The film originally aired as the abc movie of the week on january 15, 1975. But history and folk legend blur as the show follows the. Kevin costner and bill paxton were both nominated for outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or movie, with costner winning the award. The war climaxed when cap hatfield and jim vance lead several members of the clan to randolph mccoys cabin and set it on fire to draw out the mccoys. Hatfields and mccoys american family feud britannica. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. The family feud between the hatfields and mccoys is brought to life in a new history channel series. Authorities soon apprehended the mccoys, but the hatfields interceded.
The legendary hatfieldmccoy family feud of the 1880s, which nearly brought the states of kentucky and west virginia to civil war, is chronicled. Historical footage of baseball related titles and home movies are also. In the late 19th century, the hatfields and mccoys were locked in a bloody, decadeslong feud. The battle between the clans has been pop culture fodder since at least 1923, when buster keaton. They had an intense romance, but randolph unsurprisingly didnt approve of the relationship. Herb nanas, darrell fetty, hatfield and mccoy productions, llc. The series was nominated for outstanding miniseries or movie. It all came to a head on january 1, 1888, when a big group of hatfields raided the mccoys camp, setting it on fire, and killing three or four mccoys depending on who was asked, including alifair mccoy, daughter of. The networks decision to skip the modernday hatfields and mccoys drama comes as a bit of a surprise, considering the success of historys miniseries on the legendary families and the cast that had joined the pilot. The feud between the hatfields and the mccoys escalated in 1880 when roseanna mccoy, randolphs daughter, entered a relationship with devil anse hatfields son, johnson johnse hatfield. The benchwarmers revolution studios, happy madison productions, 2006. Mccoy, edited by peter rhodes, narrated by will lyman, reporter paul judge. It evokes guntoting vigilantes hellbent on defending. Anse hatfield kevin costner and randall mccoy bill paxton return home seeking peace after tireless months of battle.
If you love historical drama, westerns, or great film, then you are sure to enjoy this series. The hatfields, mccoys and other families settled in the tug valley on both sides of the shallow waterway, a tributary of the big sandy river that fed into the ohio. Dramatization of the bitter blood feud between the two families on the west virginia. The hatfields and the mccoys is a 1975 american madefortelevision western drama film about the feud between the hatfields and mccoys starring jack.
The hatfieldmccoy saga begins with devil anse hatfield and randall mccoy. With jack palance, steve forrest, richard hatch, karen lamm. The hatfields, led by william anderson devil anse hatfield lived on the west virginia side of the river. A retelling of the famous feud between two mountain families, the. Two confederate soldiers returning home after months of war are only seeking peace. Dramatization of the bitter blood feud between the two families on the west virginiakentucky border in the years after the civil war. Both actors lend considerable gravitas to the sprawling story, which begins with costners devil anse hatfield going awol during the civil war, setting in motion a growing animosity with former friend randolph mccoy. It chronicles a clash of clans that inspired passion. The fight soon snowballed into chaos as one of the mccoy brothers stabbed ellison hatfield multiple times and then shot him in the back. Bad blood, starring jeff fahey, perry king, and christian slater. Reo hatfield, bo mccoy and ron mccoy sign the official hatfieldmccoy truce.
This hatfields and mccoys dvd features the story of two confederate soldiers bonded by their oath to the same flag. Images like this one presented the hatfields and mccoys in a particular light that may have lacked context. What was the cause of the hatfields and mccoys feud. The famous feud between the hatfield and mccoy families. The hatfields, including devil anse, eluded arrest. Watch the feud american experience official site pbs. The real reason the hatfields and mccoys started feuding. Bad blood you are looking for serious, realistic and suspenseful movies about with old west, vengeance, danger, family in danger, rivalry, americana and uninhibited rivalry themes of drama and western genre shot in usa. When the mccoys murder anses younger brother, the hatfields ride out to get bloody revenge. The story behind the decades long feud between the families headed up by devil anse hatfield kevin costner and randall mccoy bill paxton is dramatized in. The hatfields and mccoys are the most famous familial feud in american history. A clash of clans that evoked great passion, vengeance, courage, sacrifice, crimes and accusations, which changed the families and the history of the region forever.
The hatfieldmccoy feud involved two rural families from west virginia and kentucky along the tug fork of the big sandy river from 18651891. Close friends and comrades until near the end of the civil war, they return to their neighboring homes hatfield in west virginia, mccoy just. 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. With kevin costner, bill paxton, matt barr, tom berenger. American experience reexamines the hatfield and the mccoys. Which kevin costner movie or tv show is your favorite. Soon, friends, neighbors, and outside forces join the feud, and allout hostilities between the hatfields. 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. Randolph was able to escape but two of his children were killed and his wife was left badly beaten. Devil anse hatfield and randall mccoy quickly, who were once comrades. The hatfields were headed by william anderson devil anse hatfield 18391921, and the mccoys by randolph randl mccoy 1839. The hatfields and the mccoys is a 1975 american madefortelevision western drama film about the feud between the hatfields and mccoys starring jack palance, steve forest, richard hatch, james keach and robert carradine.
Blood feud portrays the feud between the hatfields and mccoys, but the circumstances of the feud are different. Cooke, joseph welch, guest james thurber, with hurd hatfield, lilia skala, paul. Three of randolph mccoy s sons ended up in a violent dispute with two brothers of devil anse. Jeff fahey is quite good as the head of the hatfields but the rest of the cast are awful. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Kevin costner and bill paxton star in this allnew threepart miniseries about the legendary and deadly family feud that broke out in the backwoods of west virginia and kentucky after the civil war. Close friends and comrades until near the end of the civil war, they return to their.
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