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The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns DVD

NR (Not Rated) :: Pbs Home Video :: Released: 2002-09-17

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The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns Summary Hailed As A Film Masterpiece And Landmark In Historical Storytelling, Ken Burns's Epic Documentary Brings To Life America's Most Destructive-- And Defining--conflict. With Digitally Enhanced Images And New Stereo Sound, Here Is The Saga Of Celebrated Generals And Ordinary Soldiers, A Heroic And Transcendent President And A Country That Had To Divide Itself In Two In Order To Become One.

The most successful public-television miniseries in American history, the 11-hour Civil War didn't just captivate a nation, reteaching to us our history in narrative terms; it actually also invented a new film language taken from its creator. When people describe documentaries using the "Ken Burns approach," its style is understood: voice-over narrators reading letters and documents dramatically and stating the writer's name at their conclusion, fresh live footage of places juxtaposed with still images (photographs, paintings, maps, prints), anecdotal interviews, and romantic musical scores taken from the era he depicts. The Civil War uses all of these devices to evoke atmosphere and resurrect an event that many knew only from stale history books. While Burns is a historian, a researcher, and a documentarian, he's above all a gifted storyteller, and it's his narrative powers that give this chronicle its beauty, overwhelming emotion, and devastating horror. Using the words of old letters, eloquently read by a variety of celebrities, the stories of historians like Shelby Foote and rare, stained photos, Burns allows us not only to relearn and finally understand our history, but also to feel and experience it. --Dave McCoy

The Civil War: A Film By Ken Burns DVD Techincal Details Cast: David McCullough, Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman, Garrison Keillor
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 680 mins
UPC: 794054868920
Binding: DVD
Studio: Pbs Home Video
Release Date: 2002-09-17
Region Code: 1
Specs: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC

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