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Glory

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Glory is a 1989 American historical war drama directed by Edward Zwick that chronicles the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the Union Army's first African American regiments in the Civil War, from its formation to its assault on Fort Wagner. Matthew Broderick stars as the regiment's commanding officer, Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, alongside Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes and Morgan Freeman as fictional soldiers in the ranks, in a screenplay by Kevin Jarre drawn from Lincoln Kirstein's Lay This Laurel, Peter Burchard's One Gallant Rush and Shaw's own letters. Produced by Freddie Fields Productions and distributed by Tri-Star Pictures on a budget of 18 million dollars, the film grossed 27 million dollars worldwide. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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  • Glory (1989 film), Introduction section
    Glory is a 1989 American epic 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.
  • Glory, Description, original language
    Glory is a 1989 American historical war drama directed by Edward Zwick that chronicles the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the Union Army's first African American regiments in the Civil War, from its formation to its assault on Fort Wagner.
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    Glory is a 1989 American epic 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.
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