The Civil War
by Ken Burns
An epic documentary bringing life to America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and the ordinary soldiers. A heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one again.
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2002, PBS Home Video, Warner Home Video
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"PBS DVD Gold."
Originally produced as a television mini series in 1990.
Special features: behind-the-scenes: "The Civil War Reconstruction"; commentary track by Ken Burns; interviews with George Will, Shelby Foote and Stanley Crouch; biography cards and interactive maps.
Cinematographers, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires ; editors, Paul Barnes, Tricia Reidy, Bruce Shaw.
Narrator: David McCullough ; voices: Hoyt Axton, Colleen Dewhurst, Laurence Fishburne, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Jason Robards, Sam Waterston.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD, 5.1 stereo surround sound.
Closed-captioned.
Emmy Awards, 1991: Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming (Geoffrey C. Ward (writer), Ric Burns (writer), Ken Burns (writer) - For episode #9: "The Better Angels Of Our Nature") ; Outstanding Informational Series (Ken Burns (producer), Ric Burns (producer), Stephen Ives (co-producer), Julie Dunfey (co-producer), Mike Hill (co-producer), Catherine Eisele (coordinating producer) - For episode #5 "The Universe Of Battle").
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Companion Web site to Civil War, a nine part WETA-TV documentary, co-produced by brothers Ken and Ric Burns that first aired in 1990. The producers used archival photographs, live modern cinematography, music, narration, and a chorus of first-person voices to tell the story of the bloodiest war in American history. The site includes background information on the making of the film; allows users to browse images from the war; has a section for classroom instruction; and provides links to related resources.
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