Prohibition [videorecording] / a Florentine Films production ; WETA Television ; directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick and Ken Burns.
Burns, Ken, 1953-; Ward, Geoffrey C.; Botstein, Sarah, 1972-; Novick, Lynn.; Coyote, Peter.; Clarkson, Patricia.; Danner, Blythe.; Giamatti, Paul.; Hanks, Tom.; Lithgow, John, 1945-; Platt, Oliver.; Florentine Films.; WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.); Prohibition Film Project.; PBS Distribution (Firm); Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
2011
HV5089 .P76 2011
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Title Prohibition [videorecording] / a Florentine Films production ; WETA Television ; directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick and Ken Burns.
Uniform Title Prohibition (Television program)
Edition Widescreen [ed.]
ISBN 1415760284
9781415760284
Imprint [Brighton, Mass.] : PBS Distribution ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2011.
Language English
Language Note In English or Spanish with optional English and Spanish SDH subtitles; optional description for the visually impaired.
Description 3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Standard Identifiers 097368224742
Call Number HV5089 .P76 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.4/10973
Distributor No. 82247 PBS Distribution
Summary Explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. Raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality.
Note Originally broadcast as a television documentary on PBS in 2011.
Copyright held by Prohibition Film Project.
Special features include, In the studio with Florentine Films, bonus scenes, interview outtakes.
Narrator: Peter Coyote. Voices, Patricia Clarkson, Blythe Danner, Paul Giamatti, Tom Hanks, John Lithgow, Oliver Platt, Campbell Scott.
Credits Cinematographers, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Stephen McCarthy ; editors, Tricia Reidy, Erik Ewers, Ryan Gifford ; music, Wynton Marsalis.
System Details Note DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital, surround, stereo.
Added Author Burns, Ken, 1953-
Ward, Geoffrey C.
Botstein, Sarah, 1972-
Novick, Lynn.
Coyote, Peter.
Clarkson, Patricia.
Danner, Blythe.
Giamatti, Paul.
Hanks, Tom.
Lithgow, John, 1945-
Platt, Oliver.
Added Corporate Author Florentine Films.
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
Prohibition Film Project.
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > DVDs
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Disc 1. Nation of drunkards, special features
Disc 2. Nation of scofflaws
Disc 3. Nation of hypocrites.

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