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Glory Details

1989 Certificate 15
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Glory is a celebration of a little-known act of mass courage during the Civil War. Simply put, the heroes involved have been ignored by history due to racism. Those heroes were the all-black members of the 54th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, headed by Col. Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick), the son of an .. Read more

Starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman
Director Edward Zwick
Genres Drama

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Glory is a celebration of a little-known act of mass courage during the Civil War. Simply put, the heroes involved have been ignored by history due to racism. Those heroes were the all-black members of the 54th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, headed by Col. Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick), the son of an influential abolitionist (played by an uncredited Jane Alexander). Despite the fact that the Civil War is ostensibly being fought on their behalf, the black soldiers are denied virtually every privilege and amenity that is matter of course for their white counterparts; as in armies past and future, they are given the most menial and demeaning of tasks. Still, none of the soldiers quit the regiment when given the chance. The unofficial leaders of the group are gravedigger John Rawlins (Morgan Freeman) and fugitive slave Trip (Denzel Washington), respectively representing the brains and heart of the organization. The 54th acquit themselves valiantly at Fort Wagner, SC, charging a fortification manned by some 1,000 Confederates. Glory was based on Lincoln Kirstein's Lay This Laurel and Peter Burchard's One Gallant Rush; the latter book was founded on the letters of Col. Robert Gould Shaw, the real-life character played by Matthew Broderick. The film won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for co-star Denzel Washington, and additional statuettes for Best Cinematography (Freddie Francis) and Sound Recording.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Donovan Leitch, Andre Braugher
Director Edward Zwick
Studio SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 57 mins
Blu-ray: 2 hrs 2 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Dubbed None
Hearing-impaired None
Subtitles DVD: None
Blu-ray: Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish
Released Production year: 1989

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    • Glory - Blu-ray

    • Glory - Blu-ray
      GLORY recounts the bravery of a group of Civil War soldiers often overlooked by history--the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts, a troop of free black men who fought to help win liberty for their enslaved brothers. Based on the historical novels ONE GALLANT RUSH by Peter Burchand and LAY THIS LAUREL by ...
    • Glory

    • Glory
      Glory is a celebration of a little-known act of mass courage during the Civil War. Simply put, the heroes involved have been ignored by history due to racism. Those heroes were the all-black members of the 54th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, headed by Col. Robert Gould Shaw (...

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