Fresh
It is the movie's often awesome imagery and a bravely soaring choral score by James Horner that transfigure the reality, granting it the status of necessary myth.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Glory
Their innocence. Their heritage. Their lives.
1989 · 2h 2m · R
Drama, History, War
Directed by
Edward Zwick
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Glory
Overview
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
Director and cast
- Edward Zwick Director
- Matthew Broderick as Col. Robert Gould Shaw
- Denzel Washington as Pvt. Trip
- Cary Elwes as Maj. Cabot Forbes
- Morgan Freeman as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
- Jihmi Kennedy as Pvt. Jupiter Sharts
- Andre Braugher as Cpl. Thomas Searles
- John Finn as Sgt. Maj. Mulcahy
- Donovan Leitch as Capt. Charles Fessenden Morse
- JD Cullum as Henry Sturgis Russell
- Alan North as Gov. John Albion Andrew
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
95%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A stirring and long overdue tribute to the black soldiers who fought for the Union cause in the Civil War.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
A pretty watchable and always interesting period film, well photographed by English cinematographer Freddie Francis.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
This is a good, moving, complicated film.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
Glory is, without question, one of the best movies ever made about the American Civil War.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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