Movie

The Gettysburg Address

Released: November 19, 2025 (2025)

Runtime: 165 minutes

Genres: 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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Sam Elliott as Ward Hill Lamon (voice)
Age at release: 81
David Morse as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Age at release: 72
Keith David as Frederick Douglass (voice)
Age at release: 69
William Fichtner as John G. Nicolay (voice)
Age at release: 68
Aidan Quinn as Theodore Parker (voice)
Age at release: 66
Cary Elwes as John P. Jones (voice)
Age at release: 63
Matthew Broderick as Reader
Age at release: 63
Dermot Mulroney as Andrew Curtin (voice)
Age at release: 62
Neal McDonough as Charles Sumner (voice)
Age at release: 59
Michael C. Hall as Leonard Swett (voice)
Age at release: 54

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Ed Asner as Edward Everett (voice)
Age at release: 96
Lois Smith as Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
Age at release: 95
George Takei as Self
Age at release: 88
Tom Brokaw as Self
Age at release: 85
Kevin Conway as Daniel Webster (voice)
Age at release: 83
Gary Busey as John C. Calhoun (voice)
Age at release: 81
Bob Gunton as William Herndon (voice)
Age at release: 80
Laura Bush as Self
Age at release: 79
David Strathairn as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Age at release: 76
Victor Garber as William Saunders (voice)
Age at release: 76
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as Self
Age at release: 75
Jason Alexander as Noah Brooks (voice)
Age at release: 66
Lili Taylor as Emily Souder (voice)
Age at release: 58
Zachary Gordon as Daniel Skelly (voice)
Age at release: 27
Maxwell Perry Cotton as Albertus McCreery (voice)
Age at release: 25
Kelly Ayotte as Senator (NH)
Age at release: Unknown