Title:
The Civil War / a film by Ken Burns.
ISBN:
9780780638877
9781608834020
Publication Information:
Hollywood, CA : PBS Home Video, distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004.
©1990
Physical Description:
5 or 6 videodiscs (approximately 700 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
"88582"
"A production of Florentine films and WETA-TV; producers, Ken Burns and Ric Burns; writers, Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns and Ken Burns; editors, Paul Barnes, Bruce Shaw and Tricia Reidy; narration, David McCullough."
Originally produced as a television mini series in 1990.
Special features: Behind-the-scenes: "The Civil War Reconstruction"-- Commentary track by Ken Burns -- additional interviews Ken Burns, filmmaker; Shelby Foote, writer; George Will, writer; Stanley Crouch, writer; Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, musicians -- Inside the Civil War: the people, the places -- Civil War challenge -- Ken Burns: making history -- A conversation with Ken Burns
Special features and enhancements may vary by copy.
DVD, full screen format, 5.1 stereo surround sound.
Awards Note:
Emmy Awards, 1991: Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming (Geoffrey C. Ward (writer), Ric Burns (writer), Ken Burns (writer).
Contents:
Disc 1. Episode one : the Cause (1861), DVD special features -- Disc 2. Episodes two and three : A Very Bloody Affair, Forever Free (1862) -- Disc 3. Episodes four and five : Simply Murder, the Universe of Battle (1863) -- Disc 4. Episodes six and seven : Valley of the Shadow of Death, Most Hallowed Ground (1864) -- Disc 5. Episodes eight and nine : War is All Hell, the Better Angles of Our Nature (1865)
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Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
Performer:
Narrator: David McCullough ; voices: Hoyt Axton, Colleen Dewhurst, Laurence Fishburne, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Jason Robards, Sam Waterston ... [et al.].
Production Credits:
Cinematographers, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires ; editors, Paul Barnes, Tricia Reidy, Bruce Shaw.
OCLC Number:
ocm61662684
Availability:
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1
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