The Gettysburg Address
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.
Cast
David Morse
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Aidan Quinn
Theodore Parker (voice)
Jason Alexander
Noah Brooks (voice)
Ed Asner
Edward Everett (voice)
Lili Taylor
Emily Souder (voice)
William Fichtner
John G. Nicolay (voice)
Gary Busey
John C. Calhoun (voice)
George Takei
Self
Lois Smith
Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
Kevin Conway
Daniel Webster (voice)
Tom Brokaw
Self
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Self
Neal McDonough
Charles Sumner (voice)
David Strathairn
Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Bob Gunton
William Herndon (voice)
Zachary Gordon
Daniel Skelly (voice)
Maxwell Perry Cotton
Albertus McCreery (voice)
Laura Bush
Self
Cary Elwes
John P. Jones (voice)
Sam Elliott
Ward Hill Lamon (voice)
Dermot Mulroney
Andrew Curtin (voice)
Matthew Broderick
Reader
Victor Garber
William Saunders (voice)
Michael C. Hall
Leonard Swett (voice)
Keith David
Frederick Douglass (voice)