Alistair Cooke's America DVD
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Film Details
Directed by T V
Produced in 1970s
Main Language - ENGLISH
Countries & Regions - British Film
Cast
Alistair Cooke (Pres/Narr)
Genres
Documentary Television • Transport & Travel Television • British Television • Transport & Travel Documentaries • British Film
MovieMail's Review
"You know, when I told an old Southerner, a friend of mine, that I was going to try to tell my version of American history in thirteen hours, he said 'Better talk fast, boy.'"
Through his BBC radio series , Letter from America's, Alistair Cooke reported on every aspect of life in the United States for over 50 years.
In 1973 he wrote and presented this critically acclaimed TV series, which became a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, generated a best-selling book and earned Cooke an invitation to address Congress in bicentannial celebrations in 1974. Cooke died in March 2004, just a month after his last ever letter from America.
In this very indivdual examination of the history of his adopted country, 'his passion for America and it's affect on his life are very clear throughout the series, as Cooke takes us from the settlement of America by the Europeans to its transformation to an industrial super power his distinctive voice, imposing screen presence and great storytelling talent ensures each episode is compelling and fascinating.
Film Description
Cooke's legendary "Letter from America" was a regular fixture on BBC radio for 50 years, and in the mid-seventies he was invited to make a television series on the country, his adopted home. The result was a landmark piece of personalised reporting and one of the great BBC documentary series.
DVD Extras
- 4 discs
- Interviews: Pebble Mill
Film Stills
Community Reviews
by Anon on 11th October 2004
Alistair Cooke’s appeal was through his humanism. He saw America through people, their daily lives and the idiosyncratic and often contradictory way they go about them... Read on
