If you look at 4:22 when Thomas grabbed that Confederate soldier's gun and turned it on him, its the same move the Irish drill Sergeant did on him early in the film. He taught him how to fight.
This scene gives a good example of the level of loyalty a commander can have from his men…when you are willing to go through Hell for and with your men, If you fall at the hands of your enemies then your men will not stop until the enemy no longer exists
They won't stop until the destruction of the enemy or the extermination of the men under the commander's command, as was the example with this company.
@@lalodaniels1388 4:22 Thomas employs the same technique disarming an enemy and striking him down, just like Sgt Mulcahey instructed in training. Brilliant way to show character arc in this film
There is an adage, that has been borne out many times, the officers of the Army and Marine Corps (and the medic, usually) are the people holding back the grunts from deciding to commit to a "No Quarter" battle. That is, if you take them out, you had best take all of that unit out or you WILL have an industrial sized can of Whoop-Ass opened on you by the remainder and be the recipient of the best UnHealthcare the planet has to offer.
I love this movie, but that was straight up movie magic. I would love to read the after action reports. If they actually got into the fort there would be no way that the few hundred from the regiment that made it and the supporting regiments couldn't have secured the fort.
@@Delmarvafishing Morale is a devastating thing when you see men blown to pieces left and right. The 54th were the only ones that made it over the parapet, but probably retreated after a minute of intense combat, including hand-to-hand. The other regiments in the brigade, supporting, probably never engaged in hand-to-hand, after seeing the 54th retreat back over. The combat over the parapet in this finale is a minute and forty-five seconds long, roughly. Realistically, the combat would have been about a minute before retreating; therefore not enough time for the officers of the supporting regiments to 1) make the decision to follow the 54th over the parapet and 2) convince their men and make the action happen before the 54th retreated. Morale probably fell after seeing the 54th retreat. Had the officers of the supporting regiments convinced their men to force their way through, without regard to morale, the 54th's assault might not have been in vain. Edit: turns out, the supporting regiment closest to the 54th went for a flanking maneuver, failed to breach the weak point and retreated. For more information outside this leading battalion's role, refer to peter okeefe down below about the lack of information being communicated. Information wins wars, it always has. The general could not see what was going on in the dark of night, and did not have the information that the initial regiment breached the enemy's walls.
My thoughts turned to Andre Braugher as I watched the videos. He was young then and played the role of Thomas very well, especially during the assault when he came into his own as a fighting man. RIP Andre. I enjoyed your acting over the years. Your voice was magnificent.
How was the original score of this film not even nominated for an Oscar? My God, I've seen Glory several times and just watching this clip I get a lump in my throat as the music as much as any visual stirs the emotions.
I have the score, it is pretty incredible, what James Horner did. The following scene was I think the best cue for the audience balling with tears. The combined scene of Shaw being thrown down the trenches, combined with the haunting Harlem Boys Choir, the dissonance, it was incredible art.
The character arcs of Tripp, Forbes, and Thomas are enough to make this an all-time favorite. The acting of nearly every character is phenomenal. The cinematography is brilliant. The music is excellent... truly one of the finest films ever made.
I absolutely agree. Tripp grew to admire Thomas (mostly cause he saved his life) and respected Shaw enough after he died to be the first one to get up and carry the flag (even though Tripp said he wouldn't do that in the middle of the movie) and died. He became the soldier and person Shaw saw in him. Forbes seemed just to be a drunken playboy only there cause of his connections.. Shaw believed in him when he himself didn't believe.. shaws death forced Forbes to be the leader. He became the leader he didn't think he could be and what Shaw saw in him.. Thomas who was the worst and weakest solider to start.. got more confident and stronger as the movie went along and before the battle knowing the flag carry is an easy target volunteered to carry it on if something happened to the main carrier. He then uses the move Malchay taught him and also showed no fear... becoming a soldier that Shaw saw in him. Shaw himself grew, as someone who basically punked out in his first battle.. really rallied his guys, showed toughness and courage even if he wasn't all that.. and he knew by volunteering the 54th that meant more than likely death, he knew that if they put up a good enough fight, it'll rally other blacks to join. He grew into the leader he wanted to be
After over 30 years ago released this film is still one of the best war movies, let alone best movies, ever made. The casting was perfect and James Horner's music is unmatched.
4:22 Thomas employs the same technique disarming an enemy and striking him down, just like Sgt Mulcahey instructed in training. Brilliant way to show character arc in this film
This is my favorite scene of the entire movie. I can only imagine how the real men of the 54th felt. Of all the soldiers in the Union army, they had the biggest score to settle.
You do know that there were slaves, both black and white in union states. Very few southerners owned slaves. Mostly in the coastal areas. Hardly any slaves at all in the mountains or highlands. Don't kid your self.. You probably an intelligent person and I have no issue with your comment, I'm just replying to you. Let's be honest. Slavery of blacks and whites, sometimes called indentured servants was horrible. But the union states, the North benefited from slave labor just as the plantation owners did with inexpensive and plentiful products produced by slave labor. It was part of the National economy. Look up the original name of Rhode Island.. It was a plantation state with Newport being a major slave trading port. Slavery existed in the north during the early part of the war, or as we say.. The great unpleasantness. Anyway.. Yea... Those soldiers had an ax to grind..
@Steven yes, I'm aware. I'm also aware that the Confederate government passed a decree that if your HH owned up to 20 slaves, the oldest male was exempt from military service. Between 20 and 40 slaves, the next oldest male and so on. I'm also aware only 5% of the Confederate army were slaveowners. That still doesn't negate the fact that they were fighting for the preservation of slavery. Secondly, how could the south claim they were fighting for their independence, while denying it to an entire race of people? Slavery was dying, but not because of the Confederate government. It was because of the slave market. Lincoln didn't free the slaves in the border states because one of those states was Maryland. If Maryland seceded, that would've put Washington in Confederate territory, which would've almost guaranteed a Confederate win for the war. Wealthy factory owners couldn't compete with southern slavery because they had to pay their workers. They couldn't pay 0 cents an hour. But like the south, the northern soldier wasn't a plantation or a factory owner. They fought for the preservation of the Union and an end to slavery. Whatever the reason to end slavery, it still should've been ended.
@@RIFFRAFF104 You're joking, right? The fact slavery was legal did not mean it was widely practices. Whereas in the US South, many did own slaves, and *betrayed the US to keep them*. There's a big damn difference. GTW, as Orion said, only 5 % of their treason army were slaveholders. But many owned one-two-three slaves (not indentured servants) and if you think colonial Rhode island is equivalent to what happened at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, you better think again. I live in Virginia. I've hunted this war since I was a kid. "Lousy labor conditions" isn't slavery. They weren't owned. They could quit. And I'm done with this argument. By 1860, slavery was a Southern issue, and the Confederacy was a bunch of traitors, and I am glad we took down Bobby Lee's statue.
When Tripp yells "COME ON!" is what legends are made of... Even though the attack ultimately did not succeed, the 54th showed their mettle These actions would eventually carry the day and preserve the Union.
