The Gettysburg Address(2025)

The long road to freedom and equality

NR

2h 45m

  • Documentary,
  • History

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.

Cast

  • Cary Elwes

    Cary Elwes

    John P. Jones (voice)

  • Sam Elliott

    Sam Elliott

    Ward Hill Lamon (voice)

  • Neal McDonough

    Neal McDonough

    Charles Sumner (voice)

  • Dermot Mulroney

    Dermot Mulroney

    Andrew Curtin (voice)

  • Matthew Broderick

    Matthew Broderick

    Reader

  • William Fichtner

    William Fichtner

    John G. Nicolay (voice)

  • Michael C. Hall

    Michael C. Hall

    Leonard Swett (voice)

  • Keith David

    Keith David

    Frederick Douglass (voice)

  • David Morse

    David Morse

    Abraham Lincoln (voice)

  • Aidan Quinn

    Aidan Quinn

    Theodore Parker (voice)

  • Gary Busey

    Gary Busey

    John C. Calhoun (voice)

  • David Strathairn

    David Strathairn

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)

  • Jason Alexander

    Jason Alexander

    Noah Brooks (voice)

  • Ed Asner

    Ed Asner

    Edward Everett (voice)

  • Lili Taylor

    Lili Taylor

    Emily Souder (voice)

  • Victor Garber

    Victor Garber

    William Saunders (voice)

  • Bob Gunton

    Bob Gunton

    William Herndon (voice)

  • Zachary Gordon

    Zachary Gordon

    Daniel Skelly (voice)

  • George Takei

    George Takei

    Self

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Status

In Production