Glory

December. 15,1989      R
Rating:
7.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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
Bob Gunton as  Gen. Charles Garrison Harker

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Reviews

BootDigest
1989/12/15

Such a frustrating disappointment

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SeeQuant
1989/12/16

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

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Catangro
1989/12/17

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

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Hadrina
1989/12/18

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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lordsangone
1989/12/19

Movies should be cinematic, dynamic and most of all, entertaining. Films, shows and series are projects that fall short of what we expect from an experience we call a movie. Glory was able to encompass all these aspects into almost a whole different experience itself. The history, informative documentary, genres, hollywood factor, the politics, the productions and actors, the story, etc. were well thought out and beautifully executed.The story is a journey through the experiences of military men back in the civil war days. Two basic groups of men, the privileged and the rest. It starts off with the horrifying realities of war, death. But as we journey through the story we realize that death is not the worst part. The movie tries to show the conflicts between men of power, race, and loyalty while fighting a war. The fighting of arms is the backstory, but the real fighting is amongst themselves.We see two different cultures working in different ways to ultimately unite as one. Some of the most incredible scenes were not really the battles but by the interactions of the men. The camp fire scene was denzels highlight. He even managed to shed some tears, impressive. It was spiritual, memorable and entertaining. His role and performance symbolized the moral of the story.One other powerful scene was when the sarge slapped trip for using the n word against his own. One of many powerful and memorable scenes.Ive worked in West Baltimore for 35yrs. Im korean and own a corner grocery store. I still cringe when i hear youngens still using that word as a term of endearment. They would never dare say it in front of the older generation regardless of what it means or spelled. Watching a movie like Glory reminds us of all the horrors of bigotry and racism has caused in our country. Thats right, my country is America and I am proud to have moved on from those dark times.I go out of my way to thank Glory and all those who fought for our very freedoms we enjoy today. We can not forget our history and we must learn from our mistakes as a nation of diversity. We have diversity only because we were able to unite first. These types of truths is what created real freedom in America. Glory is a great example of how struggles and suffering can bless a whole nation and they do it in such a powerful way. It wasnt just a great movie, it was a powerful message of unity vs. diversity and truth vs. freedom. Its a movie that educates not just of history but human nature. Racism can never be understood fully if you havent been a victim of racism first. A black man can never be understood fully by a white man or a korean man such as myself. And vice-versa. Fortunately we have a movie like Glory to give us the next best thing. Glory is a movie told through the eyes of several types of men. Several stories wrapped in one. Although they were different, they were still able to triumph fighting as one, even if not victorious in the final battle, they were able to claim victory in more important ways.

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cinemajesty
1989/12/20

Movie Review: "Glory" (1989)Under Columbia Pictures' affiliate Tristar becomes the exceptionally-humane "Civil-War" action-drama with encouraging thoughts of turning abolished slavery within the Northern Blue-Coat Union into the state of soldiering labor, letting "Glory" directed by Edward Zwick become a redeeming kind of a war-movie fairy-tale to a relentless drive in the hearts of any U.S. American citizen as long-lived immigrant on North American soil to stand up, fight for a cause and if personal belief becomes forfeit to die from it; here entertainingly as suspenseful conflicted writings by another real-life personalty of U.S. American estranged 19th century turning into acting interpretations by Matthew Broderick, who gives face to a seemingly timid, yet courage-finding just-Colonel-promoted Robert Gould Shaw at age 25, putting on all boundaries crossing towards his way pushings in order to create an infamous suicide platoon of the Union Army, detailed-researched and visually-dramatized by director Edward Zwick, charging toward an inconceivable Confederate coast-guarding fortress "Fort Wagner" on Morris Island, South Carolina on July 18th 1863."Glory" finds its strength in outstanding supportive performances, ranging from Denzel Washington, at Oscar-winning age of 34, with rarely-seen exposures of disobedience as runaway slave "Trip" turning Union private; and audience-witnesses of the overdue acting-breakthrough by 51-year-old Morgan Freeman to let this favorably-paced motion picture with its 115-Minute-editorial by Steven Rosenblum, which just misses a Best Picture nomination against a seemingly emotional-wider-spreading against an unforgettable uplifting premise shot with "Field of Dreams" (1989) starring Kevin Costner as internal-voice-hearing Iowa corn farmer; nevertheless here "Civil-War" actions technically as flawlessly-received in cinematography by Freddie Francis (1917-2007) and production design endeavors in favors to utmost accurancy from a battlefront-raging opening of desolation to no-win-situations between the Northern Union and Southern Confederates, given director Edward Zwick emotional space to develop the main character R.G. Shaw's story with less-to-no suspension loss, but then again missing a close-to-certain Best Director nomination by trusting solely on Glory's inevitable already historically as screenplay-given conclusion.© 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

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andrewmeliacc
1989/12/21

Glory is a powerful film about the 54th Massachusetts Regiment who fought bravely for the Union during the Civil War. Raw emotions are shown in the film through the wonderful acting of Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington and at times it is easy for the viewer to lost him/herself in events of the film. It is truly a unique film in this sense. This film however, is not 100% historically accurate as it portrays the black men as fugitive slaves when in reality they were primarily free black men. Nonetheless, the patriotism, bravery and glory displayed by the Regiment in this film something, that in my eyes, have made it one of the best movies I have ever seen.

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sjnaramore
1989/12/22

I enjoyed the focus on the internal conflicts over the regiment, which really made the few battles it showed the unit engaging in all the more important, as it was a struggle for them to even be allowed to fight. The characters were well-done and compelling, with excellent character development especially from Trip, and the actors all did them justice.The racial tension between the commanders and soldiers, and even among the soldiers themselves, was palpable and again made their relative unity at the end of the film all the more important.

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