That whole sequence still makes me cry and I am not ashamed to admit it. He had not wanted to carry the flag but he knew just as Shaw did that if they did not get up and charge he and his brothers would all die right there.
This film encapsulates the true essence of a great commander. When Shaw decided to rush the guns with just his pistol and the flag, he obviously knew that he was going to be killed. But it was all about rallying and inspiring his men onto greatness and glory. All his soldiers when silent when they say that he had been killed, but then ‘the rebel’ picks up the flag and leads the charge forward!! Commander Shaw had done his job.
Only when he gave his life as a sacrifice, with Christian imagery at his death in the sign of the cross his body made, could he inspire his men to follow him into hell where Jesus descended next to carry out His mission
That actually was why Col. Robert Gould Shaw really did move forward alone. And died. Buried where is stays together, for eternity. With his men. His parents refused to have him returned home. Though the island Morris Islands South Carolina is under water today. The troops including Shaw remain there. The others who were wounded and died later are currently buried in Wilmington NC.
General Strong regretted not sending further waves behind the 54th. At night he could not see that they had penetrated battery Wagner. He led a charge the next day with survivors of the 54th and vermont troops and was killed in the assault. Battery Wagner never fell
An interesting example of how information can decide battles. One could imagine an attack like this succeeding not with better guns (which, if we'll be fair, would be even between the sides), but with radio to call for reinforcements!
Easy to be a General when they ain't don't the hard fighting, Battery Wagner never fell to the 2 assualts. The whole attacks against Charleston defenses, ended up as a debacle.
I never understood why Gen. Strong didn't send in wave after wave of regiments. Sure, only one could go in at a time, but after they're fully engaged, send in another and another until the rebs were overwhelmed.
Cary Elwes man. In another universe he became an A list leading man. Commanding officer goes down, and he immediately transforms into the Union's Lew Armistead. Forbes is my favorite character in the movie.
It only just occurred to me that he might be drawing on the strength he built enduring whippings as a slave. Reminds me very much of that sullen, determined glare he gave during the flogging scene.
I am a Black American and a Veteran, and despite the historical troubles in our nation amongst different races and cultures, even while knowing the significance of the Civil War and my strong appreciation for it, to see the bloodshed between Americans in this horrible conflict hurts me so much.
I think of this when I hear anyone say they want another civil war. those who want to settle our differences with bloodshed are throwing away all that was hard fought on their behalf. long before they where born.
When Denzel picked up the flag I got MAJOR CHILLS up and down my back and neck. That meant more to me than any act of patriotism or pride or bravery. He showed he was willing to set aside his distain for color barriers or principles that are wrong….. that’s a true American. This movie needs to be re-released in 2024.
One thing I love about this scene, often missed: Tripp falls alright, but as he dies, he plants the flag in such a way that it stands. I'm a Brit, not American, but that gives ME passion. Keep that pride, USA: as long as it's for truth and justice , you'll have friends in all corners.
He doesn't. The flag only remains standing for as long as Tripp lives to hold it up, but when he finally dies, the flag slumps over when he does - only to be immediately picked up by another soldier.
There's always been an American soldier to pick up Old Glory since Yorktown. And as long as we stay as a Constitutional Republic there always will be! God Bless the USA!
My favorite part is after Thomas gets stabbed, Jupiter comes to protect him. And even though Thomas says “get out of here!”, Jupiter picks him up and Carries him till the end. The perfect example of never leaving your brother behind 🇺🇸
Major Forbes (Cary Elwes) and Sergeant Major Rawlins (Morgan Freeman) actually survived the battle in real life. They were able to retreat back to Union lines.
@@michaelcarney6280 No he wasn't. If I'm understanding the description of what happened right the color guard would have died before they got to that part of the beach because he brought the flag up with them and drug himself back afterwards.
At the end of the movie Glory you see the Black soldiers being buried by the confederates in a mass grave and the white officers being thrown in amongst them, when usually dead officers were usually buried with honour's because these were the officers of black soldiers they were buried as criminals along with their escaped slaves without ceremony. Some time later after the war, the mother and father of Colonel Shaw traveled to the battlefield they were asked if they would like to exume the body of their son for burial. They said "their son is buried amongst his men, and they couldn't wish for a finer bodyguard".
Know what I love about movies from the 80s, 90s and 2000s a lot of them are on sight not a sound stage not a green screen but actually takes the time to build a set and make it look good.
Why? It's ancient history now. They would be ashamed of their descendants and the way they act. This is NOT what they sacrificed their lives for.@@basicbodybuilding
@@The_OneManCrowd you don't understand, It doesn't have to be a direct sequel. It should be base on WW2 black military platoon or pilots and have the same soundtrack.
One of my favorite movies of all time. As far as war and military movies, this is in my Top 3 (and I'm retired Navy). There was a lot of symbolism and completion of character arcs in this last scene and Edward Zwick pulled it off perfectly. Colonel Shaw fought the entire movie to prove his worth and earn respect for the 54th, which is why he volunteered the 54th for this suicide mission. The speech he gives to General Strong about how there's more to fighting than rest, etc. The night before the battle where Shaw and Forbes were having one last drink together, knowing full well that the next day would be their death. And then the singing and prayer-worship by the troops; it's as though they all knew they would possibly be killed the next day. Trip finally spoke up and earned the respect of his brothers. A true symbol of American freedom and brotherly love...and dying for what you believe in.
The 54th loved Col. Shaw. They knew he considered them family, and they would have gladly fixed bayonets and charged the gates of Hell itself at his back......and that day, they did.
Not only that but after the war, the government asked Shaw's parents if they wanted his body removed from the mass grave and they refused. They said he would have wanted to be buried with his men and they couldnt have asked for a better honorguard. The mass grave has since been swept out to sea by beach errosion with the bodies so Shaw will forever be with his men.
@hangmanmatt2598 there's good news. The Regiment was recovered in full and reburied at the Beaufort National Cemetary. To keep with the wishes of Shaw's parents, their son was laid to rest with the Regiment and all graves were marked as unknown so as to keep them together as a whole.
this scene is perfect and what I love most is Forbes' desperate cry when Shaw gets hit. in that moment all disagreements disappear and emerges the enormous sorrow of a man who sees his best friend seriously injured
I remember the 1st time I saw this movie. It became my favorite movie for like a year. I saw this movie everyday after school. The Final Charge of the 54th is still one of the most exciting battles scenes even 35 years later. No matter how many times I see it, that part when when Forbes screams "Charge!" with Thomas still gives me chills. You can tell they were really invested to such a Great movie.
my personal theory is he felt survivors guilt for not dying at antietam with his company who were all wiped out by confederate forces. "The commander is responsible for the lives of his men, and for their deaths. Well, I should have died with mine."
While i believe there was survival guilt - I dont think it extends to the point he thought he should've died. I believe this is best shown at the Ball he was attending and was offered a commission as commanding officer. He is aware many men are dying in the war and here he is attending balls and be given promotions - in his mind solely because everyone else had been killed.
