Condition: New</br>Format: DVD</br>Anamorphic; Closed-captioned; Color; Dolby; DVD; Full Screen; Subtitled; Widescreen; NTSC</br></br>Product Description</br></br>The heart-stopping story of the first black regiment to fight for the North in the Civil War <i>Glory</i> stars Matthew Broderick Denzel Washington Cary Elwes and Morgan Freeman. Broderick and Elwes are the idealistic young Bostonians who lead the regiment; Freeman is the inspirational sergeant who unites the troops; and Denzel Washington in an Oscar(r) - winning performance (1989 Best Supporting Actor) is the runaway slave who embodies the indomitable spirit of the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts.</br></br>Amazon.com</br></br>One of the finest films ever made about the American Civil War <I>Glory</I> also has the honor of being the first major Hollywood film to acknowledge the vital contribution of African American soldiers to the country's historic struggle. Based on the books <I>Lay This Laurel</I> by Lincoln Kirstein and <I>One Gallant Rush</I> by Peter Burchard and the wartime letters of Robert Gould Shaw the film tells the story of the 54th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry an all-black unit comprising Northern freemen and escaped slaves. Under the command of Shaw (played by Matthew Broderick)?? the 54th served admirably in battle until they made their ultimate demonstration of bravery during the almost suicidal assault on the Confederate Fort Wagner in Charleston?? South Carolina?? on July 1