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
9781415760284
Publication Details
[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.
Item Number
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.
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.
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)
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
Prohibition Film Project.
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Table of Contents
Disc 1. Nation of drunkards, special features
Disc 2. Nation of scofflaws
Disc 3. Nation of hypocrites.
Disc 2. Nation of scofflaws
Disc 3. Nation of hypocrites.