The brilliant Freddie Francis was the cinematographer on this film under the direction of Edward Zwick. The photography in Glory is spectacular and Mr. Francis deserved his oscar on this one. He is one those cinematographers I wished I could have worked with from back in the day.
I’m a 70 year old white man, born in the south, raised there too. I have 32 ancestors who fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War. My ancestors were in the most significant of the war. 3 direct line ancestors were at Gettysburg. None of my ancestors owned any slaves. But, without a doubt, “Glory” is in my top ten of my favorite movies of all time. I get choked up every time I see it!
@@Woodesies There was a story to come out of the war that after the Battle of Shiloh, a couple of Union soldiers found a rebel soldier who was wounded. They picked him up to take him back as a prisoner, and it was clear that this kid in rags didn't own any slaves and probably had no understanding of the Constitution, and they asked him, "what are you fighting for?" The boy answered, "I'm fighting because you're down here." Never underestimate the power of propaganda and personal loyalty. Robert E Lee fought because he knew the war was going to be fought on Virginian soil, and he felt obligated to defend his "country" as he called Virginia. His mansion was right across the Potomac at Arlington, and he abandoned everything he had to take command of the Army of Virginia -- AFTER he was first offered command of the Union Army. Lee, who abhorred secession succinctly said, "I cannot draw my sword against my country and my people," meaning Virginia, so he resigned his commission and joined the Confederacy. The vast majority of soldiers who fought for the Confederacy joined up for the adventure, or because they were convinced that they were going to fight against "Yankee tyranny," and many of them had the harsh realities of the war slap them upside the head after it was too late to back out. James Longstreet, Lee's second in command at Gettysburg, was such a man. He came to grips with the deceit of the plantation class during the war, and realized that the "cream of southern society" as he called it "was led like sheep to the slaughter." Accordingly, after the war when he received his pardon, Longstreet became a Republican and worked with the Grant Administration towards Reconstruction. In 1873, Longstreet dispatched troops to Colfax to put down the White League, but his men arrived too late to stop the Colfax Massacre. Later that year, Longstreet led black troops in a pitched battle against the White League in New Orleans, and was shot during the fighting. Even Nathan Bedford Forrest worked to dismantle the Klan -- after he founded it, of course. The point I'm trying to make is that it's unfair to label everybody who fought for the Confederacy as "evil men serving an evil cause." Yes, we can agree that the fight to preserve slavery was evil, but for the men that fought, very few of them did so to preserve slavery. There were many serious underlying causes of the war that contributed to the tensions. Slavery was the catalyst, but the underlying tensions stretched back to the Washington administration. Additionally, I cannot stress enough the importance of not demonizing the "other side." Rebel, Yankee, it doesn't matter, when the shooting stopped, all were Americans again. Consider our current political situation: there are Republicans and Democrats alike who are hoping, praying that a second Civil War erupts so they can have the chance to kill "the other side." We cannot allow ourselves to fall into the same trap our ancestors did by seeing each other as "the other." I very much doubt you would like it if people kept telling you that one of your ancestors was a piece of shit that deserved to die; in fact, it would probably be a source of bitterness for you, even if you never knew that ancestor. As it pertains to the Civil War, and in particular the Confederacy, we need to recognize what went wrong, condemn the cause, and let the dead rest. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
@@Woodesies So it seems to be a way out of conscription into the Confederate States of American. And that was the "Twenty Negro Law." By an act of the CSA any plantation owner with twenty (20) or more slaves were exempt from military service. If the plantation owner had sons, they too, were exempt from military . For every twenty slaves on a plantation this exempted every planters son, and even grandson, depending on the size of the plantations and its inhuman treatment.
@@Woodesies proud southerner here & very proud of my southern heritage & southern ancestry. I make zero apologies for any of my ancestors who fought in the war of northern aggression. 👍😘
@@Woodesiesyou know that the Civil War was not fought to free the slaves correct? Abraham Lincoln didn't even free the slaves in the union states, he only freed them in the Confederate states to hurt the war effort If you're so ready to denounce the confederacy then you must be ready to denounce the north as evil too In reality, the Civil War was fought over States Rights vs the power of the Federal Government The war would have been fought regardless of slavery being a factor
@@puggins1I'm from Minnesota, unfortunately a lot of people have forgotten that Slavery existed in the North and was often far more brutal here even if less common There are a lot of us Northerners who still understand that the Civil War was fought in response to the growing concentration of Federal authority at the cost of States Rights The truth is that we are a Republic, a collection of 50 smaller independent States that have their own authority Obviously, owning another human being is wrong, but the idea that us Northerners wanted simply to free the Slaves is complete nonsense People forget that Abraham Lincoln was a vehement racist and never even freed the slaves in the Union before his death
Cant imagine the all around toughness it would take to climb that sandy hill knowing your chances of being shot with a musket ball, shot with artillery, or stabbed with bayonet was near %100. All wars are brutal, but war pre-smokeless powder was a whole different beast.
I remember when I 1st saw the movie and didn't know the history I was astonished to see which flag rose. When these men found peace before the charge. Death was not the end, only the beginning. Even then they knew there sacrifice would not go in vein.
You gotta think. These aren't just regular soldiers. These dudes have been working hard for 400 years being beaten and tortured withstanding some of the most brutal punishments plus all that pent up rage against the white man. These are some super soldiers.
Irrespective of how accurate this depiction is, or how much success the 54th actually had in that attack, they did indeed make the charge. They did indeed prove to all doubters that men of color could fight as well and any other soldier. They did indeed drape their deeds with glory. Honor to the men of the 54th.
Seeing this in the big screen when it first came out was amazing. This was one of the most emotional scenes in any movie I've ever seen. Not knowing the story & history of this battle prior to seeing the movie, I thought for sure they gained all this momentum and won the battle. But when they came over that last parapet & saw all the canons waiting for them, it was crushing. You could hear a gasp from everyone in theatre. Then they cut to the scene in the morning where the Confederate Flag was still flying over the fort, and see Shaw being thrown into a mass grave with his soldiers and you could feel all the energy leave everyone in the theatre. This was well made and in a way I'm glad I had no idea what the movie was about when I went to see it & just experienced it as it unfolded.
Even though the 54th, and the following brigades suffered huge casualties (The 54th lost over half its number on the assualt, including Colonel Shaw), and although Fort Wagner was never taken from the Confederacy, the 54th DID make it inside the forts walls at least, they came very, very close!
This is frankly an amazing feat. Having taken serious casualties all afternoon, they made it all the way inside the fort, taking the battlements and nearly seizing the fort. They fell into a trap, but getting so far is frankly a phenomenal accomplish
My all time favorite movie!!! My history teacher actually had a billboard poster in his class that filled the entire wall! Wish we had iPhones back then I would love to take a pic of it...
Brilliant! It's one thing to fight a battle when you have a chance of winning. But it's another to fight a battle when the odds of winning are truly stacked in the favor of the enemy. Such courage. Remarkable.
