The music has the feel of appalachia to it, and helps to transport the listener to the mountain region where the film takes place. Each episode aired for two hours on may 28, 29, and 30, 2012. 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. 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. 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. See more ideas about hatfields and mccoys, hatfields and mccoys movie and the mccoys. Dec 29, 2014 the logan wildcats, a guerrilla militia group, protected this region and was headed up by devil anse hatfield himself.
The hatfields and mccoys are a very big deal where im from west virginia it is historically accurate and a great all. It tells the story of the well known feud between two families in west virginia and kentucky that began shortly after the civil war. 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. 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. The miniseries won 5 emmy awards for outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or a movie kevin costner, outstanding supporting. With kevin costner as devil anse hatfield and bill paxton as randall mccoy, an immediate standard of dramatic excellence is set by the.
Randall mccoys daughter and devil anse hatfields son begin a forbidden love affair. The legendary hatfield mccoy family feud of the 1880s, which nearly brought the states of kentucky and west virginia to civil war, is chronicled. The mini series won 5 emmy awards for outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or a movie kevin costner, outstanding supporting. 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. 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.
Their expectations are quickly shattered when a murder based on misunderstandings and an illicit love affair trigger warfare between former. When the mccoys murder anses younger brother, the hatfields ride out to get bloody revenge. Close friends and comrades until near the end of the civil war, they return to their. 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 hatfields of west virginia were led by william anderson devil anse hatfield, while the mccoys of kentucky were under the leadership of randolph ole ranl mccoy. Hatfields and mccoys american family feud britannica. 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. 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. 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. Go back to the historical feud between the hatfields and the mccoys.
Their expectations are quickly shattered when a murder based on misunderstandings and an illicit love af. It is a legacy of strong, proud families who fought and died to support their families and way of life. Dramatization of the bitter blood feud between the two families on the west virginiakentucky border in the years after the civil war. Great cast, good storyline, excellent acting by the cast and the locations filmed brought it all together. Sep 28, 2016 in the miniseries, tom skunkhair wallace is a close friend of cap hatfield. Being that i am not a hatfield mccoy researcher, i did not question that tom wallace died during the feud.
May 29, 2012 the family feud between the hatfields and mccoys is brought to life in a new history channel series. With kevin costner and the late bill paxton headlining an excellent cast, the show is very wellshot as, unfortunately, are many of the characters. Not everyone on the cast, as it turns out, was thrilled about taking the project to romania. The miniseries was history s first aired scripted drama the network had previously produced a scripted miniseries in 2011, the kennedys. Both showed they could hold their own with some of the best in the. Season 1 episode 1 on directv a hatfield murders a mccoy. Clocking in at just under five hours, this mini series is a very welldone fictionalization of kentuckys infamous hatfield vs mccoy feud.
The mccoy family won the weeklong series three games to two. Harmon mccoy was ordered by his union commander to fight devil anse, due to the belief that he was a confederate spy. But history and folk legend blur as the show follows the lead of cable tvs more mature fare. The hatfieldmccoy saga begins with devil anse hatfield and randall mccoy. Apr 23, 2012 sign in to add this video to a playlist. The hatfields and mccoys had great performances by all actors. Also, log rafts, flatboats using long poles or being pulled along by mules or workhorses ropedrawn primitive. The two families live on the border between these two states. One of the central figures in the feud between the hatfields and mccoys. It chronicles a clash of clans that inspired passion.
See more ideas about hatfields and mccoys, the mccoys and kevin costner. Some are very well known such as berenger and kevin kosner but others shined in this historical series. 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. Mccoys miniseries, which airs three nights starting on memorial day, may 28. But history and folk legend blur as the show follows the. But the animosity between harmon mccoy and hatfield was much more personal. 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.
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. The family to family feud begins when a hatfield murders a mccoy, and a mccoy daughter and hatfield son begin a. The family feud between the hatfields and mccoys is brought to life in a new history channel 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. A hatfield murders a mccoy, and randall mccoys daughter and devil anse hatfields son begin a tempestuous, forbidden love affair. Bonded by their oath to the same flag, two confederate soldiers, devil anse hatfield kevin costner and randall mccoy bill paxton, return. 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. Mccoys, a threepart miniseries that begins on memorial day, may 28, 2012. Their expectations are quickly shattered when a murder based on misunderstandings and an illicit love affair trigger warfare between former comrades and their clans. The legendary hatfieldmccoy family feud of the 1880s, which nearly brought the states of kentucky and west virginia to civil war, is chronicled.