Mark Twain - A Film Directed by Ken Burns
by Ken Burns
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Actor: Blythe Danner, Keith David, Kevin Conway, Philip Bosco, Tim ClarkDirector: Ken Burns
Brand: Paramount
Cinematographer: Allen Moore
Cinematographer: Buddy Squires
Producer: Ken Burns
Producer: Dayton Duncan
Writer: Dayton Duncan
Producer: Pam Tubridy Baucom
Writer: Geoffrey C. Ward
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 212 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS Paramount
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Movie Review: Beautifully done biography
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a fantastic biographical film about Mark Twain, really Samuel Clemens. It covers everything from his birth to his death. This man, considered to be one of America's greatest humorists, suffered a lot of personal grief - some of it by his own doing. The film is typical of Ken Burn's style; very engrossing, very long, and always worth the time.
Summary of Mark Twain - A Film Directed by Ken Burns
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 10/20/2005 Director: Ken BurnsGiven the legendary life of its subject, it's not surprising that Mark Twain is perhaps the most entertaining documentary Ken Burns has made. The creator of The Civil War and Jazz achieves reverent harmony with the magnificent story of Missouri-born author Samuel Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain), encompassing legend and fact with an exhilarating sense of adventure. Hailed by Hemingway as the originator of American literature, Twain (a nom de plume taken from a riverboat pilot's term for "safe waters") viewed himself as the American. Burns's film backs that claim as it follows Clemens's literary odyssey around the globe, from unrivaled acclaim as a writer to near destitution and the devastating deaths of his wife and three children. As usual, eloquent writers and scholars (including longtime Twain performer Hal Holbrook) provide a wondrous flow of anecdotes and observations, recounting Twain's remarkable humor while acknowledging a darker side that felt anger toward an indifferent god. Like all of Burns's films, Mark Twain is must-see viewing. --Jeff Shannon
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