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Mark Twain [videorecording] / by Burns, Ken,1953-; David, Keith.; Conway, Kevin.; Bosco, Philip.; Florentine Films.; WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.); PBS DVD (Firm); Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm);
DVD, full screen presentation; Dolby surround stereo.; double sided.Narrator, Keith David ; voice of Mark Twain, Kevin Conway ; other voices, Philip Bosco, Blythe Danner, Ann Duquesnay.Director, Ken Burns ; producers, Dayton Duncan & Ken Burns ; writers, Dayton Duncan & Geoffrey C. Ward ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, & Ken Burns ; editors, Erik W. Ewers & Craig Mellish.Not rated by MPAA.Recounts Mark Twain's life told primarily through his own words. Includes interviews with Hal Holbrook, Arthur Miller, William Styron and many others.
Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.; Authors, American;
© c2004., PBS ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,
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Jackie Robinson / by Burns, Ken,1953-television director,screenwriter,television producer.; Burns, Sarah,1982-television director,screenwriter,television producer.; McMahon, David,1976-television director,screenwriter,television producer.; David, Keith,narrator.; Foxx, Jamie,voice actor.; Erskine, Lewis,editor of moving image work.; Raviv, Ted,editor of moving image work.; O'Donnell, George(Film editor),editor of moving image work.; Squires, Buddy,director of photography.; Marsalis, Wynton,1961-composer (expression); Wamble, Doug,composer (expression); Florentine Films,production company.; WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.),production company.; Major League Baseball (Organization),production company.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),broadcaster,publisher.; PBS Distribution (Firm),film distributor.;
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround (English) and 2.0 stereo (English, Spanish).Narrator, Keith David ; voice of Jackie Robinson, Jamie Foxx.Editors, Lewis Erskine, George O'Donnell, Ted Raviv, Michael Levine ; cinematographers, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Stephen McCarthy, Tom Mason ; original music, Wynton Marsalis, Doug Wamble.Rating: TV-PG.Tells of the story of Jack Roosevelt Robinson, a sharecropper's son who elevated an entire race and country when he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947. The film illuminates Robinson's place as a leader and icon of the civil rights movement whose exemplary life and aspirational message of equality continues to inspire generations of Americans. Includes interviews with family members and rarely-seen photographs and film footage.Disc 1. Part one. Prologue -- Introduction -- Determined to have a home -- Big man on campus -- Two separate societies -- Villagers -- A very pragmatic man -- Race man -- A level playing field -- Us against the world -- Hope and tension -- Lonliest man in sports -- What did Jackie do? -- Myth made to feel different -- A price to pay ; Disc 2. Part two. Prologue -- Introduction -- Call me Jackie -- The tallest tree -- I've got two cheeks -- The creeping terror -- A righteous emotion -- Our house -- We got it now! -- A tear grows in Brooklyn -- Jackie disciples -- More than patient -- His own man -- Chaos in the house -- Bigger than life -- A watershed moment -- We will not stand silently -- In the fight -- What could I have done? -- Last dash.
Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Television mini-series.; Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Television programs; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.; African American baseball players; Baseball players; Discrimination in sports; Political activists; Civil rights workers;
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The Vietnam War / by Burns, Ken,1953-television director,television producer.; Novick, Lynn,television director,television producer.; Ward, Geoffrey C.,screenwriter.; Botstein, Sarah,1972-television producer.; Coyote, Peter,narrator.; Squires, Buddy,cinematographer.; Reidy, Tricia,film editor.; Barnes, Paul,1951-film editor.; Ewers, Erik,film editor.; Mellish, Craig,film editor.; Reznor, Trent,composer (expression); Ross, Atticus,1968-composer (expression); Cieri, David,composer (expression); Florentine Films,production company.; WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.),production company.; Silk Road Ensemble,composer (expression); PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.;
DVD, NTSC, region 1.Narrated by Peter Coyote.Cinematography, Buddy Squires ; editors, Tricia Reidy, Paul Barnes, Erik Ewers, Craig Mellish ; original music, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, The Silk Road Ensemble featuring Yo-Yo Ma, David Cieri.Rating: TV-MA.The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick : Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, The Vietnam War, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides -- Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as combatants and civilians from North and South Vietnam. Ten years in the making, the series includes rarely seen, digitally re-mastered archival footage from sources around the globe, photographs taken by some of the most celebrated photojournalists of the 20th Century, historic television broadcasts, evocative home movies, and secret audio recordings from inside the Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations. The Vietnam War features more than 100 iconic musical recordings from greatest artists of the era, and haunting original music from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross as well as the Silk Road Ensemble featuring Yo-Yo Ma.--Publisher.In an immersive 360-degree narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. The Vietnam War features testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides. Six years in the making, the series brings the war and the chaotic epoch it encompassed viscerally to life. Written by Geoffrey C. Ward, produced by Sarah Botstein, Novick and Burns, it includes rarely seen, digitally re-mastered archival footage from sources around the globe, photographs taken by some of the most celebrated photojournalists of the 20th Century, historic television broadcasts, evocative home movies, revelatory audio recordings from inside the Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations and more than 100 iconic musical recordings by many of the greatest artists of the era. The film will be accompanied by an unprecedented outreach and public engagement program, providing opportunities for communities to participate in a national conversation about what happened during the Vietnam War, what went wrong and what lessons are to be learned. In addition, there will be a robust interactive website and an educational initiative designed to engage teachers and students in multiple platforms.--kenburns.comVolume one. Episodes 1-5 -- volume two. Episodes 6-10.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
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