Seinfeld

SEINFELD BLOG

JFK - A Presidency Revealed (History Channel)

starring: John F. Kennedy, JFK

: JFK - A Presidency Revealed (History Channel)
See Larger Image
List Price: $29.95
You Pay Only: $16.49
You Save: $13.46 (45%)
Prices subject to change.



Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours




Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767058810
Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 076705881X
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 25, 2003
Running Time: 300 minutes
Sales Rank: 13434
Studio: A&E Home Video



Related Items:

Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
JFK: A Presidency Revealed delves unflinchingly into the presidency of John F. Kennedy, examining the political crises, social unrest, and personal intricacies that marked his administration. What makes this three-part series stand out is its willingness to admit Kennedy's faults--in particular his troubled marriage, his infidelities, his illnesses, and his sometimes-excessive use of painkillers to cope with the pain of his bad back--as well as the missteps of his presidency, providing a strikingly balanced and human portrait of this all-too-often-mythologized president. Particularly revelatory is how the inexperience that resulted in the bungled Bay of Pigs operation led, in turn, to a far more skilled and careful handing of the Cuban missile crisis, in which the world came closer to nuclear war than ever before and perhaps ever since. A wealth of film, video, photographs, and previously unreleased secret recordings provide new insights into Kennedy's political and personal life (Kennedy was, as this documentary makes clear, the first president to really use the media to achieve his goals, launching an entirely new political forum).

Accompanying JFK: A Presidency Revealed are two episodes of A&E's Biography series--one a considerably more hero-worshipping profile of Kennedy that nonetheless provides worthwhile background information about his childhood and early career; the other a profile of JFK's father Joe P. Kennedy that explores the drive and ambition that set the entire Kennedy family on its political path. All in all, a valuable and informative document. --Bret Fetzer



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Outstanding Content
You get a lot for your money here: "insider" footage showing the Kennedy family at home, coupled ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Camelot
Being a product of the 50's-60's I have to say JFK was the times.Anyone who has an affinity to this ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Very warm look at the man JFK
JFK - A Presidency Revealed (History Channel) is a very warm look at John F. Kennedy. It certainly tells ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - 5 Stars for footage - 2 Stars for the rest
I'm sick of the parasites that try to make a living off a great president. Where did David Taylor get such ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Amazing 40th anniversary documentary on President Kennedy
I am very impressed with this documentary on JFK, as I feel I have seen and heard it all before. Well, I was ... Read More

More JFK - A Presidency Revealed (History Channel) Reviews

Browse for similar items by category:







Copyright ©2003, Mark Carey.