Alexander Hamilton
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Canada DVD Cover InformationBrand: PARAMOUNT PICTURESDVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.78:1 Running Time: 120 minutes DVD Release Date: 2007-05-15 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: PBS / Paramount Movie Reviews of Alexander HamiltonMovie Review: Hamilton: Father of the American DreamAfter watching this PBS documentary, I am very much inclined to highly recommend it to anyone interested in learning about the Founding Fathers. Much has been said through the ages about Washington, Adams, and Jefferson, but there has been a serious neglect of Hamilton. This program goes a fair distance to help make up for the imbalance. Hamilton's pride, stubborn steak, adultery, and partisanship are all dealt with, but his genius in pulling the nation out of Revolutionary War debt, establishing the Bank of the United States (the initial concept of a Federal Reserve System), opposition to slavery, and belief in a strong national government were considered equally. The classically trained actors in this program are more concerned about bringing the written words of Hamilton and his contempories alive than giving any movie star-type performances. Still, their efforts succeed in entertaining and instructing quite effectively. The program makes a strong case that Hamilton's notion of America becoming a great industrial power rather than a Jeffersonian land of isolationist farmers is persuasive. It does not necessarily demonstrate that Hamilton was better than any of the other Founding Fathers, but that his ideas and convictions were just as valuable and prophetic. For example, it was Hamilton who strongly believed in protecting America from foreign enemies with a strong, standing national army rather than an often unreliable militia argued by the Republicans of the era. At one time he was the leader of the Federalists, a party that rapidly ebbed away following his tragic death. More important, he was one of the key figures that believed anyone, if he worked long enough, and hard enough, could accomplish great things in America. The DVD clearly, and effectively argues this is one of Mr. Hamilton's many contributions to the American Psyche. Please buy and watch this program if you want to learn more about an amazingly complex, and important American leader. In a final note, forget about the dirty politics of 2000-2008; between 1790 and 1804 things got much nastier.
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