Glory


2h 2m 1989
Glory

Brief Synopsis

A young, white army officer is assigned to lead an all-black unit in the Civil War.

Film Details

Also Known As
Tiempos de gloria, Ärans män
MPAA Rating
Genre
War
Action
Adaptation
Drama
Historical
Release Date
1989
Production Company
Chet Leonard
Distribution Company
TriStar Pictures
Location
Savannah, Georgia, USA; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA; Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts, USA; McDonough, Georgia, USA; Beacon Hill, Massachusetts, USA; Brunswick, Georgia, USA; Hampton, Georgia, USA; South Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
2h 2m

Synopsis

The story of the first black regiment to fight for the North in the Civil War. Lead by two idealistic young Bostonians, the regiment also includes an inspirational sergeant who unites the troops and a runaway slave who embodies the indomitable spirit of the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts.

Crew

Bill Abbott

Sound Effects

Bill Abbott

Sound Mixer

Albert Aquino

Boom Operator

John Ashby

Stunts

Bruce Barbour

Stunts

Guy Barnes

Property Master

B H Barry

Consultant

Robert Batha

Sound Editor

Bob Behr

Sound Editor

Tony Belmonde

Other

Lon Bender

Sound

Lon Bender

Sound Designer

Lon Bender

Sound Supervisor

Norman Bielowicz

Assistant

Stan Bielowicz

Other

Vebe Borge

Assistant Director

Kathie Boyles

Titles

Ralph Brandofino

Camera Assistant

Patricia Broderick

Assistant

Alex Brown

Stunts

Alonzo Brown

Stunts

Weldon Brown

Adr Mixer

Tony Brubaker

Stunts

Pieter Jan Brugge

Producer

Pieter Jan Brugge

Unit Production Manager

Alan Bullard

Grip

Keith Bunting

Grip

Peter Burchard

Book As Source Material

Harold Burns

Stunts

Everett Burrell

Makeup

Hank Calia

Stunts

Sarah Caplan

Associate Producer

Joseph M Caracciolo

Assistant Director

Frank Carrisosa

Makeup

Andrew Casey

Assistant Camera Operator

Jim Cavarretta

Rerecording

Don Cerone

Key Grip

Eric Chambers

Stunts

Carl Ciarfalio

Stunts

Karen E Collins

Assistant Director

Mary Colquhoun

Casting

John Hock Conrad

Stunts

Phil Cory

Special Effects Coordinator

Marie Cosindas

Photography

Skip Cosper

Assistant Director

Danny Costa

Stunts

Stephen Crawford

Electrician

Devon Curry

Adr Editor

Louis D'esposito

Assistant Director

Scott Dale

Stunts

Gregg Dandridge

Stunts

Carol Dantuono

Post-Production Supervisor

T Battle Davis

Editing

Vincent Deadrick

Stunts

Douglas F Dean

Assistant Director

Vito Depalma

Assistant Camera Operator

Nick Dimitri

Stunts

J P Dolan

Gaffer

Lauren Doran

Foley Artist

Billy Dowd

Casting

Dean Drabin

Foley Mixer

Fred Dresch

Electrician

Syd Dutton

Special Effects

Robert Earnhardt

Electrician

Mark Edwards

Assistant

Gregg Elam

Stunts

Ousaun Elam

Stunts

Elle Elliott

Hair

Tracey Featherston

Assistant Editor

Michael Fedack

Dolly Grip

Dale E Fetzer

Assistant

Freddie Fields

Producer

George Fisher

Stunts

Sukey Fontelieu

Foley

Shelby Foote

Assistant

Freddie Francis

Dp/Cinematographer

Freddie Francis

Director Of Photography

Robert Frazen

Assistant Editor

George Frederick

Sound Editor

Carl Fullerton

Makeup

Robert J Garren

Other

Ralph Garrett

Stunts

Norman Garwood

Production Designer

Jerry Gatlin

Stunts

Sidney Gecker

Script Supervisor

Scott Gershin

Sound Editor

Dale Gibson

Stunts

Ray Giron

Assistant

Avram D Gold

Sound Editor

Karen Gordon

Production Accountant

Peter Grandfield

Production Assistant

John B Griffin

Location Manager

Shay Griffin

Casting

William Gwaltney

Assistant

Dick Hancock

Stunts

Clifford Happy

Stunts

Bill Hart

Stunts

Orwin Harvey

Stunts

Kevin Hearst

Sound Editor

Jim Henrikson

Music Editor

Ray Herbeck

Associate Producer

Eddie Hice

Stunts

Chris Hogan

Editor

Alan Holly

Foley Mixer

James Horner

Music

