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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES EAN: 0841887052122 Format: Anamorphic, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: PBS Languages: Manufacturer: PBS MPN: 705212 Number Of Items: 6 Publisher: PBS Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 02, 2007 Running Time: 900 minutes Studio: PBS Theatrical Release Date: October 02, 2007 Editorial Review: Product Description: The War will be a seven - episode series produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that will examine the myriad ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America. By telling the stories of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns Waterbury Connecticut; Mobile Alabama; Sacramento California; and the tiny farming town of Luverne Minnesota the series will portray this enormous worldwide catastrophe on an intimate human scale. The War will intertwine vivid eyewitness accounts of the harrowing realities of life on the front lines with reminiscences of Americans who never left their home towns and who tried their best to carry on with the business of daily life while their fathers and brothers and sons were overseas. The film will honor and celebrate the bravery endurance and sacrifice of the generation of Americans who lived through what will always be known simply as The War.System Requirements:TRT: 900 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 841887052122 Manufacturer No: 705212 Amazon.com: Creating epic documentaries about war is nothing new for Ken Burns, nor is the subject of the Second World War, which never ceases to be a popular subject of films and TV shows. Yet with The War, Burns has definitely succeeded in breaking new ground, exploring in depth the effect of the war on common Americans, and not just the soldiers of The Greatest Generation that fought it. As the narration says at the beginning, "The war affected people in every house, on every street in every town in America." This is nothing less than an attempt to show how the war altered the lives of an entire nation through the portrayal of four individuals from four communities--Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alambama; Luverne, Minnesota; and Sacramento, California--that could represent any town in the country that went through the war. The result is another stunning achievement for Burns and co-director Lynn Novick. Together the filmmaking team succeeds in bringing the war home through the testimonies, letters, and footage of the people from these towns. The storytelling is compelling--Burns and Novick manage to find the most vivid, intimate, and personal dimensions of a global catastrophe--and brought to life with exceptional voice work from marquee stars like Tom Hanks, Alan Arkin, and Samuel L. Jackson. Much of the footage is brilliantly restored; even the most die-hard History Channel buff will see clips here that they've never viewed before. Many old grainy family films look almost as clean and bright as if they were just shot using a modern camera with black-and-white film (keeping in mind that most of the footage was shot without sound, the audio effects work on The War is particularly impressive and should bring attention to the underappreciated work of the foley artist). It took Burns and Novick six years to make this seven-part, 15-hour film--not surprising, really, considering the miles of footage they must have accumulated in the course of their research--and the time and effort shows in the results. The DVD also includes a making-of featurette, deleted scenes, extensive commentaries, and more, in addition to a companion book, The War: An Intimate History. --Daniel Vancini Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Fairly good for PBSThis is a fair series and a good introduction to WWII for a high school class. For any real or part time historian it's fair. This reviewer has come to expect major bias in any PBS series and the fairly even treatment the USA receives from Ken Burns is a nice break from the relentless media "this nation is evil" coverage. Burns does a good job of showing the USA's build up to the war. He does leave out the fact that the US Navy was the equal of the British Navy. But Burns does ... Read More Rating:  - Must haveYou absolutely must see this. And then make your children see it. Enough said. Rating: - The War by Ken Burns ReviewAn epic documentary by Ken Burns about four towns in America and the people that served in the armed forces as well as town folks that were effected by World War II. Actual photos and films of the time and events display the effects at home and abroad of this hugh world undertaking. The music is memorizing and emotional that blend with every scene that you'll never forget. A must see by all that should give one a aspect of what war is all about and how everyone pulled together to rid the world of ... Read More Rating:  - "THE WAR" is abolutely the wrong title for the filmI've watched Russian documentary on the war just days before watching this, and "THE WAR" is so uninformative, bleak and boring in comparison, that I can't give it anything more than one star, and even that I think is too much. I mean the movie is good if you want to pump yourself up on "I'm proud to be an American", but if you're looking for information about the events during the war and all behind the scene US-Britain plots "let them (Germany/USSR) destroy each other", how America helped build ... Read More Rating: - great story telling, highly educational, sad and very graphic at times, for adults only These movies are just amazing, the effort to document the war is just impressive, the stories are real, sad, happy at times, very educational. highly recommend, you need time to watch them, for 7 hours.. |