Glory takes a LOT of artistic license, and while based on real people and events is definitely still not what I would call incredibly historically accurate. That's not a knock against it, it sought to tell a bigger story and capture more themes of the time than it could have otherwise. But to say it's more historically accurate than many films of the past 10 years that worked to get details right is pretty disingenuous.
This is one of my all time favorite movies and the one that made me a big fan of Denzel Washington! Andre Baugher was also incredible in this R.I.P. This scene was difficult to watch as a teenager, but it stuck with me!
This hits so fucking hard. I remember watching as a kid and today as a grown man it's emotional. It's right up there with _United 93_ when they bust into the cockpit and are fighting to reach the control column. You want them to make it, you hope they do, but they don't, and you knew it all along but for a moment you let yourself believe that they could.
Following the battle the Confederate Commander returned all the fallen Union officer’s bodies for burial, as was customary, but left Shaw’s where it was. He was buried in a mass grave along with his soldiers of the 54th. This was intended as an insult. Shaw’s family and friends saw it as an honor. His father wrote “We would not have his body removed from where it lies surrounded by his brave and devoted soldiers. ... We can imagine no holier place than that in which he lies, among his brave and devoted followers, nor wish for him better company. - what a body-guard he has!” His sword was later recovered and returned to his family who it remains with to this day.
they were just marching to their deaths... the final scene where Gould Shaw gets shot and everyone reacts at once and rallies from his death is iconic as fuck. it was one of the first war (rated r) movies I watched with my dad growing up and that scene gave me chills. the world went silent and still in that moment and then the ending where they just run up and the whole fort is just waiting for them with cannons and rifles.
Andre Braugher is young in this movie and sometime later he landed the role of Detective Frank Pembleton in Homicide: Life on the Street. Dude was unbelievably brilliant. He won an Emmy for that role. Must see!
If you look at 4:22 when Thomas grabbed that Confederate soldier's gun and turned it on him, its the same move the Irish drill Sergeant did on him early in the film. He taught him how to fight.
Good catch! Mulcahy was just trying to train them
I didn’t even notice that 😮
I never caught that!
Never caught that. Thanks
Well spotted! I never thought of that!
This scene gives a good example of the level of loyalty a commander can have from his men…when you are willing to go through Hell for and with your men, If you fall at the hands of your enemies then your men will not stop until the enemy no longer exists
They won't stop until the destruction of the enemy or the extermination of the men under the commander's command, as was the example with this company.
To bad our higher up military have become so political.
@@lalodaniels1388 4:22 Thomas employs the same technique disarming an enemy and striking him down, just like Sgt Mulcahey instructed in training. Brilliant way to show character arc in this film
@@daxmiller35 true.
There is an adage, that has been borne out many times, the officers of the Army and Marine Corps (and the medic, usually) are the people holding back the grunts from deciding to commit to a "No Quarter" battle. That is, if you take them out, you had best take all of that unit out or you WILL have an industrial sized can of Whoop-Ass opened on you by the remainder and be the recipient of the best UnHealthcare the planet has to offer.
The final scene before the enfilade point blank fire from artillery cannons, is like an art portrait but filmed in live action. What a masterpiece
As good as it gets. the music really accentuated everything.
I love this movie, but that was straight up movie magic. I would love to read the after action reports. If they actually got into the fort there would be no way that the few hundred from the regiment that made it and the supporting regiments couldn't have secured the fort.
@@Delmarvafishing Morale is a devastating thing when you see men blown to pieces left and right. The 54th were the only ones that made it over the parapet, but probably retreated after a minute of intense combat, including hand-to-hand. The other regiments in the brigade, supporting, probably never engaged in hand-to-hand, after seeing the 54th retreat back over.
The combat over the parapet in this finale is a minute and forty-five seconds long, roughly. Realistically, the combat would have been about a minute before retreating; therefore not enough time for the officers of the supporting regiments to 1) make the decision to follow the 54th over the parapet and 2) convince their men and make the action happen before the 54th retreated.
Morale probably fell after seeing the 54th retreat.
Had the officers of the supporting regiments convinced their men to force their way through, without regard to morale, the 54th's assault might not have been in vain.
Edit: turns out, the supporting regiment closest to the 54th went for a flanking maneuver, failed to breach the weak point and retreated.
For more information outside this leading battalion's role, refer to peter okeefe down below about the lack of information being communicated. Information wins wars, it always has. The general could not see what was going on in the dark of night, and did not have the information that the initial regiment breached the enemy's walls.
lovely use of the word "enfilade".....its every cannoneer's dream
@@Delmarvafishing No the North failed in capturing the Fort but they did cause heavy losses to the South.
I love the little detail of Shaw drawing his revolver and blowing off any sand or debris that might’ve gotten caught in the action
My thoughts turned to Andre Braugher as I watched the videos. He was young then and played the role of Thomas very well, especially during the assault when he came into his own as a fighting man. RIP Andre. I enjoyed your acting over the years. Your voice was magnificent.
A truly underrated actor. May he rest in peace
Oh my god. I never noticed that was him! I knew he looked so familiar.
The respect he'd garnered was palpable on the set of Brooklyn 99.
I don't think they needed to act it that much. 😊
I was today years old when I knew of this. What a loss. Rest in Power, Andre.
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What a sad news...! 😭
Rest In Peace, Andre Braugher...🙏🏼
Best regards from Venezuela 🇻🇪
How was the original score of this film not even nominated for an Oscar? My God, I've seen Glory several times and just watching this clip I get a lump in my throat as the music as much as any visual stirs the emotions.
I have the score, it is pretty incredible, what James Horner did. The following scene was I think the best cue for the audience balling with tears. The combined scene of Shaw being thrown down the trenches, combined with the haunting Harlem Boys Choir, the dissonance, it was incredible art.
Didn't it win best sound or something?
This movie won 3 Oscar’s: best sound, best cinematography, and Denzel got best supporting actor
This piece of music is sampled from Carl Orff’s Carmina Baruna. “O Fortuna” actually. If it’d been original, I’m sure it would’ve won.
I could not agree more
The character arcs of Tripp, Forbes, and Thomas are enough to make this an all-time favorite. The acting of nearly every character is phenomenal. The cinematography is brilliant. The music is excellent... truly one of the finest films ever made.
I absolutely agree.
Tripp grew to admire Thomas (mostly cause he saved his life) and respected Shaw enough after he died to be the first one to get up and carry the flag (even though Tripp said he wouldn't do that in the middle of the movie) and died. He became the soldier and person Shaw saw in him.
Forbes seemed just to be a drunken playboy only there cause of his connections.. Shaw believed in him when he himself didn't believe.. shaws death forced Forbes to be the leader. He became the leader he didn't think he could be and what Shaw saw in him..
Thomas who was the worst and weakest solider to start.. got more confident and stronger as the movie went along and before the battle knowing the flag carry is an easy target volunteered to carry it on if something happened to the main carrier. He then uses the move Malchay taught him and also showed no fear... becoming a soldier that Shaw saw in him.
Shaw himself grew, as someone who basically punked out in his first battle.. really rallied his guys, showed toughness and courage even if he wasn't all that.. and he knew by volunteering the 54th that meant more than likely death, he knew that if they put up a good enough fight, it'll rally other blacks to join.
