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Glory

Year:
Duration:
122 min
Genres:
Drama | History | War
IMDB rate:
8
Director:
Edward Zwick
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 12 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1990-02-16
Filming Locations: African-American National Historic Site - 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Earnings
Budget: $18,000,000
Opening Weekend: $63,661 (USA) (17 December 1989)
Gross: $26,830,000 (USA) Filming Dates 9 February 1989 - 30 April 1989 Copyright Holder Tri-St ar Pictures, Inc. (1989)
Cast
Actor
Character
Matthew Broderick
Col. Robert Gould Shaw
Denzel Washington
Pvt. Trip
Cary Elwes
Maj. Cabot Forbes
Morgan Freeman
Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Jihmi Kennedy
Pvt. Jupiter Sharts
Andre Braugher
Cpl. Thomas Searles
John Finn
Sgt. Maj. Mulcahy
Donovan Leitch Jr.
Capt. Charles Fessenden Morse
JD Cullum
Henry Sturgis Russell
Alan North
Gov. John Albion Andrew
Bob Gunton
Gen. Charles Garrison Harker
Cliff De Young
Col. James M. Montgomery
Christian Baskous
Edward L. Pierce
RonReaco Lee
Mute Drummer Boy
Jay O. Sanders
Gen. George Crockett Strong
Richard Riehle
Quartermaster
Daniel Jenkins
'A' Company Officer
Michael Smith Guess
'A' Company Soldier
Abdul Salaam El Razzac
'A' Company Soldier
Peter Michael Goetz
Francis George Shaw
Pete Munro
Surgeon
Benji Wilhoite
Young Soldier
Ethan Phillips
Hospital Steward
Mark A. Levy
Bigoted Soldier
Randell Haynes
Paymaster
Afemo Omilami
Tall Contraband
Keith Noble
Short Contraband
Dan Biggers
Minister
Marc Gowan
Dr. William B. Rogers
Raymond Godshall Jr.
Dr. Charles G. Thorpe
Bob Minor
Contraband Soldier
Joan Riordan
White Woman
Saundra Dunson-Franks
Black Woman (as Saundra Franks)
Mark A. Jones
54th Soldier
Peter Grandfield
10th Connecticut Soldier
Mark Margolis
10th Connecticut Soldier
Paul Desmond
10th Connecticut Soldier
Tom Barrington
10th Connecticut Soldier
Michael Fowler
10th Connecticut Soldier
Richard Wright
10th Connecticut Soldier
Joseph Alex
Re-Enactor Core Group and Company A (uncredited)
Frank Blair
Darian Farmer (uncredited)
Carla Brothers
Charlotte Forten (uncredited)
Bill Chemerka
Confederate Officer (uncredited)
Sheila Cochran
Home dweller (uncredited)
Rachel Lea Grundfast
Ellen Shaw (uncredited)
Kevin R. Hershberger
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Kevin Jarre
10th Connecticut Soldier (uncredited)
Alex Joseph
Company A soldier (uncredited)
Jay Lance
Union Soldier (uncredited)
William Mathis
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Matthew Murdzak
Captain (uncredited)
Bill Nunn
(uncredited)
Larry Peterson
Union Officer (uncredited)
Alejandro de Quesada
Confederate / Union Soldier (uncredited)
Roger Ragland
Cavalry Officer (uncredited)
Raymond St. Jacques
Frederick Douglass
Michael Wayne Thomas
Soldier (uncredited)
Rodger Williamson
Union Cavalryman (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Very early in the movie there is a scene of Union soldiers playing baseball. While there remains considerable dispute about exactly when, where and how the sport was invented, there is no question that the Civil War itself had a significant role in the rapid growth of the sport, as it became a popular pastime for soldiers on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line who spread it around the country. In fact, Union general Abner Doubleday once was credited with inventing baseball but that theory has long been discredited.
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Many of the first shots of the movie were taken from the 125th anniversary reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1988, in which up to 15,000 participants took part. The scenes filmed at the Gettysburg Reenactment were fused into the depicted Battle of Antietam scene which was filmed in Mcdonough, Georgia. Viewers can distinguish the two separately filmed locations either by the massive amounts of reenactment troops that were at the Gettysburg event; or by the browner dry summer background of Pennsylvania in 1988, and the greener spring background of Georgia in 1989.
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Several of the extracts from Colonel Shaw's supposed letters to his mother, as heard in voice-over narration throughout the film, were actually taken from "Army Life in a Black Regiment," an 1870 book by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, who commanded the 1st South Carolina Regiment during the Civil War.
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Goofs
A children's choir sings "My Country 'Tis of Thee." This lyric dates to 1831 and was popular by 1863.
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In the film, Shaw asks who will carry the colors if they should fall during the assault on Fort Wagner. In reality, it was General Strong who asked this question, and Robert Gould Shaw was the one who volunteered.
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The gun that Thomas hits a Confederate soldier with, bends right before he is stabbed in the final attack.
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Quotes
John Rawlins: Where about you from?
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Sgt. Mulcahy: Left! Right! Left!
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John Rawlins: That's right, Hines. Ain't no dream. We runaway slaves but we come back fightin' men. Go tell your folks how kingdom come in the year of jubilee!
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Faq
Q
What are the differences between the British Version and the Uncensored Version?
A
In Great Britain one scene in which horses fall during a gun battle had to be already removed for the theatrical release. All subsequent VHS and DVD releases did not contain this scene, either. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.
Q
How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
A
For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Glory can be found here.
Q
Which major characters are based on real people?
A
Robert Gould Shaw is the only major character based on a real person. Frederick Douglass is represented as a minor character, though he plays an important role in the movie's plot. All of the other major characters are composites.
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Photos from cast
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