Video: Moments in Time - Valley Forge - The Crucible
Summary:
Moments in Time
- Genre: History
- Movie Type: Politics & Government, Social History
- Main Cast: James Woods
- Release Year: 2003
- Country: US
- Run Time: 60 minutes
Plot
Breezily narrated by
James Woods, this cable-TV documentary series recreated major and pivotal
events in world history -- and not always in a respectful and reverent manner.
The opening episode, "Valley Forge: The Crucible," setting the tone for all
future installments, underlines the newly discovered factoid that the canny
George Washington portrayed the Continental Army as being more decimated and
deprived than it really was in order to better to throw the British off the
track and squeeze additional money out of Congress. (Could it be that this
episode was meant to invoke the questions raised by the U.S. government's
alleged "overstatement" of the Iraqi threat during the 2003 Gulf War?) Moments
in Time premiered on July 2, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast