Thomas Jefferson - A Film by Ken Burns
by Ken Burns
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Director: Ken BurnsBrand: Paramount
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS Paramount
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Movie Review: great introduction to Thomas Jefferson
Summary: 5 Stars
What a great introduction to Thomas Jefferson! There are touches on controversies that seem nicely balanced. The thesis that Gore Vidal voices that Jefferson is the spirit of the American narrative in the flesh - that he is it - is beautifully substantiated by the emphasis on the paradoxes that we can find in Jefferson's life and match those with the same paradoxes in the life of the nation. There is a very nice development of the relationships between Jefferson and his contemporaries - especially Adams. Lots of scenes of Monticello and a wealth of resources gathered from a world of sources all make this a great learning tool and entertaining at the same time.
Summary of Thomas Jefferson - A Film by Ken Burns
Patriot & drafter of the declaration of independence president inventor & diplomat - all this & more was thomas jefferson americas foremost documentary historian offers a riveting portrait of this remarkable & controversial man. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 09/30/2005 Run time: 180 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Ken BurnsThe complicated life of Thomas Jefferson is the subject of this excellent documentary by noted filmmaker Ken Burns. Using techniques that will seem comfortably familiar to viewers of other films by Burns, historians and writers (including Joseph Ellis, Daniel Boorstin, Garry Wills, and Gore Vidal) appear on camera to speak about Jefferson, a cast of actors read the words of Jefferson and others. The visuals include beautifully photographed shots of Jefferson's famed estate, Monticello, other locations where Jefferson lived and worked, and a vast number of period drawings and paintings. Jefferson, who was born into a prosperous Virginia family but lost his father when he was young, became a skilled lawyer despite his natural shyness. And the story of how he became a public figure and rose to prominence during the American Revolution is told intelligently. Commentators, including the noted African American historian John Hope Franklin, grapple with the peculiar inconsistencies of Jefferson's life. The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence owned slaves, and some of what he wrote about race is both troubling and puzzling. This film (which covers Jefferson's entire life, including his two terms as the young country's president and his later years in Virginia) doesn't sidestep controversy but provides a balanced account of one of the most fascinating of all Americans. --Robert J. McNamara
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