Glory 1989

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 122 min

genre: historical

theme: war

director: Edward Zwick

Score: 8 / 10

Glory is a 1989 American epic historical war drama film directed by Edward Zwick about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the Union Army's earliest African American regiments in the American Civil War. It stars Matthew Broderick as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the regiment's commanding officer, and Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, and Morgan Freeman as fictional members of the 54th. The screenplay by Kevin Jarre was based on the books Lay This Laurel (1973) by Lincoln Kirstein and One Gallant Rush (1965) by Peter Burchard and the personal letters of Shaw. The film depicts the soldiers of the 54th from the formation of their regiment to their heroic actions at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner.

Plot

During the American Civil War, Captain Robert Gould Shaw is injured at the Battle of Antietam and returns home to Boston on medical leave. Shaw accepts promotion to Colonel commanding the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, one of the first Black regiments in the Union Army. He asks his friend, Cabot Forbes, to serve as his second in command. Their first volunteer is a mutual friend, Thomas Searles, a bookish, free African-American. Other recruits include John Rawlins, Jupiter Sharts, Trip, and a mute boy drummer.

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author	Kevin Jarre
award	Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Georgia Maryland Massachusetts South Carolina
director	Edward Zwick
editor	Steven Rosenblum
events	54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry African Americans American Civil War comradeship racism recognition slavery in the United States
genre	action drama historical
keywords	a major campaign abraham lincoln arrest awol battle of antietam better life black men black soldier canister shot capture charles garrison harker charles harker charleston harbor civil war colonel confederacy confederate flag confederate soldier confederate states of america emancipation proclamation epilogue execute federal government fort wagner george crockett strong help in a day injured james montgomery kill mass grave medical leave morning morris island mute muteness quartermaster robert gould shaw second battle of fort wagner summarily executed train u.s. government union army union soldier wound
musicBy	James Horner
nomination	Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
producer	Freddie Fields
productionCompany	Freddie Fields Productions
publisher	Tri-Star Pictures
theme	race and ethnicity war