Glory (1990)

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7.4	Rating (559 ratings)
7.8	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Edward Zwick

Starring (View all)

Matthew Broderick
Col. Robert Gould Shaw

Denzel Washington
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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

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Kevin Jarre
(screenplay)

Lincoln Kirstein

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Review of Glory

13 years, 12 months ago at Jul 8 20:24

Joshua "LF"

2 votes

I want to make it clear that the score I am giving Glory means little to nothing. The reason for that, is because I honestly have no idea how to score this movie. I don't feel like this is the kind of movie that's made to entertain. It's made to make people appreciate what 54th Regiment did. It's a powerful movie, but I didn't find it to be very entertaining. I repeat, I don't think this movi... read more

A good movie

10 years, 3 months ago at Mar 15 9:56

johanlefourbe

2 votes

To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this flick and I should definitely re-watch it at some point. Eventually, even though it was definitely a powerful tale based on a really important piece of history, somehow, I didn’t really connect with the whole thing. I don’t know, somehow, it seemed to me that it was just a well made but maybe too straightforward historical epic feature... read more

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1 year, 7 months ago at Dec 1 3:42

fernando

2 votes

(NX) Muy eficaz, porque el original, sacado de las cartas del protagonista, es muy sincero: un blanco abolicionista cuenta su camino a la gloria junto a un escuadrón de negros. Denzel Washington destacando con nitidez

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Description: As the US Civil War protracts and drains even the vast resources of the north, an experiment is made with black troops, serving in a special regiment under an all-white officer corps. Since the traditional military establishment considers this a bad joke, the young abolitionist idealist Robert Gould Shaw from a very privileged family gets the rank of Colonel with the dubious honor to command the black volunteers, mainly illiterate former slaves. Even his personal friend and second in command, Major Cabot Forbes, lacks confidence in the project; yet they must overcome countless difficulties in training, procurement etcetera befor ... (more)

Release date: 18 January 1990
UPC: 043396702899

Tags: War (29), Drama (25), Civil War (17), Action (14), 1989 (14), Racism (11), Historical (10), Military (9), Slavery (8), History (7), 1980s (6), Heroism (6), Epic (5), Violence (5), Army (5), Fight (5), Hate (5), Whip (5), Fort (5), Flogging (5)

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“(NX) Muy eficaz, porque el original, sacado de las cartas del protagonista, es muy sincero: un blanco abolicionista cuenta su camino a la gloria junto a un escuadrón de negros. Denzel Washington destacando con nitidez” read more

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