Studio: | Columbia TriStar |
Director: | Edward Zwick |
Screenwriter: | Kevin Jarre |
Story: | Based on the books Lay This Laurel by Lincoln Kirstein and One Gallant Rush by Peter Burchard and on the letters of Robert Gould Shaw |
Producer: | Freddie Fields |
Director of Photography: | Freddie Francis |
Editor: | Steven Rosenblum |
Production: | Norman Garwood |
Music: | James Horner |
Cast: | Matthew Broderick (Col. Robert Gould Shaw) |
| Denzel Washington (Pvt. Trip) |
| Morgan Freeman (Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins) |
| Cary Elwes (Maj. Cabot Forbes) |
| Jihmi Kennedy (Pvt. Jupiter Sharts) |
| Andre Braugher (Cpl. Thomas Searles) |
Awards: | Won, Oscar, 1990, best supporting actor (Washington), best cinematography (Francis), best sound (Mitchell, Rudloff, Tyson, Williams) |
| Nominated, Oscar, 1990, best art direction-set decoration (Garwood, Lewis), best film editing (Rosenblum) |
| Won, Golden Globe, 1990, best supporting actor (Washington) |
| Nominated, Golden Globe, 1990, best director (Zwick), best motion picture - drama (Fields), best original score - motion picture (Horner), best screenplay - motion picture (Jarre) |
| Won, ACE Award, 1990, best edited feature film (Rosenblum) |
| Won, CSA Award, 1990, best casting for feature film, drama (Colquhoun) |
| Won, WGA Award, 1990, best screenplay based on material from another medium (Jarre) |
| Nominated, BAFTA, 1991, best cinematography (Francis) |
| Won, Grammy, 1991, best instrumental composition written for a motion picture or for television (Horner) |
| Won, Political Film Society Award, 1991, human rights |
| Color, 122 minutes. |