The read
It runs long at 2h 45m.
Synopsis
In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous speech, separating fact from fiction along the way. Lincoln's greater journey to Gettysburg is chronicled, from his early anti-slavery sentiments as a poor farmer's son to his rousing orations as one of America's greatest leaders.
Ratings
IMDb9/10
Key crew
- Sean ConantWriter
- Sean ConantDirector
Cast
- Cary ElwesJohn P. Jones (voice)
- Sam ElliottWard Hill Lamon (voice)
- Neal McDonoughCharles Sumner (voice)
- Dermot MulroneyAndrew Curtin (voice)
- Matthew BroderickReader
- William FichtnerJohn G. Nicolay (voice)
- Michael C. HallLeonard Swett (voice)
- Keith DavidFrederick Douglass (voice)
- David MorseAbraham Lincoln (voice)
- Aidan QuinnTheodore Parker (voice)
- Gary BuseyJohn C. Calhoun (voice)
- David StrathairnRalph Waldo Emerson (voice)
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Themes
gettysburg addressusa historyabraham lincoln