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The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780638877
Format: Box set, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0780638875
Label: Pbs Home Video
Manufacturer: Pbs Home Video
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Pbs Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 17, 2002
Running Time: 660 minutes
Sales Rank: 38604
Studio: Pbs Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 23, 1990



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Description:
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.

Amazon.com essential video:
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



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A Great History Lessons, But Lacks The Emotional Punch Of "The War"
Ken Burns' epic documentary about the Civil War is perhaps the greatest and most all-encompassing ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - As good as it gets.
This is another great documentary accredited to Ken Burns. Nicely done and extremely informative. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A true masterpiece, regardless of historical reservations!
Regardless of historical reservations and allegations of bias from both North and South, I regard ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great piece of work; good start for beginning historians.
This series is THE definitive documentary on the American Civil War - it's the first of it's kind ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Great but misleading
Very entertaining, a masterpiece really. However, it perpetuates the myth that the abolition of slavery ... Read More

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