Movie
The Gettysburg Address
2025 · 165 min
A scholarly, reverent documentary that unfolds like a slow historical lecture, rewarding patience with deep context and quiet gravity.
- Directed by
- Sean Conant
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Starring
- Cary Elwes, Sam Elliott, Neal McDonough
- Tagline
- The long road to freedom and equality.
- Overview
- In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous speech, separating fact from fiction along the way. Lincoln's greater journey to Gettysburg is chronicled, from his early anti-slavery sentiments as a poor farmer's son to his rousing orations as one of America's greatest leaders.
- How it feels
- Earnest, melancholic and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Freedom, war, politics, justice
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Sean Conant
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Starring
- Cary Elwes, Sam Elliott, Neal McDonough
