Glory (1989 film)

Glory
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Edward Zwick
Screenplay by	Kevin Jarre
Based on	Lay This Laurel by Lincoln Kirstein One Gallant Rush by Peter Burchard
Produced by	Freddie Fields
Starring	Matthew Broderick Denzel Washington Cary Elwes Morgan Freeman
Cinematography	Freddie Francis
Edited by	Steven Rosenblum
Music by	James Horner
Production company	Freddie Fields Productions
Distributed by	Tri-Star Pictures
Release date	December 15, 1989 (1989-12-15) (United States)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$18 million[1]
Box office	$27 million[2]

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. It stars Matthew Broderick as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the regiment's commanding officer, and Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, and Morgan Freeman as fictional members of the 54th. The screenplay by Kevin Jarre was based on the books Lay This Laurel (1973) by Lincoln Kirstein and One Gallant Rush (1965) by Peter Burchard and the personal letters of Shaw. The film depicts the soldiers of the 54th from the formation of their regiment to their heroic actions at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner.

Glory was co-produced by TriStar Pictures and Freddie Fields Productions, and distributed by Tri-Star Pictures in the United States. It premiered in limited release in the United States on December 15, 1989, and in wide release on February 16, 1990, grossing $27 million worldwide on an $18 million budget. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards and won three, including Best Supporting Actor for Washington. It also won awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the Golden Globe Awards, the Kansas City Film Critics Circle, the Political Film Society, and the NAACP Image Awards.