Film1993271 min

Gettysburg

Name: Gettysburg
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1993
Duration: 271 min
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen, Sam Elliott, Stephen Lang

Taste attributes: dramahistorywarhistoricalholidaystried & testedunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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"Same Land. Same God. Different Dreams."

Boxlist takeRealistic and weighty: a moving war film, gritty rather than glossy. Best if you like depth over escapism.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.9 /10

TMDB · 209 votes

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What lines up

Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.

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