The Gettysburg Address 9 years old

The long road to freedom and equality

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.

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The Gettysburg Address Cast

Name Character
Sam Elliott He was 80, now 80 years old as Ward Hill Lamon (voice)
Michael C. Hall He was 53, now 53 years old as Leonard Swett (voice)
David Strathairn He was 75, now 75 years old as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
David Morse He was 71, now 71 years old as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
William Fichtner He was 68, now 68 years old as John G. Nicolay (voice)
Keith David He was 68, now 68 years old as Frederick Douglass (voice)
Victor Garber He was 75, now 75 years old as William Saunders (voice)
George Takei He was 87, now 87 years old as Himself
Dermot Mulroney He was 61, now 61 years old as Andrew Curtin (voice)
Jason Alexander He was 65, now 65 years old as Noah Brooks (voice)
Cary Elwes He was 62, now 62 years old as John P. Jones (voice)
Matthew Broderick He was 62, now 62 years old as Reader
Gary Busey He was 80, now 80 years old as John C. Calhoun (voice)
Bob Gunton He was 79, now 79 years old as William Herndon (voice)
Zachary Gordon He was 26, now 26 years old as Daniel Skelly (voice)
Ed Asner He was 95, 91 years old when he died as Edward Everett (voice)
Aidan Quinn He was 65, now 65 years old as Theodore Parker (voice)
Lili Taylor She was 57, now 57 years old as Emily Souder (voice)
Lois Smith She was 94, now 94 years old as Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
Neal McDonough He was 58, now 58 years old as Charles Sumner (voice)
George W. Bush He was 78, now 78 years old as Himself (archive footage)
Maxwell Perry Cotton He was 24, now 24 years old as Albertus McCreery (voice)
Kevin Conway He was 82, 77 years old when he died as Daniel Webster (voice)
Laura Bush She was 78, now 78 years old as Herself
Tom Brokaw He was 84, now 84 years old as Himself

The Gettysburg Address Crew

Name Department
Sean Conant as Cinematography. Crew
Sean Conant as Director. Directing
Sean Conant as Producer. Production
Sean Conant as Writer. Writing
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The Gettysburg Address (9 years)

The long road to freedom and equality

  • Release day: Thursday, January 01, 2015