Alexander Hamilton
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Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURESDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS
Movie Reviews of Alexander Hamilton
Movie Review: Hamilton: Father of the American Dream
Summary: 5 Stars
After 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.
Summary of Alexander Hamilton
One of the most controversial men of his age Alexander Hamilton was a gifted statesman brought down by the fatal flaws of stubbornness extreme candor and arrogance. His life and career were marked by a stunning rise to power scandal and tragedy. He had one of the most notorious love affairs of any public figure in American history and met his death in a startling act of political violence the famous duel with Aaron Burr. But his contributions as a statesman survive. As first Secretary of the Treasury during the tumultuous early years of the republic Hamilton led the transformation of the young country into a commercial and industrial powerhouse. He was the one founder who had a vision not of what America was but of what it could become. This two-hour AMERICAN EXPERIENCE tells the story of the underappreciated genius who laid the groundwork for the nation s modern economy including the banking system Wall Street and an opportunity society in which talent and hard work not birth determined success.System Requirements:Running Time: 120 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 841887052108 Manufacturer No: 705210Similar DVD Movies
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