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The Top Fifteen Trailers
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1989
Running Time: 122 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Historical war drama about the Civil War battle at Antietam, and the formation of the first black regiment, the 54th Massachusetts Voluntary Infantry.
cast + crew
Director
2nd unit director
Robert Gould Shaw
Trip
Cabot Forbes
Rawlins
Sharts
Searles
Mulcahy
Morse
Russell
Governor Andrew
screenplay
Book as Source Material
Book as Source Material
Screenplay
Producer
Producer
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
reviews
February 13, 2001
Hold the hallelujahs for this botched Civil War epic about the first black fighting regiment in U.S. history, the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Led by white officers, with Colonel Robert Gould Shaw of Boston in command, the Fifty-fourth faced virulent racism but distinguished itself in battle. Until now, Hollywood has never acknowledged the contribution black soldiers made in the Civil War (by war's end, they constituted twelve percent of the Union army). So what went wrong with…
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