Hatfields & McCoys is a three-part 2012 television miniseries dramatization of the bitter blood feud between the two families on the West Virginia/Kentucky border in the years after the Civil War.
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. Their expectations are quickly shattered when a murder based on misunderstandings and an illicit love affair trigger warfare between former comrades and their clans. This historic feud teeters on the brink of an all out civil war as friends and neighbours join opposing sides in a rivalry that would ultimately shape American History.
Special Features:
- The Making of Hatfields & McCoys
- “I Know These Hills” music video featuring Kevin Costner & Modern West with Sara Beck
Awards
- Golden Globes 2013 – Won Best Performance Kevin Costner, Nominated for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Golden Globes 2012 – Nominated Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
- Satellite Awards 2012 – Won Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
- ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2012 – Won Top Television Series
- BMI Film & TV Awards 2013 – Won Cable Mini-Series Award
- Directors Guild of America 2013 – Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series
- Primetime Emmy Awards 2012 – Won Primetime Emmy
- Screen Actors Guild Awards 2013 – Won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries Kevin Costner
- Television Critics Association Awards 2012 – Nominated TCA Award Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials
- Writers Guild of America 2013 – Won Long Form – Original
Reviews
“Hatfields & McCoys is engrossing, and enlightening about a feud that proves to be a lot more than the bumpkin brawl of pop legend.” Entertainment Weekly
“It is a powerful and often heartbreaking piece of filmmaking that ponders just how thin our veneer of civilization really can be.” Miami Herald
“Hatfields & McCoys is a star-studded, gorgeously produced and astonishingly nuanced look at America's most famous family feud.” LA Times
“Hatfields & McCoys doesn't just explain a feud, it humanizes the people on both sides and reminds us how differently some of our ancestors lived just a few generations back.” New York Daily News
""Hatfields & McCoys" is a spectacular miniseries. If there's a fault it's that it's a bit overlong and repetitive in stretches and there are times when it's difficult to sort out the tertiary players who, though not front-and-center throughout the series, still shape the dynamics as much, if not sometimes more so, than the primary cast. But those minor complaints aside, this is riveting, remarkably well-made historical entertainment. The acting is superb, the cinematography wondrous, the direction steady, and the story absolutely captivating. This is the miniseries as polished and enthralling as ever, up there with the best of its kind, including “Roots,” “Lonesome Dove,” “Band of Brothers,” and "The Stand."" Blu-ray.com