Gettysburg

1993 254 min ★ 7.0 Drama, History, War

In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.

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Cast

Jeff Daniels

Col. Joshua Chamberlain

Tom Berenger

Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet

Martin Sheen

Gen. Robert E. Lee

Sam Elliott

Brig. Gen. John Buford

Stephen Lang

Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett

C. Thomas Howell

Lieut. Thomas D. Chamberlain

Richard Anderson

Maj. Gen. George G. Meade

Richard Jordan

Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Armistead

Kevin Conway

Sergeant Buster Kilrain

Andrew Prine

Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett

Details

Director

Ronald F. Maxwell

Screenplay

Ronald F. Maxwell

Tagline

"Same Land. Same God. Different Dreams."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$10,769,960

Production

Esparza / Katz Productions, Turner Pictures, Mace Neufeld Productions, Robert Rehme Productions, TriStar Television

Reviews

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Peter McGinn

August 12, 2020

★ 10/10

I first watched this movie in a movie theater shortly after it came out. It only had a limited release, so most people saw it as a cable release movie. From the opening title crawl and showing the lead actors in their roles juxtaposed with pictures of the actual historical figures, it had me hook. It is based on the novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara. It is one of the first books on the...

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Wuchak

September 9, 2021

★ 6/10

_**The Civil War's Turning Point Battle**_ "Gettysburg" (1993) has a lot going for it: an all-star cast, including Tom Berenger (Longstreat), Martin Sheen (Robert E. Lee), Jeff Daniels (Chamberlain) and Sam Elliott (Buford); great authentic Gettysburg locations; good battle scenes; a commitment to historical accuracy; and thousands upon thousands of Civil War reenactors. Part I is highlighte...