Glory
A true story based in part on the letters of a young and inexperienced white soldier from the North given the task of training America's first unit of black soldiers during the American Civil War. This brilliantly presented spectacle stars Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington.
Year: 1989
Genre: War and Anti-War Films, True Stories, Best of the 1980s, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die), Racial Intolerance
Country: USA
Director: Edward Zwick
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Cary Elwes, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Andre Braugher, Donovan Leitch, Alan North, Cliff De Young
Duration: 117 Minutes
Rating: R13 - Contains violence and offensive language.
7.9/10
Location in store: War
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