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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0053939561784
Format: Color, NTSC
Label: Turner Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Turner Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Turner Home Entertainment
Release Date: December 28, 1994
Running Time: 94 minutes
Sales Rank: 16863
Studio: Turner Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: March 11, 1991
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - VHS is dead
Great material but horrible video quality. It appears this was a former library copy. The seller did make a refund but not the shipping charge which was nearly as much. They did apologize, and I understand they can't vet every item going out the door. I'll keep looking for a DVD.
Rating:  - needs ironing
I enjoyed this movie, first when I saw it on television and later when I acquired a copy for my vcr.
I enjoyed the opening scenes of the burning of Norfolk navy yard even though it was clearly done slightly on the cheap. I certainly enjoyed the interior scenes of the ironclads in action. I loved the costuming. I enjoyed the acting of Fritz Weaver who played the eccentric genius John Ericson though I really do wish his story had been better told. He didn't submit his design the Monitor. ... Read More
Rating:  - BEFORE "GETTYSBURG," THERE WAS "IRONCLADS!"
Although this film will never reach the popularity that "Gettysburg" and it's prequel "Gods and Generals" have achieved, "Ironclads" is still a worthy addition to anyone's library of Civil War films. The battle scenes between the Ironclad warships U.S.S. Monitor and C.S.S. Virginia (built on top of the captured remains of the U.S.S. Merrimac) are awesome to behold, and the acting and costuming are top notch. I hope that they release it on DVD soon! Grade: A+
Rating:  - Ironclads - pretty costumes, bad acting, script, ad technica
Based on a true event, the producer had a good story-line to work with. The movie suffers with the addition of the love triangle and poor acting. Well done uniforms and civilian attire alone does not make it a good movie. The battle scenes are somewhat corny. Technical detail, in many instances, is poor. For instance, the Monitor could only have one canon at a time move out of the port. Several scenes showed both canons protruding - a physical impossibility. Its a shame that this historical ... Read More
Rating: - Interesting, but somewhat shallow...
This made-for-TV movie tells the story of some events that culminated in the first ever conflict between ironclad warships -- the Confederacy's "Virginia" (formerly the USS Merrimack) and the USS Monitor. The battle took place in 1862. The "Virginia" (aka "Merrimack") came downstream to break the Union blockade at the Hampton Roads, near Norfolk, VA, during the American Civil War (or The War Between the States). On the second day of action at that location the Monitor and the "Merrimack" clashed.
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