The Second Civil War is a satiricalcomedy film made for the HBO cable television network and first shown on March 15, 1997.
The film was shown in theaters in Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands and France in 1997 and 1998, before being released to home video. In Australia, the film was released directly to video in AprilMay 1998. The DVD was released in 2005.Beau Bridges won the 1997 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for his portrayal of a Governor of Idaho who decides to close that states borders to immigrants, precipitating a national crisis. ........
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