What is Glory (1989 movie)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox movie | name = Glory | image = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Edward Zwick]] | producer = [[Freddie Fields]] | screenplay = [[Kevin Jarre]] | based_on = {{Based on|''Lay This Laurel'' 1973 novel|[[Lincoln Kirstein]]}}<br />{{Based on|''[[One Gallant Rush]]'' 1965 novel|[[Peter Burchard]]}} | starring = {{plainlist| * [[Matthew Broderick]] * [[Denzel Washington]] * [[Cary Elwes]] * [[Morgan Freeman]] }} | music = [[James Horner]] | cinematography = [[Freddie Francis]] | editing = [[Steven Rosenblum]] | studio = Freddie Fields Productions | distributor = [[TriStar Pictures]] | released = {{Film date|1989|12|14|Limited|1990|2|16|Wide}} | runtime = 122 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $18 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1989/0GLRY.php |title=Glory |publisher=The Numbers |access-date=November 7, 2010 |archive-date=October 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027032438/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1989/0GLRY.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> | gross = $27 million<ref name=BoxOfficeMojo>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0097441/ |title=Glory |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=October 25, 2019}}</ref> }} '''''Glory''''' is a 1989 American war drama movie directed by [[Edward Zwick]]. It is about the [[54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment]], the [[Union Army]]'s first [[African Americans|African-American]] regiment in the [[American Civil War]]. It stars [[Matthew Broderick]] as Colonel [[Robert Gould Shaw]] and [[Denzel Washington]], [[Cary Elwes]], and [[Morgan Freeman]] as fictional members of the 54th. ''Glory'' was nominated for five [[Academy Awards]] and won three, including Best Supporting Actor for Washington. It premiered in limited release in the United States on December 14, 1989, and in wide release on February 16, 1990, mak