Glory

Glory1989

Director: Edward Zwick
Stars: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Jihmi Kennedy
Genre: Drama, History, War
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 122 minutes

Hype can be a dangerous thing, and the newspaper ads touting Days of Glory (aka Indigenes, French for "Indigenous") as "so powerful it changed the world" are nigh on impossible for any movie to live up to. This one doesn't, but director Rachid Bouch… more »



Colonel Robert G. Shaw:
You're a good shot, private.

Jupiter Sharts:
Thank you, sir. Squirrel hunting.

Colonel Robert G. Shaw:
You ever killed a man?

Jupiter Sharts:
No, sir.

Colonel Robert G. Shaw:
But you're handy with a gun.

Jupiter Sharts:
Yes, sir.

Colonel Robert G. Shaw:
Reload. [Sharts slowly starts to reload his rifle] Faster. [Sharts continues reloading] Faster. Faster! [Sharts finishes loading, and fumbles for a fuse cap] Discharge your weapon. Discharge your weapon. Do it! [Sharts takes aim, and fires] Now do it again, only this time, I want it done quickly! [to the other men] A good man can fire three aimed shots in a minute. Major Forbes, give me your Colt revolver.

Major Cabot Forbes:
What?

Colonel Robert G. Shaw:
Your gun. Give it to me. [Forbes hands Shaw his pistol, and he turns back to Sharts who is still reloading his rifle] Faster. [Sharts takes aim and fires again] Reload. Quickly! Faster! [Shaw fires the pistol] Faster! Load. [fires] Faster! [fires] Do it! DO IT!! [fires] DO IT! [fires] DO IT! [fires] [Sharts fumbles with his weapon, and stares at Shaw, shaken. Shaw turns back to Major Forbes, and hands him back his pistol] Teach them... properly, Major.

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