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Features: DVD
The original nine-part series is now digitally re-mastered for optimal picture and audio quality. 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 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.
"The Civil War is simply riveting" TV Guide
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 | 5-Disc Set | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Behind-The-Scenes: The Civil War Reconstruction | | Biography Cards | | Director Commentary | | Interactive Maps | | Interviews With George Will, Shelby Foote, and Stanley Crouch | | Making History: A Conversation With Ken Burns |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 9/28/2004 |
| Running Time: 660 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1991 | | Catalog ID: 885824 | | UPC: 00097368858244 | | Number of Discs: 5 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: B&W and Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Buddy Squires - Cinematographer | | David McCullough - Narrated By | | Jason Robards - Voice Of | | Jeremy Irons - Voice Of | | Ken Burns - Cinematographer | | Ken Burns - Producer | | Ken Burns - Director | | Ken Burns - Writer | | Laurence Fishburne - Voice Of | | Morgan Freeman - Voice Of | | Ric Burns - Writer | | Ric Burns - Producer | | Sam Waterson - Voice Of | | Shelby Foote - Voice Of |
| Awards |
Emmy (1991) |  | Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward (Writers), Winner, Outstanding Individual Achievement Informational Programming | | Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Winner, 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 |
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