The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address
Release: 2025-11-19
·Runtime: 165m
Documentary
History
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Rising Picture Company
Cast
George Takei
as Self
Lois Smith
as Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
Sam Elliott
as Ward Hill Lamon (voice)
William Fichtner
as John G. Nicolay (voice)
Aidan Quinn
as Theodore Parker (voice)
Lili Taylor
as Emily Souder (voice)
Victor Garber
as William Saunders (voice)
Bob Gunton
as William Herndon (voice)
Zachary Gordon
as Daniel Skelly (voice)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
as Self
Neal McDonough
as Charles Sumner (voice)
David Strathairn
as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Kevin Conway
as Daniel Webster (voice)
Maxwell Perry Cotton
as Albertus McCreery (voice)
Tom Brokaw
as Self
Laura Bush
as Self
Jason Alexander
as Noah Brooks (voice)
Ed Asner
as Edward Everett (voice)
Cary Elwes
as John P. Jones (voice)
Dermot Mulroney
as Andrew Curtin (voice)
Keith David
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
David Morse
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Gary Busey
as John C. Calhoun (voice)
Matthew Broderick
as Reader
Michael C. Hall
as Leonard Swett (voice)