Martha J Huntley

Assistant Editor

Larry Huston

Assistant Camera Operator

Ardie Ivy

Assistant

Terry Jackson

Stunts

Terry James

Stunts

Francine Jamison-tanchuck

Costume Designer

Kevin Jarre

Screenplay

Jeannie Jeha

Production Coordinator

Jeff Jensen

Stunts

Carl Johnson

Electrician

Mike Johnson

Stunts

Harold Jones

Stunts

Melvin Jones

Stunts

Jerry Kadovitz

Music Editor

Tom Kaufman

Assistant

Avy Kausman

Casting Associate

Stan Keitt

Assistant Camera Operator

Jack Keller

Rerecording

Steve Kelso

Stunts

Patrice A Kiley

Other

Wayne A King

Stunts

Lincoln Kirstein

Book As Source Material

Daniel Kuttner

Craft Service

Paul Lane

Stunts

Donna Larson

Casting Associate

Doris Newman Layne

Production Coordinator

Kelly Learman

Assistant

Lane Leavitt

Stunts

Julian Ledger

Makeup

Al Lee

Stunts

Chet Leonard

Cable Operator

Garrett Lewis

Set Decorator

Irving Lewis

Stunts

Steve Lillard

Assistant

Maurice Lospinoso

Craft Service

Tom Luse

Assistant

Karl Luthin

Assistant

Danny Mabry

Stunts

Steve Mann

Sound Editor

Steven Mann

Assistant Camera Operator

Eric Mansker

Stunts

Mike Margaros

Production

Anderson Martin

Stunts

Benny P Massi

Other

Sheila Mathews Allen

Location Assistant

Steve Mathis

Gaffer

Joe Mayer

Adr Supervisor

Rusty Mcclennon

Stunts

Dwayne Mcgee

Stunts

Bill Mcintosh

Stunts

Bernie Mcpherson

Foreman

Jimmy Medearis

Wrangler

Jimmy Medearis

Stunts

Arthur Mendonza

Assistant

Hans Metz

Special Effects Supervisor

Lisa Miller

Sound Editor

Bob Minor

Stunt Coordinator

Rita Minor

Stunts

Donald O Mitchell

Sound

Bennie Moore

Stunts

Jeff Moore

Camera Operator

Merrick Morton

Photography

Alan Munro

Production

Shawn Murphy

Music

Vincent Nappo

Best Boy

Nick Nelson

Electrician

Pat Newcomb

Other

Perry Nichols

Stunts

Ron Nichols

Assistant

Bob Noland

Color Timer

Dan O'connell

Foley Artist

Wade O'connor

Grip

Jeffrey A. Okun

Titles

John Orlebeck

Transportation Captain

Doug Ornstein

Assistant Director

Kelly Oxford

Sound Editor

Keith Pain

Art Director

Briggs Palmer

Assistant Camera Operator

E Palmisano

Stunts

Connie Papineau

Script Supervisor

Doug Pellegrino

Camera Assistant

Manny Perry

Stunts

Linda Peterson

Hair

Ron Pipes

Makeup

Andrew Precht

Assistant Art Director

Charles Quinlivan

Dolly Grip

Jeff Ramsey

Stunts

C Alan Rawlins

Grip

Dan Rich

Sound Editor

Mike Riley

Assistant

Mario Roberts

Stunts

Sean Rodgers

Makeup

Pattee Roedig

Accounting Assistant

John L Root

Other

Frank Rose

Costume Supervisor

Photo Collections

Glory - Movie Poster
Glory - Movie Poster

Videos

Movie Clip

Glory (1989) -- (Movie Clip) Colored Soldiers Home in Boston after surviving Antietam, Union officer Robert Gould Shaw feted by his abolitionist parents (Jane Alexander, Peter Michael Goetz), with family friend Searles (Andre Braugher), meeting the governor (Alan North) and Frederick Douglass (Raymond St. Jacques), in Edward Zwick’s Glory, 1989.
Glory (1989) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Runnin' For President Director Edward Zwick introduces black soldiers who’ll serve under Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick) in the Union army, Andre Braugher as Searles, Jihmi Kennedy as Sharts, Academy Award winner Denzel Washington as Trip, Morgan Freeman as Rawlins, Ronreaco Lee the drummer, in Glory, 1989.
Glory (1989) -- (Movie Clip) Robert Gould Shaw Director Edward Zwick’s stirring opening, Matthew Broderick as Union officer Robert Gould Shaw, reading partly from his original letters, Kevin Jarre’s script from publications by Peter Burchard and Lincoln Kirstein, from Glory, 1989, with Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman.
