About The Gettysburg Address
- Released on January 01, 2015
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.
Full Cast of The Gettysburg Address
Cary Elwes plays John P. Jones (voice)
Sam Elliott plays Ward Hill Lamon (voice)
Neal McDonough plays Charles Sumner (voice)
Dermot Mulroney plays Andrew Curtin (voice)
Matthew Broderick plays Reader
William Fichtner plays John G. Nicolay (voice)
Michael C. Hall plays Leonard Swett (voice)
Keith David plays Frederick Douglass (voice)
David Morse plays Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Aidan Quinn plays Theodore Parker (voice)
Gary Busey plays John C. Calhoun (voice)
David Strathairn plays Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Jason Alexander plays Noah Brooks (voice)
Ed Asner plays Edward Everett (voice)
Lili Taylor plays Emily Souder (voice)
Victor Garber plays William Saunders (voice)
Bob Gunton plays William Herndon (voice)
Zachary Gordon plays Daniel Skelly (voice)
Kelly Ayotte plays Senator (NH)
George Takei plays Self
Lois Smith plays Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
Kevin Conway plays Daniel Webster (voice)
Maxwell Perry Cotton plays Albertus McCreery (voice)
George W. Bush plays Himself (archive footage)
Tom Brokaw plays Self
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. plays Self
Laura Bush plays Self
Crew of The Gettysburg Address
Crew
Production
Sound
Costume & Make-Up
Writing
Directing
- Cary Elwes
- Sam Elliott
- Neal McDonough
- Dermot Mulroney
- Matthew Broderick
- William Fichtner
- Michael C. Hall
- Keith David
- David Morse
- Aidan Quinn
- Gary Busey
- David Strathairn
- Jason Alexander
- Ed Asner
- Lili Taylor
- Victor Garber
- Bob Gunton
- Zachary Gordon
- Kelly Ayotte
- George Takei
- Lois Smith
- Kevin Conway
- Maxwell Perry Cotton
- George W. Bush
- Tom Brokaw
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- Laura Bush