He grew into the leader he wanted to be
Indeed, Indeed
Every time Trip grabs that flag, I just lose it. It's such a beautiful character arc, it's just really amazing to see that character grow.
They could only kill him, but he held the ground defiant and fearless waving his colors
Almost all the main ones did grow.
After over 30 years ago released this film is still one of the best war movies, let alone best movies, ever made. The casting was perfect and James Horner's music is unmatched.
good call. the music is terrific.
RIP Andre Braugher!
RIP James Horner!
The Union soldier that says "Give 'em hell, 54th" is the screenwriter of "Glory" Kevin Jarre.
4:22 Thomas employs the same technique disarming an enemy and striking him down, just like Sgt Mulcahey instructed in training. Brilliant way to show character arc in this film
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You know that soldier who was marching, he was looking straight and had on a Union soldier uniform? He was an extra in this the movie
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This is my favorite scene of the entire movie. I can only imagine how the real men of the 54th felt. Of all the soldiers in the Union army, they had the biggest score to settle.
Terrifying I'm sure
You do know that there were slaves, both black and white in union states.
Very few southerners owned slaves. Mostly in the coastal areas. Hardly any slaves at all in the mountains or highlands.
Don't kid your self.. You probably an intelligent person and I have no issue with your comment, I'm just replying to you.
Let's be honest. Slavery of blacks and whites, sometimes called indentured servants was horrible.
But the union states, the North benefited from slave labor just as the plantation owners did with inexpensive and plentiful products produced by slave labor. It was part of the National economy. Look up the original name of Rhode Island.. It was a plantation state with Newport being a major slave trading port. Slavery existed in the north during the early part of the war, or as we say.. The great unpleasantness.
Anyway.. Yea... Those soldiers had an ax to grind..
@Steven yes, I'm aware. I'm also aware that the Confederate government passed a decree that if your HH owned up to 20 slaves, the oldest male was exempt from military service. Between 20 and 40 slaves, the next oldest male and so on. I'm also aware only 5% of the Confederate army were slaveowners. That still doesn't negate the fact that they were fighting for the preservation of slavery.
Secondly, how could the south claim they were fighting for their independence, while denying it to an entire race of people? Slavery was dying, but not because of the Confederate government. It was because of the slave market.
Lincoln didn't free the slaves in the border states because one of those states was Maryland. If Maryland seceded, that would've put Washington in Confederate territory, which would've almost guaranteed a Confederate win for the war. Wealthy factory owners couldn't compete with southern slavery because they had to pay their workers. They couldn't pay 0 cents an hour. But like the south, the northern soldier wasn't a plantation or a factory owner. They fought for the preservation of the Union and an end to slavery. Whatever the reason to end slavery, it still should've been ended.
@@RIFFRAFF104 I don't think we can compare indentured servants to chattel slavery, abolished in the north in 1804 or so.
@@RIFFRAFF104 You're joking, right? The fact slavery was legal did not mean it was widely practices. Whereas in the US South, many did own slaves, and *betrayed the US to keep them*. There's a big damn difference. GTW, as Orion said, only 5 % of their treason army were slaveholders. But many owned one-two-three slaves (not indentured servants) and if you think colonial Rhode island is equivalent to what happened at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, you better think again. I live in Virginia. I've hunted this war since I was a kid. "Lousy labor conditions" isn't slavery. They weren't owned. They could quit. And I'm done with this argument. By 1860, slavery was a Southern issue, and the Confederacy was a bunch of traitors, and I am glad we took down Bobby Lee's statue.
When Tripp yells "COME ON!" is what legends are made of...
Even though the attack ultimately did not succeed, the 54th showed their mettle
These actions would eventually carry the day and preserve the Union.
It also earned them equal pay as they weren't paid the same as white soldiers.
Well the corpses buried at the fort caused the poisoning of the forts watersupplies, so in a way they forced the rebels out of the fort
That same unit was sacrificed later at Olustee. Misuse of troops...
No, thats straight false.. the Navy bombed it they abandoned it @@kubikkuratko188
That whole sequence still makes me cry and I am not ashamed to admit it. He had not wanted to carry the flag but he knew just as Shaw did that if they did not get up and charge he and his brothers would all die right there.
This film encapsulates the true essence of a great commander. When Shaw decided to rush the guns with just his pistol and the flag, he obviously knew that he was going to be killed. But it was all about rallying and inspiring his men onto greatness and glory. All his soldiers when silent when they say that he had been killed, but then ‘the rebel’ picks up the flag and leads the charge forward!! Commander Shaw had done his job.
The love these men had for their colonel (Shaw) was inspiring.
Only when he gave his life as a sacrifice, with Christian imagery at his death in the sign of the cross his body made, could he inspire his men to follow him into hell where Jesus descended next to carry out His mission
That actually was why Col. Robert Gould Shaw really did move forward alone. And died. Buried where is stays together, for eternity. With his men. His parents refused to have him returned home. Though the island Morris Islands South Carolina is under water today. The troops including Shaw remain there. The others who were wounded and died later are currently buried in Wilmington NC.
General Strong regretted not sending further waves behind the 54th. At night he could not see that they had penetrated battery Wagner. He led a charge the next day with survivors of the 54th and vermont troops and was killed in the assault. Battery Wagner never fell
An interesting example of how information can decide battles. One could imagine an attack like this succeeding not with better guns (which, if we'll be fair, would be even between the sides), but with radio to call for reinforcements!
but the liberals won the war over the anti American conservatives at least.... the left has always triumphed over the right all throughout history
Easy to be a General when they ain't don't the hard fighting, Battery Wagner never fell to the 2 assualts. The whole attacks against Charleston defenses, ended up as a debacle.
@@QigongQi and yet the United States of America, humiliated and crushed the anti-American Confederates… left always whips right butt all thru history
I never understood why Gen. Strong didn't send in wave after wave of regiments. Sure, only one could go in at a time, but after they're fully engaged, send in another and another until the rebs were overwhelmed.
One of the greatest battle scenes ever filmed.
You must of have never seen team America before lol.
Battles are not great. Except a great loss of human life.
It occurred to me that this battle and the final battle in "Platoon" were both battles fought at night.
Cary Elwes man. In another universe he became an A list leading man.
Commanding officer goes down, and he immediately transforms into the Union's Lew Armistead. Forbes is my favorite character in the movie.
I'm wit u on that he can't separate his true abolishesed upbringing wit bein q soldier and a good man Robert was in the Right too
I spelled shit wrong my bad
Cary Elwes never had the stuff to be a leading man, but he wasn't exactly a character actor either. He was sort of fated to these close-friend roles.
Him trip Rawlinns, shaw, stutter man, and Thomas
He also had the most empathy. Which is what the best of us want most even as a military man
They gave them Hell didn't they?! They gave them Hell
3:02 That look of absolute determination on Trip's face right after he's shot has always stuck with me
It only just occurred to me that he might be drawing on the strength he built enduring whippings as a slave. Reminds me very much of that sullen, determined glare he gave during the flogging scene.