Glory (1989) -- (Movie Clip) Get Your Slave Wages! Forbes (Cary Elwes) and Colonel Shaw (Matthew Broderick) have disappointing news for their black enlisted Union soldiers, Jihmi Kennedy, Morgan Freeman and others eventually joining in a protest instigated by Trip (Denzel Washington), in director Edward Zwick’s Glory, 1989.
Glory (1989) -- (Movie Clip) How Many Are Left? Colonel Shaw (Matthew Broderick) shares an unwelcome message from the Confederacy with his in-training black Union soldiers, Cary Elwes his aide Forbes, Morgan Freeman, Andre Braugher, Jihmi Kennedy and Denzel Washington as “Trip” among the interested parties, Edward Zwick’s Glory, 1989.

Trailer

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Film Details

Also Known As
Tiempos de gloria, Ärans män
MPAA Rating
Genre
War
Action
Adaptation
Drama
Historical
Release Date
1989
Production Company
Chet Leonard
Distribution Company
TriStar Pictures
Location
Savannah, Georgia, USA; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA; Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts, USA; McDonough, Georgia, USA; Beacon Hill, Massachusetts, USA; Brunswick, Georgia, USA; Hampton, Georgia, USA; South Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
2h 2m

Award Wins

Best Cinematography

1989

Best Sound

1989

Best Supporting Actor

1989
Denzel Washington

Award Nominations

Best Art Direction

1989
Norman Garwood

Best Editing

1989
Steven Rosenblum

Articles

Glory (1989)


Edward Zwick's Glory (1989), a Civil War historical drama starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, and Morgan Freeman, is especially memorable for its attention to physical detail- the cinematography and production design are both breathtaking. But Zwick's story, which is based on real events, also deals with the plight of African-American troops during the War Between the States, a topic that, quite shamefully, is barely touched upon in this country's history books. For that reason, the film is more challenging than your average Civil War picture. Many of the narrative's key battles are fought between men who are supposed to be comrades in arms.

Broderick is Union Gen. Robert Gould Shaw, a baby-faced Bostonian who's assigned to lead the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Army, the first Black fighting regiment in the war. The men of the 54th are a scruffy collection of former and escaped slaves. We follow the men - including a rebellious, deeply embittered escaped slave named Trip (Washington), and a wise, emotionally-measured gravedigger named Rawlins (Freeman) – as they're turned into soldiers. But first, they have to be accepted as human beings by the often brutal military officers that are training them. The men's inner and outward battles will finally come to a head during a horrific suicide mission at Carolina's Fort Wagner.

Zwick was careful when filming Glory not to turn it into a Black story with a more commercially convenient white hero. "We didn't want this film to fall under that shadow," Freeman said. "This is a picture about the 54th Regiment, not Colonel Shaw, but at the same time the two are inseparable." In order to assure accuracy, Zwick hired Shelby Foote, who would later become a semi-household name courtesy of Ken Burns' popular 1990 PBS nine episode documentary The Civil War, as a technical advisor.

It's interesting to note that Washington was reluctant to take on his role in Glory. "I had a lot of reservations about doing something like [Glory]," he said in a 1990 issue of Ebony magazine. "My father-in-law was a principal at one of the top Black high schools in North Carolina and he always told me the worst thing that ever happened was integration. In a lot of ways I agree with him, because we have gotten further and further away from (Black) culture." But he finally recognized that Glory gave him a shot at "an honest portrayal, a fully realized character." He accepted the role, of course, and won an Oscar® as a result.

