Gettysburg

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.

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

Reviews

Peter McGinn

I first watched this movie in a movie theater shortly after it came out. It only had a limited release, so most people saw it as a cable release movie. From the opening title crawl and showing the lead actors in their roles juxtaposed with pictures of the actual historical figures, it had me hook. ...

Wuchak

_**The Civil War's Turning Point Battle**_ "Gettysburg" (1993) has a lot going for it: an all-star cast, including Tom Berenger (Longstreat), Martin Sheen (Robert E. Lee), Jeff Daniels (Chamberlain) and Sam Elliott (Buford); great authentic Gettysburg locations; good battle scenes; a commitment t...

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