Pain is inevitable, courage is learned
tried to keep going
My husband is 56 and this movie makes him cry,he loves it
Love the music score climbing the hill like sysyphys in the vain endeavor of fighting the lost cause of the battle to the end
I am a Black American and a Veteran, and despite the historical troubles in our nation amongst different races and cultures, even while knowing the significance of the Civil War and my strong appreciation for it, to see the bloodshed between Americans in this horrible conflict hurts me so much.
The bloodshed was not between Anericans, but between Americans and traitors. Always was and always will be.
I think of this when I hear anyone say they want another civil war. those who want to settle our differences with bloodshed are throwing away all that was hard fought on their behalf. long before they where born.
@@TheBlackwolf5011 the Confederates are evil though. What kind of people thinks owning slaves is "their basic human right"?
@@TheBlackwolf5011yeah, but why would u allow what they fought and died for to be erased and trampled on
Damn shame Liberal and RINO Republicans, continue to try and split us and caused hatred and violence
When Denzel picked up the flag I got MAJOR CHILLS up and down my back and neck. That meant more to me than any act of patriotism or pride or bravery. He showed he was willing to set aside his distain for color barriers or principles that are wrong….. that’s a true American. This movie needs to be re-released in 2024.
One thing I love about this scene, often missed: Tripp falls alright, but as he dies, he plants the flag in such a way that it stands. I'm a Brit, not American, but that gives ME passion.
Keep that pride, USA: as long as it's for truth and justice , you'll have friends in all corners.
He doesn't. The flag only remains standing for as long as Tripp lives to hold it up, but when he finally dies, the flag slumps over when he does - only to be immediately picked up by another soldier.
There's always been an American soldier to pick up Old Glory since Yorktown. And as long as we stay as a Constitutional Republic there always will be! God Bless the USA!
It us good to know that our gallant British allies are by our side...cheers!😊
Never let the colors fall, the flag must always fly
My favorite part is after Thomas gets stabbed, Jupiter comes to protect him. And even though Thomas says “get out of here!”, Jupiter picks him up and Carries him till the end. The perfect example of never leaving your brother behind 🇺🇸
It is a movie based partially off letters but mostly historical fiction. Hollywood has a habit of pushing certain subversive narratives
@@TheNYCGoldenGlover what's the subversive narrative present here?
@@TheNYCGoldenGlover Come on dude, you can't just disappear. What's the subversive narrative?
Feel like ive seen this movie a million times, but this is the first time Ive noticed Thomas being helped by him as they are running. Great pick up.
@@craigfelter it's always the ones with the Greek/Roman pfp
Major Forbes (Cary Elwes) and Sergeant Major Rawlins (Morgan Freeman) actually survived the battle in real life. They were able to retreat back to Union lines.
William Harvey Carney saved the colors can't remember if hes depicted in the film. He also got the Medal of Honor for his actions!
Huh, they're both fictional characters
@@flatearthisahoax4030 I think he means the real world counterparts.
@@michaelcarney6280 No he wasn't. If I'm understanding the description of what happened right the color guard would have died before they got to that part of the beach because he brought the flag up with them and drug himself back afterwards.
@@michaelcarney6280I think he’s the man crying “Rally!” When they’re in the fort
This scene is beautiful in a horrifyingly chaotic sort of way
Sad ending too 😭 I didn't get the recognition they deserve
Thomas howling at the top of his lungs is easily one of the film's best moments.
At the end of the movie Glory you see the Black soldiers being buried by the confederates in a mass grave and the white officers being thrown in amongst them, when usually dead officers were usually buried with honour's because these were the officers of black soldiers they were buried as criminals along with their escaped slaves without ceremony. Some time later after the war, the mother and father of Colonel Shaw traveled to the battlefield they were asked if they would like to exume the body of their son for burial. They said "their son is buried amongst his men, and they couldn't wish for a finer bodyguard".
Many lost men of colored regiments are also memorialized in the tomb of the unknown soldier in Arlington
3:06 best part. That call to “charge” and everyone just rushes without a care to get to the enemy.
I see this movie once a year and my God this scene combined with the action and soundtrack is pure art. Never seen anything like it before or since.
Love that once Shaw and Trip are taken down, Thomas is the one who erupts first! 💪
Know what I love about movies from the 80s, 90s and 2000s a lot of them are on sight not a sound stage not a green screen but actually takes the time to build a set and make it look good.
When Matthew Broderick went down.
And Denzel Washington picks up the flag and says come on, I bawl my eyes out every time.
Driving Miss Daisy wasn’t bad at all. But this film is the one for ages. It deserves a lot more credit than it currently receives.
The first time I'd ever watched this was in my high school US history class. My teacher, a black man, showed it to us. I'm glad he did.
Idk about that it’s pretty standard to be shown this movie in history classes across the country.
They should make a glory 2
Why? It's ancient history now. They would be ashamed of their descendants and the way they act. This is NOT what they sacrificed their lives for.@@basicbodybuilding
@@The_OneManCrowd you don't understand,
It doesn't have to be a direct sequel.
It should be base on WW2 black military platoon or pilots and have the same soundtrack.
One of my favorite movies of all time. As far as war and military movies, this is in my Top 3 (and I'm retired Navy). There was a lot of symbolism and completion of character arcs in this last scene and Edward Zwick pulled it off perfectly. Colonel Shaw fought the entire movie to prove his worth and earn respect for the 54th, which is why he volunteered the 54th for this suicide mission. The speech he gives to General Strong about how there's more to fighting than rest, etc. The night before the battle where Shaw and Forbes were having one last drink together, knowing full well that the next day would be their death. And then the singing and prayer-worship by the troops; it's as though they all knew they would possibly be killed the next day. Trip finally spoke up and earned the respect of his brothers. A true symbol of American freedom and brotherly love...and dying for what you believe in.
If this is top 3, what’s the other?
@@rizkikadir4235 Full Metal Jacket and tie between Platoon and Saving Private Ryan. But Glory, to me, was the most eloquent
The 54th loved Col. Shaw. They knew he considered them family, and they would have gladly fixed bayonets and charged the gates of Hell itself at his back......and that day, they did.
Not only that but after the war, the government asked Shaw's parents if they wanted his body removed from the mass grave and they refused. They said he would have wanted to be buried with his men and they couldnt have asked for a better honorguard. The mass grave has since been swept out to sea by beach errosion with the bodies so Shaw will forever be with his men.
@hangmanmatt2598 there's good news. The Regiment was recovered in full and reburied at the Beaufort National Cemetary. To keep with the wishes of Shaw's parents, their son was laid to rest with the Regiment and all graves were marked as unknown so as to keep them together as a whole.
Shaw hated the 54th he wanted nothing more than to lead white men . His letters to his wife showed what kinda man he was
@@DarqshadowReally? That's excellent news
One of the only movies I will watch on repeat. Such a great movie and such a sad ending.
