Glory (Special Edition, Repackaged)
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Jihmi KennedyDirector: Edward Zwick
Studio: Sony Pictures
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Running Time: 124 minutes
DVD Release: January 2nd 2007
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DVD Review
One of the very best films about the Civil War, this instant classic from 1989 is also one of the few films to depict the participation of African American soldiers in Civil War combat. Based in part on the books Lay This Laurel by Lincoln Kirstein and One Gallant Rush by Peter Burchard, the film also draws from the letters of Robert Gould Shaw (played by Matthew Broderick), the 25-year-old son of Boston abolitionists who volunteered to command the all-black 54th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Their training and battle experience leads them to their final assault on Fort Wagner in South Carolina, where their heroic bravery turned bitter defeat into a symbolic victory that brought recognition to black soldiers and turned the tide of the war. With painstaking attention to historical detail and richness of character, the film boasts superior performances by Denzel Washington (who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor), Morgan Freeman, Cary Elwes, and Andre Braugher. Directed by Edward Zwick (co-creator of the TV series thirtysomething), this unforgettable drama is as important as Schindler's List in its treatment of a noble yet little-known episode of history. --Jeff Shannon
User Reviews
GLORYOUS - Rating: 5/5
The movie "Glory' is one of the best movies ever made. It is exciting, uplifting, historically true and the acting is exceptional.
Just as I remembered - Rating: 5/5
I saw this movie years ago and i must say its one of my favorite movies.
Great, just great - Rating: 5/5
The product is great, the picture perfect, the movie (real story) beautiful.
History Made Real - Rating: 4/5
This movie brought to light many aspects of the Civil War, such as the living conditions of the soldiers, that other movies have missed. The version of the movie with commentary by the director and some of the actors is especially interesting.
Great new edition and extras for best Civil War film of the last quarter century. - Rating: 5/5
"Glory" was and still is, both dramatically and visually, the best Civil War film to have been made, in my opinion. On it's release in '89 there was the miniseries "The Blue and the Gray" preceding it, but "Glory" stood out from that TV melodrama with it's unique story and perspective on the period and it's sense of visual detail which made that war seem as firey and brutal as the Vietnam films we'd seen up to that point. For all the detail of "Gods and Generals" and "Gettysburg", and the sweep of "Cold Mountain", I've still not seen a finer film on the period. This new DVD edition has some great extras which enhance the appreciation of the production and history behind it. If you're an admirer of the film it's well worth the upgrade to this edition.