In 1995, when he was promoting Courage Under Fire (1996), Zwick said he was unhappy about having to go to the Department of Defense to get help with his Gulf War picture. The generals wanted him to change a few scenes to their liking, and this infuriated him. He said he was convinced that this sort of government interference arises when bureaucrats with no writing experience try to shape a narrative that they're incapable of judging. And he used his experience on Glory to prove his point.

"[Glory] is shown today in Officer Candidate School as an example of the tribulations of leadership and as inspiration to the rank and file," he said. "Had I originally shown that script – which describes racism, a whipping by a junior officer, incidents of all sorts of insubordination and questionable treatment – to the Department of Defense, I do not think at that time they would have been able to support it."

Zwick's stance was that fact-based motion pictures such as Glory and Courage Under Fire require conflict, or they simply don't work. "Without conflict," he continued, "without a more textured portrait, you would have a recruiting film. That's fine when someone is making 'Be all that you can be commercials,' but that's not drama."

Glory received widespread critical praise upon release with Variety proclaiming that it "has the sweep and magnificence of a Tolstoy battle tale or a John Ford saga of American history." Vincent Canby, The New York Times film critic, concurred, writing "Glory is the first serious American movie about the Civil War to be made in years. There haven't been that many anyway - D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation (1915), Buster Keaton's The General (1927), David O. Selznick's Gone with the Wind (1939) and John Huston's The Red Badge of Courage (1951). Almost everything else has been balderdash...Although Glory employs the devices of fiction and sometimes is as brightly colored as a recruiting poster, it seems as severe as a documentary alongside those earlier films...Glory is celebratory, but it celebrates in a manner that insists on acknowledging the sorrow. This is a good, moving, complicated film." In addition to Denzel Washington's Best Supporting Actor Oscar®, Glory was nominated for four other Academy Awards including Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Film Editing, Best Sound and Best Cinematography (by Freddie Francis); it won in the latter two categories.

Director: Edward Zwick
Producer: Freddie Fields
Screenplay: Kevin Jarre (based on the books Lay This Laurel by Lincoln Kirstein, One Gallant Rush by Peter Burchard, and the letters of Robert Gould Shaw)
Editor: Steven Rosenblum
Cinematographer: Freddie Francis
Music: James Horner
Production Design: Norman Garwood
Art Design: Keith Pain, Dan Webster
Special Effects: Kevin Yagher, Carl Fullerton
Set Design: Garrett Lewis
Costume Design: Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
Cast: Matthew Broderick (Col. Robert Gould Shaw), Denzel Washington (Trip), Cary Elwes (Cabot Forbes), Morgan Freeman (John Rawlins), Jihmi Kennedy (Sharts), Andre Braugher (Searles), John Finn (Sgt. Mulcahy), Donovan Leitch (Morse), John David Cullum (Russell), Alan North (Gov. Andrew).
C-122m.

by Paul Tatara
Glory (1989)

Glory (1989)