I saw this movie when I was a kid. It's a masterpiece
The music in this scene is incredible!
the guy geting blown 20 ft in the air gave an outstanding performance
i couldn't help but laugh at that part and now i feel so fucking guilty 😂
That was hilarious I'm crying😂
@@AbrahamLincoln4 why ? looks like hes having a Blast
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One of those moments in cinema when they have to strive to meet the incredible power of a moment in history like this. I think they captured it well.
I am willing to bet the actors in this scene, in their later years, will say this is the scene they loved and respected the most in their career.
this scene is perfect and what I love most is Forbes' desperate cry when Shaw gets hit. in that moment all disagreements disappear and emerges the enormous sorrow of a man who sees his best friend seriously injured
I remember the 1st time I saw this movie. It became my favorite movie for like a year. I saw this movie everyday after school. The Final Charge of the 54th is still one of the most exciting battles scenes even 35 years later. No matter how many times I see it, that part when when Forbes screams "Charge!" with Thomas still gives me chills. You can tell they were really invested to such a Great movie.
Its over anakin! I have the high ground
Glory to 54th, Heaven is for Heroes. African-Americans Now & Forever Free, Amen.
Americans now and forever amigo! God bless America
@@jhusmc96 Touche' (smile)
my personal theory is he felt survivors guilt for not dying at antietam with his company who were all wiped out by confederate forces.
"The commander is responsible for the lives of his men, and for their deaths. Well, I should have died with mine."
Commodore Decker FTW!
While i believe there was survival guilt - I dont think it extends to the point he thought he should've died. I believe this is best shown at the Ball he was attending and was offered a commission as commanding officer. He is aware many men are dying in the war and here he is attending balls and be given promotions - in his mind solely because everyone else had been killed.
The brilliant Freddie Francis was the cinematographer on this film under the direction of Edward Zwick. The photography in Glory is spectacular and Mr. Francis deserved his oscar on this one. He is one those cinematographers I wished I could have worked with from back in the day.
This is my favorite scene from my all time favorite movie. Absolutely amazing
In a fair world Glory would have been nominated (and may be won) for best picture and best director in the oscars.
Salutes from Spain
The boy-choir are outstanding, their ordered background to the screen-chaos matches well
I’m a 70 year old white man, born in the south, raised there too. I have 32 ancestors who fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War. My ancestors were in the most significant of the war. 3 direct line ancestors were at Gettysburg. None of my ancestors owned any slaves.
But, without a doubt, “Glory” is in my top ten of my favorite movies of all time. I get choked up every time I see it!
@@Woodesies There was a story to come out of the war that after the Battle of Shiloh, a couple of Union soldiers found a rebel soldier who was wounded. They picked him up to take him back as a prisoner, and it was clear that this kid in rags didn't own any slaves and probably had no understanding of the Constitution, and they asked him, "what are you fighting for?" The boy answered, "I'm fighting because you're down here."
Never underestimate the power of propaganda and personal loyalty. Robert E Lee fought because he knew the war was going to be fought on Virginian soil, and he felt obligated to defend his "country" as he called Virginia. His mansion was right across the Potomac at Arlington, and he abandoned everything he had to take command of the Army of Virginia -- AFTER he was first offered command of the Union Army. Lee, who abhorred secession succinctly said, "I cannot draw my sword against my country and my people," meaning Virginia, so he resigned his commission and joined the Confederacy.
The vast majority of soldiers who fought for the Confederacy joined up for the adventure, or because they were convinced that they were going to fight against "Yankee tyranny," and many of them had the harsh realities of the war slap them upside the head after it was too late to back out. James Longstreet, Lee's second in command at Gettysburg, was such a man. He came to grips with the deceit of the plantation class during the war, and realized that the "cream of southern society" as he called it "was led like sheep to the slaughter." Accordingly, after the war when he received his pardon, Longstreet became a Republican and worked with the Grant Administration towards Reconstruction. In 1873, Longstreet dispatched troops to Colfax to put down the White League, but his men arrived too late to stop the Colfax Massacre. Later that year, Longstreet led black troops in a pitched battle against the White League in New Orleans, and was shot during the fighting. Even Nathan Bedford Forrest worked to dismantle the Klan -- after he founded it, of course.
The point I'm trying to make is that it's unfair to label everybody who fought for the Confederacy as "evil men serving an evil cause." Yes, we can agree that the fight to preserve slavery was evil, but for the men that fought, very few of them did so to preserve slavery. There were many serious underlying causes of the war that contributed to the tensions. Slavery was the catalyst, but the underlying tensions stretched back to the Washington administration. Additionally, I cannot stress enough the importance of not demonizing the "other side." Rebel, Yankee, it doesn't matter, when the shooting stopped, all were Americans again. Consider our current political situation: there are Republicans and Democrats alike who are hoping, praying that a second Civil War erupts so they can have the chance to kill "the other side." We cannot allow ourselves to fall into the same trap our ancestors did by seeing each other as "the other." I very much doubt you would like it if people kept telling you that one of your ancestors was a piece of shit that deserved to die; in fact, it would probably be a source of bitterness for you, even if you never knew that ancestor.
As it pertains to the Civil War, and in particular the Confederacy, we need to recognize what went wrong, condemn the cause, and let the dead rest.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
@@Woodesies So it seems to be a way out of conscription into the Confederate States of American. And that was the "Twenty Negro Law." By an act of the CSA any plantation owner with twenty (20) or more slaves were exempt from military service. If the plantation owner had sons, they too, were exempt from military . For every twenty slaves on a plantation this exempted every planters son, and even grandson, depending on the size of the plantations and its inhuman treatment.
@@Woodesies proud southerner here & very proud of my southern heritage & southern ancestry. I make zero apologies for any of my ancestors who fought in the war of northern aggression. 👍😘
@@Woodesiesyou know that the Civil War was not fought to free the slaves correct?
Abraham Lincoln didn't even free the slaves in the union states, he only freed them in the Confederate states to hurt the war effort
If you're so ready to denounce the confederacy then you must be ready to denounce the north as evil too
In reality, the Civil War was fought over States Rights vs the power of the Federal Government
The war would have been fought regardless of slavery being a factor
@@puggins1I'm from Minnesota, unfortunately a lot of people have forgotten that Slavery existed in the North and was often far more brutal here even if less common
There are a lot of us Northerners who still understand that the Civil War was fought in response to the growing concentration of Federal authority at the cost of States Rights
The truth is that we are a Republic, a collection of 50 smaller independent States that have their own authority
Obviously, owning another human being is wrong, but the idea that us Northerners wanted simply to free the Slaves is complete nonsense
People forget that Abraham Lincoln was a vehement racist and never even freed the slaves in the Union before his death
there would never be another movie that's as epic as this
So many lessons in this film that many need to hear today
One of the greatest scenes in cinematic history!
When I was in the NZ army, we watched this movie on a promotion course to show us an example of good leadership.
The yell of the charge and look of anger the soldiers gave after the fall of shaw and trip still haunts me, give em hell 54th.
Cant imagine the all around toughness it would take to climb that sandy hill knowing your chances of being shot with a musket ball, shot with artillery, or stabbed with bayonet was near %100.
