Their innocence. Their heritage. Their lives.
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and meticulous.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Matthew BroderickCol. Robert Gould Shaw
- Denzel WashingtonPvt. Trip
- Cary ElwesMaj. Cabot Forbes
- Morgan FreemanSgt. Maj. John Rawlins
- Jihmi KennedyPvt. Jupiter Sharts
- Andre BraugherCpl. Thomas Searles
- John FinnSgt. Maj. Mulcahy
- Donovan LeitchCapt. Charles Fessenden Morse
- JD CullumHenry Sturgis Russell
- Bob GuntonGen. Charles Garrison Harker
Crew
- Edward ZwickDirector
- Kevin JarreScreenplay
- Freddie FrancisDirector of Photography
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
- Steven RosenblumEditor
- Freddie FieldsProducer
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