The Gettysburg Address (2025)
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
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Cary Elwes as John P. Jones (voice) |
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Sam Elliott as Ward Hill Lamon (voice) |
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Neal McDonough as Charles Sumner (voice) |
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Dermot Mulroney as Andrew Curtin (voice) |
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Matthew Broderick as Reader |
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William Fichtner as John G. Nicolay (voice) |
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Michael C. Hall as Leonard Swett (voice) |
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Keith David as Frederick Douglass (voice) |
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David Morse as Abraham Lincoln (voice) |
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Aidan Quinn as Theodore Parker (voice) |
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Gary Busey as John C. Calhoun (voice) |
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David Strathairn as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice) |
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Jason Alexander as Noah Brooks (voice) |
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Ed Asner as Edward Everett (voice) |
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Lili Taylor as Emily Souder (voice) |
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Victor Garber as William Saunders (voice) |
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Bob Gunton as William Herndon (voice) |
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Zachary Gordon as Daniel Skelly (voice) |
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Kelly Ayotte as Senator (NH) |
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George Takei as Self |
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Lois Smith as Elizabeth Crawford (voice) |
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Kevin Conway as Daniel Webster (voice) |
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Maxwell Perry Cotton as Albertus McCreery (voice) |
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Tom Brokaw as Self |
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as Self |
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Laura Bush as Self |
| Directing | Sean Conant | Director |
| Writing | Sean Conant | Writer |
| Production | Jim Conant | Producer |
| Production | Sean Conant | Producer |
| Sound | Luke Richards | Music |
| Crew | Sean Conant | Cinematography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sheldon Bruck | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Erin McNeill | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Gary Zacuto | Sound Engineer |