Ken Burns: The War DVD
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Film Details
Directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
Produced in 2007
Main Language - English
Countries & Regions - American film
Genres
Contemporary War Films • Documentary Television • War Television • American Television • War Documentaries • Other Documentaries
MovieMail's Review
Ken Burns’ approach to the formidable subject of the most widespread military confrontation in history is designed, characteristically, to get to the heart of matters. The film focuses on World War II in a bottom -up fashion that sees the conflict through the experiences of four “quintessentially American towns” – Luverne in Minnesota, Mobile in Alabama, Sacramento in California, and Waterbury in Connecticut. The film recounts the experiences of a number of individuals from these communities as they move through the war in the Pacific, African and European theatres, and focuses on the effect the war had on them, their families and their communities.
In seven parts, Burns takes the viewer from America’s entry into the war through to the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Japanese surrender. Notable actors such as Tom Hanks, Samuel L. Jackson and Eli Wallach bring emotional clout by reading contemporary newspaper articles, telegrams, and letters from the front that involve the viewer in the reality of wartime.
Film Description
The complete seven-part series focusing on the many ways in which the Second World War impacted on the lives of American families.
Features the episodes A Necessary War: December 1941 - December 1942, When Things Get Tough: January 1943 - December 1943, A Deadly Calling: November 1943 - June 1944, Pride of Our Nation: June 1944 - August 1944, FUBAR: September 1944 - December 1944, The Ghost Front: December 1944 - March 1945 and A World Without War: March 1945 - September 1945.
DVD Details
Certificate: E
Publisher: Simply Media
Length: 900 mins
Region: 2
Cat No: 130765
Format: DVD Colour
DVD Extras
- 6 discs
- Making The war feature
- War Town documentary
- Additional interviews and deleted scenes.
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