The Gettysburg Address
“The long road to freedom and equality.”
2025•PG•2h 45m•Released
DocumentaryHistory
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.
Director
Sean Conant
Writer
Sean Conant
Languages
English
Studio
Rising Picture Company
Cast
Cary Elwes
John P. Jones (voice)
Sam Elliott
Ward Hill Lamon (voice)
Neal McDonough
Charles Sumner (voice)
Dermot Mulroney
Andrew Curtin (voice)
Matthew Broderick
Reader
William Fichtner
John G. Nicolay (voice)
Michael C. Hall
Leonard Swett (voice)
Keith David
Frederick Douglass (voice)
David Morse
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Aidan Quinn
Theodore Parker (voice)
Gary Busey
John C. Calhoun (voice)
David Strathairn
Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Jason Alexander
Noah Brooks (voice)
Ed Asner
Edward Everett (voice)
Lili Taylor
Emily Souder (voice)
Production
Company
Rising Picture Company
Producer
Jim Conant
Producer
Sean Conant
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