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Actors: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Jihmi Kennedy, Andre Braugher, John Finn, Raymond St. Jacques, RonReaco Lee,
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Glory |
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This glorious film tells the hitherto shamefully uncelebrated story of the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first unit of black troops raised by the Union to fight in the Civil War.
--Simone , Resident Scholar
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This teriffic movie is a semi-fictionalized account of the 54th Mass. Inf. Regiment, the first regular Black Union regiment in the American Civil War. To me, this film is all about seeking and earning respect. The Colonel wants respect from his men. The Black soldiers want respect as men. The regiment wants respect from the army and the nation. The story is very well constructed, following the training and first campaigns leading up to the "gallant rush" at Fort Wagner in which this regiment earned respect and glory and proved that there was nothing inferior about Black troops. Excellent drama, top-notch battle scenes, and hardly a wasted frame of film in the whole movie.
--Zorikh Lequidre, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Specific to
- US Civil War
War story:
- escaping behind enemy lines
Training/Promotion story?
Yes
Kinds of training/promotion:
- military
- martial arts
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- senior military
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- caring
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- bald
Hair style
- (man) bald
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- general circumstances
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- slave
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Specific kind of enemies?
- tyrants
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
- Northeast
- Deep South
Forest?
Yes
Water?
Yes
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
- ranch
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- hundreds
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 3 ()
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- mission to destroy something
- mission to protect something
- guns
- swords
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
- blunt clubbing (like seals)
Any profanity?
- None
- Occasional swearing
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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