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DVD : The War - A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn NovickIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $129.99 Amazon.com's Price: $79.99 You Save: $50.00 (38%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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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 Label: PBS Manufacturer: PBS 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 Sales Rank: 532 MPN: 705212 Related Items:
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:  - SolidIn regards to art, greatness is not merely a difference of scale, but a difference of kind, in that the elements that constitute greatness force an almost alchemical change in the nature of the beast. The brushstroke, wordly coinage, motion of the camera, or whatever it is that constitutes the given art, becomes more than the brushstroke, wordly coinage, or motion of the camera. There seems to be an almost ineffable rise in the ability to invoke reaction from the art's percipients, and while certainly ... Read More Rating:  - Well done!This is one of the best documentaries on the WWII. I love it. It's not like usual crap done by Hollyweird. It's stripped off the hollyweirdish heroics and thats why this film is great. It's real and sticks well. I can't get enough of it. Good job! Rating: - Excellent ReplacementThe original product content was good, however disc #5 was defective in a couple chapters. Amazon quickly issued me return postage stickers and sent replacement box set, which has no defects. Very pleased with final outcome! Rating: - Tells A Great StoryThis is a must see film by Ken Burns. Showing both the war overseas and what effect it had on families & cities back in the U.S at the time, makes this an outstanding film. 5 Stars + And Thank You to the men and women that fought this war both away and here at home. 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 show the ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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