“Glory” is the true story of an African-American unit of the Union Army during the Civil War. The movie depicts the soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment from its formation to their heroic actions at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner in South Carolina in 1863. Director Edward Zwick (“About Last Night” 1986) assembled this high-quality motion picture with great production values, excellent filming, good acting, and an outstanding screenplay by Kevin Jarre. It was adapted from the personal correspondence of Col. Robert Gould Shaw and two books: “Lay This Laurel” (1973) by Lincoln Kirstein and “One Gallant Rush” (1965) by Peter Burchard.
The cast is headed by Matthew Broderick, who delivered what is probably the best performance of his career as Col. Shaw. Denzel Washington portrayed one of the soldiers of the 54th, an escaped slave, and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. (Two other Academy Awards went to Best Cinematography for Freddie Francis, and Best Sound.) Others include Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Cliff DeYoung, John Finn, RonReaco Lee, Bob Gunton, Jay O. Sanders, Richard Riehle, Alan North, Andre Braugher, Mark Margolis, Donovan Leitch, JD Cullum, Peter Michael Goetz, Raymond St. Jacques as Frederick Douglas, and Jane Alexander in an uncredited role as Mrs. Sarah Shaw.
“Glory” was a modest success in theatrical release for Freddie Fields Productions and TriStar Pictures.
Glory (1989)
cinema
My Review
“Glory” is the true story of an African-American unit of the Union Army during the Civil War. The movie depicts the soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment from its formation to their heroic actions at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner in South Carolina in 1863. Director Edward Zwick (“About Last Night” 1986) assembled this high-quality motion picture with great production values, excellent filming, good acting, and an outstanding screenplay by Kevin Jarre. It was adapted from the personal correspondence of Col. Robert Gould Shaw and two books: “Lay This Laurel” (1973) by Lincoln Kirstein and “One Gallant Rush” (1965) by Peter Burchard.
The cast is headed by Matthew Broderick, who delivered what is probably the best performance of his career as Col. Shaw. Denzel Washington portrayed one of the soldiers of the 54th, an escaped slave, and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. (Two other Academy Awards went to Best Cinematography for Freddie Francis, and Best Sound.) Others include Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Cliff DeYoung, John Finn, RonReaco Lee, Bob Gunton, Jay O. Sanders, Richard Riehle, Alan North, Andre Braugher, Mark Margolis, Donovan Leitch, JD Cullum, Peter Michael Goetz, Raymond St. Jacques as Frederick Douglas, and Jane Alexander in an uncredited role as Mrs. Sarah Shaw.
“Glory” was a modest success in theatrical release for Freddie Fields Productions and TriStar Pictures.