For the third part of his American Trilogy--following THE CIVIL WAR and BASEBALL--Ken Burns takes on jazz, "that most American of art forms." The 10-part, 19-hour film begins with... more
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Ken Burns' epic 17-hour history Jazz back to around 12 hours. That's what's presented in this box set of the series, and while the flow of the original is preserv...
Actor(s): Buddy Bolden, Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington, Freddie Keppard, Dizzy Gillespie, Artie Shaw, Fats Waller, Glenn Miller, Sonny Rollins, Louis Armstrong, David Keith
Director(s): Ken Burns
Genre: Musicals & Music Films - Jazz
Classification: Exempt
Production Year: 2000
Colour: Black & White / Colour
Running Time: 12 hours 30 minutes
Video Category: Television
Plot: The complete series which traces jazz from the early nineteenth century through the fifties and right up to date.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): DD Home Entertainment
Release date: 08/10/2001
No of Discs: 4
Catalogue No: DD 04721
Editor: Paul Barnes
Barcode: 5019322047216
Screenwriter: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
Narrator: Keith David
Director of Photography: Buddy Squires, Ken Burns
Producer: Peter Miller, Lynn Novick, Ken Burns
Voice: Keith David
DVD Description
For the third part of his American Trilogy--following THE CIVIL WAR and BASEBALL--Ken Burns takes on jazz, "that most American of art forms." The 10-part, 19-hour film begins with the music's roots in post-Civil War New Orleans and concludes roughly a century later. The story focuses not only on the personalities and events that helped define the music but also on the social and cultural climate in which they emerged, making KEN BURNS' JAZZ a film about more than just music.
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo English
Professional reviews
Review: "...Mr. Burns's elegiac thoroughness...is given a big lift by the artfully assembled music....JAZZ is full of dreams." (New York Times, pp.E1-E7, 08/01/2001)
"...This epic production surrounds its stories and civic lessons with an almost unquenchable torrent of great music..." -- 3 out of 4 stars (USA Today, p.1E, 08/01/2001)
Advantages: Brilliant effects great fights! great sound. Disadvantages: predictable story line!
...- Psycho with long blades part of Shadow lord.
Sagat - Thai kick boxing champion part of shadow lord.
Mbison - The evil boss who wants to take over the world.
The others
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These characters are just seen in a few screens during the film.
Blanca – Genetic freak caused by Mbison.
Zangrief - Russian wrestling champion.
Dalsim - Indian fighter who uses mind control.
Cammy - You will see her at the start of the film; she is an English fighter who M.bison has used to take control of her mind and do his dirty work.
Fei Long – (Street fighters Bruce Lee) you see him when he fights Ryu.
Deejay - Jamaican kick boxer who owns a nightclub you see in one screen.
Thunder hawk - Native American looking guy, you see him in one screen fighting against Ken.
Animation
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The first screen of this film really sets the tone for the rest...
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Advantages: Digitally remastered film and audio. Generally good script and special effects Disadvantages: Lack of new extra's and at time bad slapstick humour.
...into the usual 5 categories. These being:-
Declassified MI6 Vault.
This section contains 5 never seen before extra's that accompany the film. These are:-
James Bond In India. A 30 minute feature about the shooting of the scenes in India.
James Brolin and Maud Adams Screentest. The screentest between Maud Adams and James Brolin, the proposed new James Bond. The test is a scene shown in From Russia With Love.
James Brolin Intro. James Brolin talks about his test for the part of James Bond.
James Brolin Intro : Vijay. A test scene between the two when the meet in India.
KenBurns On Set Movies. This is an interesting extra. A young lad at the time, KenBurns applied for a position as an extra. In the end he shot lots of 16mm film which is presented here.
007 Mission Control.
Again this comprises of several categories highlighting parts...
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Advantages: Freddy and Jason in one film Disadvantages: No originality
.... There was an awful lot of speculation after “Friday 9” was released that there would be a collaboration of some kind featuring both characters... If you haven’t seen the film, at the end Jason’s bones end up on some sand. Just as you think the film is going to cut to the end titles, Freddy’s gloved hand reaches up, grabs the bones and pulls them under the sand.
I thought the first half of the film was awfully slow, it felt as if it just wasn’t going anywhere, but eventually it did get a bit of its direction back.
As a big fan, more of Freddy than Jason, I really did feel that this film lacked any original ideas. There wasn’t anything there to set it apart from all the other sequels. It seemed to be a sequel for the sake of a sequel, but that said it did do rather well at the US box office, so maybe it’s...
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