The war : a Ken Burns film
(DVD)

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Forks - Digital Video DiscDVD 940.5428 WARAvailable

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Published
[United States] : Hollywood, Calif. : PBS Home Video ; Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor], [2007].
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (840 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
841887052122

Notes

General Note
Originally broadcast by PBS in 2006.
General Note
A seven-episode series.
General Note
Special features: Disc 1: "Making The war" featurette; commentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick; photo gallery; biographies; educational resources ; Disc 3: Commentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; Disc 6: Exclusive deleted scenes; additional interviews; educational resources.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Buddy Squires ; editors, Paul Barnes, Erik Ewers, Tricia Reidy ; original music, Wynton Marsalis.
Participants/Performers
Narrated by Keith David, with Tom Hanks, Josh Lucas, Bobby Cannavale, Samuel L. Jackson, Eli Wallach, Adam Arkin, Kevin Conway, Rebecca Holtz, Carolyn McCormick, Robert Wahlberg.
Description
Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
Target Audience
TV-14; disturbing content, violence.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC.
Language
Closed-captioned.