All wars are brutal, but war pre-smokeless powder was a whole different beast.
I remember when I 1st saw the movie and didn't know the history I was astonished to see which flag rose. When these men found peace before the charge. Death was not the end, only the beginning. Even then they knew there sacrifice would not go in vein.
The 54th Regiment started the assault on Fort Wagner with 600 men, they finished with 330, nearly 50% casualties.
Powerful. Saw this as a kid and it’s still such an amazing scene and film.
Glory is on my top ten movies of ALL timer - love this movie.
The cinematography and soundtrack so great that you can feel and horror and glory at the same time!
One of the best films ever for me personally
You gotta think. These aren't just regular soldiers. These dudes have been working hard for 400 years being beaten and tortured withstanding some of the most brutal punishments plus all that pent up rage against the white man. These are some super soldiers.
Dear Game of Thrones,
This is how you make a nighttime battle.
Signed,
Everybody
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Underrated comment right here
Kinda
There weren’t flares in Westeros bud
@@JM-dy4tyThat doesn’t matter bud
Cary Elwes makes this scene with pistol drawn….. the facial reaction of Freeman, absolutely brilliant.
The gutteral rage at 3:06 that was all of us
that call to charge gives chills
Thomas's war cry ftw, rip brother
Irrespective of how accurate this depiction is, or how much success the 54th actually had in that attack, they did indeed make the charge. They did indeed prove to all doubters that men of color could fight as well and any other soldier. They did indeed drape their deeds with glory. Honor to the men of the 54th.
They already knew blacks could fight the French and Indian war, the revolution, war of 1812, the Mexican conflict were proof of that.
This has got to be my favorite Civil War movie
War is hell but this was really hell. Firing in line formations, charging into cannon fire and fighting with bayonets. Insane.
The characters Major Forbes and Sgt Rawlins are based on survived the battle and made it back to the Union lines by morning.
That's nice to know! It always made me sad thinking they had been killed.
I did not know that, thanks!
Your wrong
The most dramatic combat death scene ever made...right up there with Sgt Cowboy getting shot by the sniper in Full Metal Jacket.
The soundtrack was everything in this scene I mean the whole movie was a masterpiece but this particular scene🤌🏾💋
Fantastic movie and the ending never fails to move me. Being from Mass I wish there were more monuments to the 54th here.
This movie is an epic. I watch it at least once a year, a great reminder of progress
Can't believe I've never seen this movie. Guess I know what I'm doing after work tonight!
You owe it to yourself to watch it. It's on my personal top 5 list. So good.
One of the best movies ever made. Hope you enjoyed it!
Great flick!
We ask for an update. What are your thoughts on this masterpiece.
Easily one of the best war movies ever made. If you haven't seen Glory and you like war movies, this is a must see.
Seeing this in the big screen when it first came out was amazing. This was one of the most emotional scenes in any movie I've ever seen. Not knowing the story & history of this battle prior to seeing the movie, I thought for sure they gained all this momentum and won the battle. But when they came over that last parapet & saw all the canons waiting for them, it was crushing. You could hear a gasp from everyone in theatre. Then they cut to the scene in the morning where the Confederate Flag was still flying over the fort, and see Shaw being thrown into a mass grave with his soldiers and you could feel all the energy leave everyone in the theatre. This was well made and in a way I'm glad I had no idea what the movie was about when I went to see it & just experienced it as it unfolded.
This was such an amazing movie. It’s so compelling.
Even though the 54th, and the following brigades suffered huge casualties (The 54th lost over half its number on the assualt, including Colonel Shaw), and although Fort Wagner was never taken from the Confederacy, the 54th DID make it inside the forts walls at least, they came very, very close!
This is frankly an amazing feat. Having taken serious casualties all afternoon, they made it all the way inside the fort, taking the battlements and nearly seizing the fort. They fell into a trap, but getting so far is frankly a phenomenal accomplish
My all time favorite movie!!! My history teacher actually had a billboard poster in his class that filled the entire wall! Wish we had iPhones back then I would love to take a pic of it...
Did you go to Miami Beach Sr. High School? My brother Kevin Simon taught there and had that same poster in his classroom.
Brilliant! It's one thing to fight a battle when you have a chance of winning. But it's another to fight a battle when the odds of winning are truly stacked in the favor of the enemy. Such courage. Remarkable.
Back then, when directors and movies were actually historically accurate compared to now. Wonderful movie.
I can not imagine the historical atrocity this would have been if they made this today.
Glory takes a LOT of artistic license, and while based on real people and events is definitely still not what I would call incredibly historically accurate. That's not a knock against it, it sought to tell a bigger story and capture more themes of the time than it could have otherwise. But to say it's more historically accurate than many films of the past 10 years that worked to get details right is pretty disingenuous.
The last scene with the rest of our main characters coming together before the point blank artillery fire….it breaks my heart
3:56 Give em hell, Thomas lmao!
War mode. You don't think of nothing but killing.
Looked like he was having the time of his life!! 😮
How incredible brave do you have to be to charge into that; knowing that the odds of your survival are almost non existent. Insane.
This movie, from the 80’s, looks more real than anything that’s come out this century.
This is one of my all time favorite movies and the one that made me a big fan of Denzel Washington! Andre Baugher was also incredible in this R.I.P. This scene was difficult to watch as a teenager, but it stuck with me!
“Glory, glory, hallelujah...”
Forward men! Not backwards, not sideways, but forward! And always twirling, twirling, twirling towards greatness!
The music is epic.
This hits so fucking hard. I remember watching as a kid and today as a grown man it's emotional. It's right up there with _United 93_ when they bust into the cockpit and are fighting to reach the control column. You want them to make it, you hope they do, but they don't, and you knew it all along but for a moment you let yourself believe that they could.
Following the battle the Confederate Commander returned all the fallen Union officer’s bodies for burial, as was customary, but left Shaw’s where it was. He was buried in a mass grave along with his soldiers of the 54th.
This was intended as an insult. Shaw’s family and friends saw it as an honor. His father wrote “We would not have his body removed from where it lies surrounded by his brave and devoted soldiers. ... We can imagine no holier place than that in which he lies, among his brave and devoted followers, nor wish for him better company. - what a body-guard he has!”
His sword was later recovered and returned to his family who it remains with to this day.
3:58 that scream from Thomas. He’s having the time of his life.
they were just marching to their deaths... the final scene where Gould Shaw gets shot and everyone reacts at once and rallies from his death is iconic as fuck.
it was one of the first war (rated r) movies I watched with my dad growing up and that scene gave me chills. the world went silent and still in that moment and then the ending where they just run up and the whole fort is just waiting for them with cannons and rifles.
Andre Braugher is young in this movie and sometime later he landed the role of Detective Frank Pembleton in Homicide: Life on the Street. Dude was unbelievably brilliant. He won an Emmy for that role. Must see!
Don't matter what color in battle you all are one what a beautiful thing
Love this movie since the first time I saw it as a young man. Great characters. That ending was such a heartbreaker.