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Jan 12, 1990 · Advertisement. "Glory" tells the story of the 54th Regiment largely through the eyes of Shaw ( Matthew Broderick ), who in an early scene in the film is seen horrified and disoriented by the violence of the battlefield. Returned home to recover from wounds, he is recruited to lead a newly formed black regiment and takes the job even though his ...
Glory captures the heroism of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the first black regiment in the Civil War, the Massachusetts “Fighting” Fifty-fourth. An extremely talented cast and crew earned three Academy Awards (cinematography, sound and supporting actor) and five nominations for their work in Glory. The outstanding cinematography, sound, score and acting recreate the events…
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Oct 9, 2018 · The summary below contains spoilers. Glory –based on the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry: the first unit of the U.S. Army made up entirely of black soldiers–takes place during the Civil War. This story of brave black soldiers, is told through the eyes of a white man. In 1989, there was but one white actor who possessed the qualities ...
- Edward Zwick
Synopsis. During the American Civil War, the Massachusetts Infantry Regiment engages Confederate forces in the bloody Battle of Antietam. Captain Robert Gould Shaw ( Matthew Broderick) is injured in the battle and assumed lost, but is found alive by a gravedigger named John Rawlins ( Morgan Freeman) and sent to a field hospital.
- Responses to The Regiment
- Robert Gould Shaw
- Other Soldiers
- Symbolic Moments
- Fort Wagner
- As Good as Historical Films Get
The 54thMassachusetts was not the first African-American unit to serve the Union. Nevertheless, it was a bold experiment, as the film depicts. The other units had been raised quietly and used in obscurity, to test how they performed and how people reacted. However, although some of them were praised for their battlefield performance in May and June...
The film’s leading character, Robert Gould Shaw, was the unit’s first commander in real life. As Gloryshows, he was a privileged son of New England gentry and an ardent abolitionist. When he was given his command, he was already a veteran of the war. However, the film misses an opportunity in Shaw’s recruitment. He is shown receiving his invitation...
In dramatizing the issues of the American Civil War, Glory implies that the 54thMassachusetts Regiment was made up mostly of former slaves. In reality, most of the men in the unit had been free their entire lives. They were northerners fighting for the north as well as African-Americans fighting for African-Americans. Some of them came from promine...
Two powerful symbolic moments show the film’s complicated relationship with the truth. Shaw’s attack on a row of watermelons during training symbolizes the hard work of preparing for war. Its overall message about prejudice and Shaw’s dedication captures the truth. However, the unit trained in Massachusetts from February to May; watermelons would h...
The climax of the film, the 54th Massachusetts Regiment’s assault on Fort Wagner, is among the most realistic depictions of American Civil War combat. The suicidal experience of charging into a hail of shells and musketry is depicted well. The equipment used and their participation in the war are shown in realistic detail. In broad terms, the event...
No historical film perfectly captures every detail. Some things are unknown, others are uncertain, and liberties are taken both for the practicalities of film-making and to show broader truths. Glorytakes some such liberties, but far fewer than most historical epics. It accurately depicts the story of a unit, its commander, and their importance in ...
Glory is a 1989 American historical war drama film directed by Edward Zwick about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the Union Army 's earliest African-American regiments in the American Civil War. It stars Matthew Broderick as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the regiment's commanding officer, and Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, and ...
Jul 18, 2013 · The film dramatizes the fateful assault on Fort Wagner, a Confederate bastion on Morris Island, S.C. Now this actually happened. On July 18, 1863, Colonel Shaw led the charge of 600 men under ...
