy Boynton and Peter Fonda. The screenplay, written by Bill Kauffman, is based on the 19th-century novel The Copperhead by Harold Frederic. Set in Upstate New York, the film is about a family of antiwar Union Democrats, commonly known as "copperheads".
Production
The film had the working title Copperhead: The War at Home. Jason Patric was initially attached to star, but was replaced by Billy Campbell after production commenced due to what director Maxwell called "creative differences".
Filming took place mostly at Kings Landing Historical Settlement in New Brunswick, Canada.
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