The Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address (2025)

The long road to freedom and equality

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.

  • Release Date: 2025-11-19
  • Runtime: 2h 45min
  • Director: Sean Conant

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Cast

  • Cary Elwes

    John P. Jones (voice)

  • Sam Elliott

    Ward Hill Lamon (voice)

  • Neal McDonough

    Charles Sumner (voice)

  • Dermot Mulroney

    Andrew Curtin (voice)

  • Matthew Broderick

    Reader

  • William Fichtner

    John G. Nicolay (voice)

  • Michael C. Hall

    Leonard Swett (voice)

  • Keith David

    Frederick Douglass (voice)

  • David Morse

    Abraham Lincoln (voice)

  • Aidan Quinn

    Theodore Parker (voice)

  • Gary Busey

    John C. Calhoun (voice)

  • David Strathairn

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)

  • Jason Alexander

    Noah Brooks (voice)

  • Ed Asner

    Edward Everett (voice)

  • Lili Taylor

    Emily Souder (voice)

  • Victor Garber

    William Saunders (voice)

  • Bob Gunton

    William Herndon (voice)

  • Zachary Gordon

    Daniel Skelly (voice)

  • Kelly Ayotte

    Senator (NH)

  • George Takei

    Self

  • Lois Smith

    Elizabeth Crawford (voice)

  • Kevin Conway

    Daniel Webster (voice)

  • Maxwell Perry Cotton

    Albertus McCreery (voice)

  • George W. Bush

    Self (archive footage)

  • Tom Brokaw

    Self

  • Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

    Self

  • Laura Bush

    Self

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