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Recommended Ken Burns: The War

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, 2007

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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.

Anne Biggs on 10th September 2008

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DVD Extras
  • 6 discs
  • Making The war feature
  • War Town documentary
  • Additional interviews and deleted scenes.
Film Details

Director

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick

Year

2007

Country

USA

Technical Details

Certificate

E

Length

900 mins

Label

SIMP

Format

DVD Colour

Region

2

Cat No

130765

Main Language

English

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