Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
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.
- based on true story
- racism
- battle
- union soldier
- confederate soldier
- american civil war
- 19th century
- early america
- african american history
- american history
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Matthew Broderick
Col. Robert Gould Shaw
Denzel Washington
Pvt. Trip
Cary Elwes
Maj. Cabot Forbes
Morgan Freeman
Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
- Jihmi Kennedy — Pvt. Jupiter Sharts
- Andre Braugher — Cpl. Thomas Searles
- John Finn — Sgt. Maj. Mulcahy
- Donovan Leitch — Capt. Charles Fessenden Morse
- JD Cullum — Henry Sturgis Russell
- Bob Gunton — Gen. Charles Garrison Harker
- Cliff DeYoung — Col. James M. Montgomery
- Christian Baskous — Edward L. Pierce
- RonReaco Lee — Mute Drummer Boy
- Jay O. Sanders — Gen. George Crockett Strong
- Alan North — Gov. John Albion Andrew
- Directed
- Edward Zwick
- Written
- Kevin Jarre
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 1,859 ratings
- Studio
- Freddie Fields Productions, TriStar Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
