One of the best mini series to ever come out i could watch this over and over and never get sick of it best ever. A mccoy is murdered by a hatfield and a forbidden love affair begins at the start of the legendary hatfieldmccoy family feud, which nearly brought the states of kentucky and west virginia to civil war in the 1880s. Not everyone on the cast, as it turns out, was thrilled about taking the project to romania. Series description hatfields and mccoys was a six hour, three part miniseries on the history channel about the hatfield family of west virginia and the mccoy family who lived just across the border in kentucky. Their expectations are quickly shattered when a murder based on misunderstandings and an illicit love af.
One of the central figures in the feud between the hatfields and mccoys. Also, log rafts, flatboats using long poles or being pulled along by mules or workhorses ropedrawn primitive. May 29, 2012 the family feud between the hatfields and mccoys is brought to life in a new history channel series. A mccoy is murdered by a hatfield and a forbidden love affair begins at the start of the legendary hatfield mccoy family feud, which nearly brought the states of kentucky and west virginia to civil war in the 1880s. But history and folk legend blur as the show follows the lead of cable tvs more mature fare. The legendary hatfield mccoy family feud of the 1880s, which nearly brought the states of kentucky and west virginia to civil war, is chronicled.
Their expectations are quickly shattered when a murder based on misunderstandings and an illicit love affair trigger warfare between former comrades and their clans. Clocking in at just under five hours, this mini series is a very welldone fictionalization of kentuckys infamous hatfield vs mccoy feud. Dec 29, 2014 the logan wildcats, a guerrilla militia group, protected this region and was headed up by devil anse hatfield himself. Anse hatfield kevin costner and randall mccoy bill paxton return home seeking peace after tireless months of battle. It was on last night in all 3 parts and i watched it again for only the 2nd time since it came out in 2012. When the mccoys murder anses younger brother, the hatfields ride out to get bloody revenge. The hatfields and mccoys had great performances by all actors. Great cast, good storyline, excellent acting by the cast and the locations filmed brought it all together. With kevin costner and the late bill paxton headlining an excellent cast, the show is very wellshot as, unfortunately, are many of the characters.
Both showed they could hold their own with some of the best in the. J eff mccoy, who was at the time hiding at the home of johnse hatfield, reached the conclusion that skunk hair wallace was the instigator and leader of the outrage perpetrated upon his sisters. In one scene, bad frank phillips kills tom and removes his scalp, taking it to randolph mccoy and perry cline as proof of the kill. Mccoys, a threepart miniseries that begins on memorial day, may 28, 2012. Some are very well known such as berenger and kevin kosner but others shined in this historical series.
Bonded by their oath to the same flag, two confederate soldiers, devil anse hatfield kevin costner and randall mccoy bill paxton, return home seeking peace after tireless months of battle. The hatfieldmccoy feud, also described by journalists as the hatfieldmccoy war, involved two rural american families of the west virginiakentucky area along the tug fork of the big sandy river in the years 18631891. It is a legacy of strong, proud families who fought and died to support their families and way of life. Go back to the historical feud between the hatfields and the mccoys. They were very friendly until near the end of the civil war when anse hatfield went awol from his rebel army unit of which randall mccoy was also a member. Each episode aired for two hours on may 28, 29, and 30, 2012. Sep 28, 2016 in the miniseries, tom skunkhair wallace is a close friend of cap hatfield. The miniseries was history s first aired scripted drama the network had previously produced a scripted miniseries in 2011, the kennedys. It tells the story of the well known feud between two families in west virginia and kentucky that began shortly after the civil war. Dramatization of the bitter blood feud between the two families on the west virginiakentucky border in the years after the civil war. But history and folk legend blur as the show follows the. The mini series won 5 emmy awards for outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or a movie kevin costner, outstanding supporting.
Mccoys miniseries, which airs three nights starting on memorial day, may 28. He vowed to kill him and, accompanied by a friend, visited the home of cap hatfield on november 17, 1886, when he knew cap hatfield was absent and nan hatfield, his wife, lay ill in bed. The two families live on the border between these two states. The two in particular id like to point out are matt barrjohnsie hatfield and boyd holbrockcap hatfield. Harmon mccoy was ordered by his union commander to fight devil anse, due to the belief that he was a confederate spy. Their expectations are quickly shattered when a murder based on misunderstandings and an illicit love affair trigger warfare between former. While more than 100 years has passed since their historic feud began, locals know there is still no love lost between the hatfields and mccoys, and now a whole new chapter is about to begin. The families lived on opposite sides of a border stream, the tug forkthe mccoys in pike county, kentucky, and the hatfields in logan county or mingo county, formed from. See more ideas about hatfields and mccoys, the mccoys and kevin costner. Close friends and comrades until near the end of the civil war, they return to their. Bonded by their oath to the same flag, two confederate soldiers, devil anse hatfield kevin costner and randall mccoy bill paxton, return. Soon, friends, neighbors, and outside forces join the feud, and allout hostilities between the hatfields and mccoys bring west virginia and kentucky to the brink of civil war. The hatfields and mccoys are a very big deal where im from west virginia it is historically accurate and a great all.
The miniseries won 5 emmy awards for outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or a movie kevin costner, outstanding supporting. Being that i am not a hatfield mccoy researcher, i did not question that tom wallace died during the feud. The logan wildcats, a guerrilla militia group, protected this region and was headed up by devil anse hatfield himself. Clocking in at just under five hours, this miniseries is a very welldone fictionalization of kentuckys infamous hatfield vs mccoy feud. The family feud between the hatfields and mccoys is brought to life in a new history channel series.
With kevin costner, bill paxton, matt barr, tom berenger. The hatfields were headed by william anderson devil anse hatfield 18391921, and the mccoys by randolph randl mccoy 1839. The mccoy family won the weeklong series three games to two. It chronicles a clash of clans that inspired passion. Hatfields and mccoys, two american appalachian mountaineer families who, with their kinfolk and neighbours, engaged in a legendary feud that attracted nationwide attention in the 1880s and 90s and prompted judicial and police actions, one of which drew an appeal up to the u. This video captured by the thomas edison company is an early silent film from 1917, which gives evidence of what certain types of transportation were really like in the 19th and early 20th century. The hatfieldmccoy saga begins with devil anse hatfield and randall mccoy. Hatfields and mccoys american family feud britannica. Randall mccoys daughter and devil anse hatfields son begin a forbidden love affair.
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