A. Blaine Miller Movies
- 2007
- R
The living descendents of American Civil War Captain Robert Adamas pool their creative talents in order to tell the remarkable story of their legendary ancestor in a film showing the sacrifices that some are willing to make in the name of love or country. As the Civil War gets underway, strong willed Captain Adams (producer/writer/actor Julian Adams) rounds up the guns and rallies his men to fight for their land to the dying breath. Before the war Adams was a simple planter who fell in love with Eveline (Gwendolyn Edwards) , a beautiful and intelligent schoolteacher from the north. Despite the knowledge that he may lose everything by entering into the conflict, however, Adams knew that the life he had and the life he wanted was worth the risk. Now, as he loses his best friend in battle, watches his town burn to the ground, and gets captured by the enemy and sent to prison, Adams draws on his love for the fair Eveline to carry him through his darkest hour. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
A man finds himself torn between the love of his homeland, the love of his family, and the love of a woman in this period drama based on a true story. Robert Adams (Julian Adams) is a Southern gentleman who is helping to run the plantation run by his grandfather (Weston Adams) as the Civil War looms on the horizon. At a party, Robert meets Eveline McCord (Gwendolyn Edwards), a beautiful and intelligent schoolteacher from the North. Robert falls deeply in love with Eveline and asks for her hand in marriage, but not long after that, war breaks out and Robert's loyalties to family and home lead him to become a captain in the Confederate army, while Eveline stands by her family in the North. As Robert bravely fights for a failing cause and is captured and imprisoned by Union troops, he struggles to stay in contact with Eveline, with her love becoming the only thing he can still count on. Strike the Tent was written, produced, and co-directed by Julian Adams, who also played Robert Adams, his real-life great-great-grandfather; the supporting cast includes Mickey Rooney, Tippi Hedren, and musician Edwin McCain. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Julian Adams, Gwendolyn Edwards, (more)
