The Gettysburg Address
PG
2025
165 minutes
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.
Top Cast
Cary Elwes
John P. Jones (voice)
Sam Elliott
Ward Hill Lamon (voice)
Neal McDonough
Charles Sumner (voice)
Dermot Mulroney
Andrew Curtin (voice)
Matthew Broderick
Reader
William Fichtner
John G. Nicolay (voice)
Michael C. Hall
Leonard Swett (voice)
Keith David
Frederick Douglass (voice)
David Morse
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Aidan Quinn
Theodore Parker (voice)
Gary Busey
John C. Calhoun (voice)
David Strathairn
Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Jason Alexander
Noah Brooks (voice)
Ed Asner
Edward Everett (voice)
Lili Taylor
Emily Souder (voice)
Victor Garber
William Saunders (voice)
Bob Gunton
William Herndon (voice)
Zachary Gordon
Daniel Skelly (voice)
Kelly Ayotte
Senator (NH)
George Takei
Self
Lois Smith
Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
Kevin Conway
Daniel Webster (voice)
Maxwell Perry Cotton
Albertus McCreery (voice)
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
Tom Brokaw
Self
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Self
Laura Bush
Self