Edward Zwick's Glory (1989), a Civil War historical drama starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, and Morgan Freeman, is especially memorable for its attention to physical detail- the cinematography and production design are both breathtaking. But Zwick's story, which is based on real events, also deals with the plight of African-American troops during the War Between the States, a topic that, quite shamefully, is barely touched upon in this country's history books. For that reason, the film is more challenging than your average Civil War picture. Many of the narrative's key battles are fought between men who are supposed to be comrades in arms. Broderick is Union Gen. Robert Gould Shaw, a baby-faced Bostonian who's assigned to lead the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Army, the first Black fighting regiment in the war. The men of the 54th are a scruffy collection of former and escaped slaves. We follow the men - including a rebellious, deeply embittered escaped slave named Trip (Washington), and a wise, emotionally-measured gravedigger named Rawlins (Freeman) – as they're turned into soldiers. But first, they have to be accepted as human beings by the often brutal military officers that are training them. The men's inner and outward battles will finally come to a head during a horrific suicide mission at Carolina's Fort Wagner. Zwick was careful when filming Glory not to turn it into a Black story with a more commercially convenient white hero. "We didn't want this film to fall under that shadow," Freeman said. "This is a picture about the 54th Regiment, not Colonel Shaw, but at the same time the two are inseparable." In order to assure accuracy, Zwick hired Shelby Foote, who would later become a semi-household name courtesy of Ken Burns' popular 1990 PBS nine episode documentary The Civil War, as a technical advisor. It's interesting to note that Washington was reluctant to take on his role in Glory. "I had a lot of reservations about doing something like [Glory]," he said in a 1990 issue of Ebony magazine. "My father-in-law was a principal at one of the top Black high schools in North Carolina and he always told me the worst thing that ever happened was integration. In a lot of ways I agree with him, because we have gotten further and further away from (Black) culture." But he finally recognized that Glory gave him a shot at "an honest portrayal, a fully realized character." He accepted the role, of course, and won an Oscar® as a result. In 1995, when he was promoting Courage Under Fire (1996), Zwick said he was unhappy about having to go to the Department of Defense to get help with his Gulf War picture. The generals wanted him to change a few scenes to their liking, and this infuriated him. He said he was convinced that this sort of government interference arises when bureaucrats with no writing experience try to shape a narrative that they're incapable of judging. And he used his experience on Glory to prove his point. "[Glory] is shown today in Officer Candidate School as an example of the tribulations of leadership and as inspiration to the rank and file," he said. "Had I originally shown that script – which describes racism, a whipping by a junior officer, incidents of all sorts of insubordination and questionable treatment – to the Department of Defense, I do not think at that time they would have been able to support it." Zwick's stance was that fact-based motion pictures such as Glory and Courage Under Fire require conflict, or they simply don't work. "Without conflict," he continued, "without a more textured portrait, you would have a recruiting film. That's fine when someone is making 'Be all that you can be commercials,' but that's not drama." Glory received widespread critical praise upon release with Variety proclaiming that it "has the sweep and magnificence of a Tolstoy battle tale or a John Ford saga of American history." Vincent Canby, The New York Times film critic, concurred, writing "Glory is the first serious American movie about the Civil War to be made in years. There haven't been that many anyway - D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation (1915), Buster Keaton's The General (1927), David O. Selznick's Gone with the Wind (1939) and John Huston's The Red Badge of Courage (1951). Almost everything else has been balderdash...Although Glory employs the devices of fiction and sometimes is as brightly colored as a recruiting poster, it seems as severe as a documentary alongside those earlier films...Glory is celebratory, but it celebrates in a manner that insists on acknowledging the sorrow. This is a good, moving, complicated film." In addition to Denzel Washington's Best Supporting Actor Oscar®, Glory was nominated for four other Academy Awards including Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Film Editing, Best Sound and Best Cinematography (by Freddie Francis); it won in the latter two categories. Director: Edward Zwick Producer: Freddie Fields Screenplay: Kevin Jarre (based on the books Lay This Laurel by Lincoln Kirstein, One Gallant Rush by Peter Burchard, and the letters of Robert Gould Shaw) Editor: Steven Rosenblum Cinematographer: Freddie Francis Music: James Horner Production Design: Norman Garwood Art Design: Keith Pain, Dan Webster Special Effects: Kevin Yagher, Carl Fullerton Set Design: Garrett Lewis Costume Design: Francine Jamison-Tanchuck Cast: Matthew Broderick (Col. Robert Gould Shaw), Denzel Washington (Trip), Cary Elwes (Cabot Forbes), Morgan Freeman (John Rawlins), Jihmi Kennedy (Sharts), Andre Braugher (Searles), John Finn (Sgt. Mulcahy), Donovan Leitch (Morse), John David Cullum (Russell), Alan North (Gov. Andrew). C-122m. by Paul Tatara

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Miscellaneous Notes

Wide Release in United States January 1990

Released in United States on Video September 19, 1990

Re-released in United States on Video May 12, 1993

Released in United States on Video June 15, 1994

Released in United States February 1990

Released in United States December 1990

Shown at Berlin Film Festival (Panorama) February 9-20, 1990.

Shown at Cairo International Film Festival December 3-12, 1990.

Originally released by RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (video-USA)

Began shooting February 9, 1989.

Completed shooting April 27, 1989.

Released in United States Winter December 14, 1989

Re-released in United States on Video May 12, 1993

Released in United States on Video June 15, 1994

Released in United States February 1990 (Shown at Berlin Film Festival (Panorama) February 9-20, 1990.)

Released in United States December 1990 (Shown at Cairo International Film Festival December 3-12, 1990.)

Released in United States on Video September 19, 1990

Wide Release in United States January 1990

Released in United States Winter December 14, 1989