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Glory (1989) -- 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.
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15 December 1989 (USA) more
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Their innocence. Their heritage. Their lives. Nothing would be spared in the fight for their freedom.
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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. full summary | add synopsis
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Won 3 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 10 nominations more
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(41 articles)
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Memorable and moving - truly glorious more (292 total)

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122 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

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Boston morning radio legend Lance Norris appears as a man in the crowd as the troops are marching through Boston. more
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Continuity: When Shaw, is wounded at the battle of Antietam, he crawls up against a dead soldier. When Rawlins finds him, he is lying next to a completely different man, though neither is supposed to have moved. more
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[Handing the journalist his letters home]
Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Got some letters here, personal things. Also, if I should fall, remember what you see here.
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Referenced in Incident at Loch Ness (2004) more

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64 out of 73 people found the following comment useful.
Memorable and moving - truly glorious, 22 April 1999
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Author: 4ize from Chicago

Easily the best Civil War movie ever produced, and among the front rank of all war movies. Filled with memorable and moving scenes - the look of sheer defiance on Trip's (Denzel Washington) face as his already scarred back is whipped, the men of the 54th telling their stories around the campfire on the eve of battle, Shaw (Matthew Broderick) turning loose his horse on the beach before Ft. Wagner. History is brought to life more vividly in this film than in any big-budget all-star cast epic I can recall. Most often , those films only succeed in collapsing under their own weight and leaving audiences more turned off about history. Glory brings the issues of the time - slavery, freedom and sacrifice - down to human scale. We can understand why the men of the 54th were willing to take up arms, and how tragic it was that they had to sacrifice their lives in order to be considered men.

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