The War
A Ken Burns Film
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Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
Title:
The war
a Ken Burns film
[videorecording]
a Ken Burns film
[videorecording]
Publisher:
PBS Home Video , Paramount Home Entertainment distributor
Alternate Title:
In extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives, 1941-1945 [sound recording]
War (Television program : 2007)
War (Television program : 2007)
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Imprint:
[United States] : Hollywood, Calif. : - PBS Home Video , Paramount Home Entertainment distributor
Pages:
15
ISBN:
9781415727492, 141572749X
Language:
English
Credits:
Cinematography, Buddy Squires ; editors, Paul Barnes, Erik Ewers, Tricia Reidy ; original music, Wynton Marsalis.
Performers:
Narrated by Keith David, with Tom Hanks, Josh Lucas, Bobby Cannavale, Samuel L. Jackson, Eli Wallach, Adam Arkin, Kevin Conway, Rebecca Holtz, Carolyn McCormick, Robert Wahlberg.
Notes:
Special features: Disc 1: "Making The war" featurette; commentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick; photo gallery; biographies; educational resources ; Disc 3: Commentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; Disc 6: Exclusive deleted scenes; additional interviews; educational resources.
Disc 1. Necessary war -- disc 2. When things get tough ; Deadly calling -- disc 3. Pride of our nation -- disc 4. Fubar -- disc 5. Ghost front -- disc 6. World without war.
A seven-episode series.
Originally broadcast by PBS in 2007.
Closed-captioned.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC.
Disc 1. Necessary war -- disc 2. When things get tough ; Deadly calling -- disc 3. Pride of our nation -- disc 4. Fubar -- disc 5. Ghost front -- disc 6. World without war.
A seven-episode series.
Originally broadcast by PBS in 2007.
Closed-captioned.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC.
Statement of responsibility:
American Lives II Film Project, LLC. ; a production of Florentine Films and WETA Washington D.C. ; produced by Sarah Botstein ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
Characteristics:
6 videodiscs (ca. 15 hr.) :,sd., col. and b&w ;,4 3/4 in.
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Add a QuoteVery well done documentary movie. A pleasure to watch. I would recommend this movie for all to see. No fast forwarding on this one. A++ DVD
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Add a CommentOne of the best films I have seen in this year. It was entertaining and interesting. Great performances a must see for all. “Truly a really great movie worth the long library wait or the price to rent from a Red Box”.
I greatly appreciate the inclusion of the story of what happened to the Japanese-Americans on the West Coast during the Second World War.
Ken Burns is in a class by himself. So thorough, very real, often poignant. (I still think his "Civil War" series is his masterpiece. We own it).
It has many wonderful stories!
Once again Ken Burns film making has created a record of a time and a people that ring so completely true it is as if you are there. Quite a feat of time travel. Excellent coverage of this horrific time that includes first person accounts of the home front and the fighting and prisioner of war camps. Each part of the story is seen through the eyes of four towns and the citizens that fought and the citizens that stayed at home. Amazing full color film is insterseprsed with black and white to convey the true horror of the war that shaped a generation no matter where they were.