Movie
Gettysburg
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1993-10-08
- Runtime
- 254 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Esparza / Katz Productions, Turner Pictures, Mace Neufeld Productions, Robert Rehme Productions, TriStar Television
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jeff Daniels as Col. Joshua Chamberlain
- Tom Berenger as Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet
- Martin Sheen as Gen. Robert E. Lee
- Sam Elliott as Brig. Gen. John Buford
- Stephen Lang as Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett
- C. Thomas Howell as Lieut. Thomas D. Chamberlain
- Richard Anderson as Maj. Gen. George G. Meade
- Richard Jordan as Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Armistead
- Kevin Conway as Sergeant Buster Kilrain
- Andrew Prine as Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett
- Cooper Huckabee as Henry T. Harrison
- Patrick Gorman as Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood
Crew
- Ronald F. Maxwell - Director
- Ronald F. Maxwell - Screenplay
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