Glory (1989)

Release date: 1990-02-16
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Edward Zwick
Production Co: TriStar Pictures, Freddie Fields Productions
Genre: War, Drama, Biography, History
Rating: 7.8/10
Length: 2h 2min

Storyline

Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers. Shaw was forced to deal with the prejudices of both the enemy (who had orders to kill commanding officers of blacks), and of his own fellow officers.

Plot Keywords

19th century, american civil war, military uniform, war hero, slavery, whipping, whip, target practice, interracial friendship, cavalry, cavalry charge, infantry, head blown off, prejudice, stabbed with a bayonet, stabbed with a sword, soldier, uniform, war violence, army

Short Review

It is the movie's often awesome imagery and a bravely soaring choral score by James Horner that transfigure the reality, granting it the status of necessary myth.