| | | A Film by Ken Burns.
Features: DVD
Hailed as a film masterpiece and landmark in historical storytelling, Ken Burns' epic documentary brings to life America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. With digitally enhanced images and 5.1 surround 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.
"Haunting...Sobering stuff...a powerful resonance" James Plath, Reel.com
"Brings the American Civil War to life as no history has ever been brought to life on a screen." The Wall Street Journal
Editor's Note
Collector's set of the critically acclaimed Ken Burns' documentary miniseries and the highest rated PBS show in history. The Civil War is examined in exquisite detail as has never been done before using the words of citizens and slaves of the time.
Plot Summary
From PBS and filmmaker Ken Burns, the epic 11-part series on the Civil War, utilizing printed information from the period.
| Features | A Conversation With Ken Burns | | Additional Interviews With Ken Burns, Shelby Foote, George Will & Stanley Crouch | | Audio Commentary By Ken Burns | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Battlefield Maps | | Biography Cards | | Civil War Challenge | | Featurettes: Behind The Scenes - The Civil War Reconstruction & Ken Burns - Making History | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 9/15/2009 |
| Running Time: 690 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1991 | | Catalog ID: 6200 | | UPC: 00841887051248 | | Number of Discs: 5 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: B&W and Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew | Buddy Squires - Cinematographer | | Jeremy Irons - Voice Of | | Ken Burns - Cinematographer | | Ken Burns - Director | | Ken Burns - Producer | | Ken Burns, et. al. - Writer | | Laurence Fishburne - Voice Of | | M. Emmet Walsh - Voice Of | | Morgan Freeman - Voice Of | | Paul Barnes, et. al. - Editor | | Ric Burns - Producer |
| Awards |
Winner (1991) | | | Emmy, Geoffrey C. Ward, et. al., Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming | | | Emmy, Ken Burns, et. al., Outstanding Informational Series |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"A landmark 10 1/2 hour mix of still photos and modern-day interviews with historians, musicians and critics..." 09/19/2002 p.5DEntertainment Weekly
"...A deft enmeshing of hard fact and intimate reflection encompassing military, political, and cultural history..." 10/04/2002 p.131 Epinions.com 10 of 10
Ken Burns is an artist. Some artists work with paint and media, others with notes and instruments. Burns takes still photos, current pictures and scenes from old battlefields, and the various narration sources and crafts them into a beautiful and entertaining piece of media. His passion about the subject at hand is evident in the interviews with him on the discs. He manages to make photographs come to life by moving the camera or slowly zooming in or out to what is an excellent soundtrack or the narration of David McCoullough...This is an excellent addition to and DVD collection, but especially Civil War buffs or history fans. Burns has managed to give a balanced, non-judgmental look at one of the darkest times in this country's history.
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