The American Civil War defined the modern American nation. It was a war where brother ... more
fought brother and families were torn apart over their loyalties. Abraham Lincoln's victory in the 1860 presidential election triggered South Carolina's secession fro...
The United States saw long-simmering sectional tensions erupt into fighting at Fort Sumter ... more
South Carolina in April 1861 beginning what would become the most cataclysmic military struggle in the western world between Waterloo and the First World War. This book with a new foreword by Professor James McPherson traces the course of the war in both Eastern and Western theatres looking at strategic geographical and logistic factors as well as the soldiers officers and civilians who were caught up in the conflict. During the four years of war at least 620 000 soldiers and sailors died in bloody fighting at more than 10 000 recorded battles engagements and skirmishes.
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Ken Burns' The American Civil War is the most ambitious, comprehensive and definitive ... more
account of the bloody conflict ever produced. This epic work - hailed around the world as one of the greatest documentary series ever made - took Academy Award-nominated director Ken Burns five years to produce. It features over 16,000 archival photographs and innumerable period paintings, lithographs and contemporary newspaper features, as well as battlefield tours, newsreel footage of veterans and music from the period.Graphic first hand accounts of the war are brought to life with readings by top actors and actresses including Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman. Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Irons, Sam Waterson, Julie Harris, Arthur Miller and many more. Digitally mastered for exceptional picture and sound quality, this deluxe DVD edition includes all eleven hours of the series along with an exclusive, fully illustrated guide book.
The most successful public-television miniseries in American history, the 11-hourAmerican ... more
Civil Wardefined what has since become known as the "Ken Burns approach"--voice-over narrators reading letters and documents dramatically and stating the writer's name at their conclusion, fresh live footage of places juxtaposed with still images (photographs, paintings, maps, prints), anecdotal interviews, and romantic musical scores taken from the era he depicts.TheAmerican Civil Waruses all of these devices to evoke atmosphere and resurrect an event that many knew only from stale history books. While Burns is a historian, a researcher, and a documentarian, he's above all a gifted storyteller, and it's his narrative powers that give this chronicle its beauty, overwhelming emotion, and devastating horror. Using the words of old letters, eloquently read by a variety of celebrities, the stories of historians like Shelby Foote and rare, stained photos, Burns allows us not only to learn and understand history, but also to feel and experience it. --Dave McCoy
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the series.
The Hazard family are made up of matriarch Maude Hazard (Inga Swenson), brothers Stanley (Jonathan Frakes) and Billy (John Stockwell) and sister Virgilia (Kirstie Alley). George also falls in love with Constance Flynn (Wendy Kilbourne) who eventually becomes his wife.
The two families continue along their separate and joined paths and while there is a focus on their personal lives, there is also a strand of actual events woven through the drama and certain fictional characters are written into the factual events. The main theme, as this is about the build up to the AmericanCivilWar, is slavery, the anti-slavery movement and the attempted secession of the southern states from the Union and as such several of the characters are involved in the anti-slavery movement, while the Main family are slave owners.
This concentration ...
Advantages: A very moving film, historically accurate Disadvantages: The politics of the Spanish Civil War very were complicated, so may be a little confusing
the Spanish CivilWar or not, it is fascinating and very emotional. This war is often overlooked in European history as it was soon eclipsed by World War II, but it's interesting to know that Hitler did in fact help out Franco in bombing Guernica, essentially using Spain as a training ground for what was to come.
The DVD is currently available from Amazon for £5.98.
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Advantages: Excellent acting, directing, storyline...the list goes on! Disadvantages: none
This movie is an absolute classic. I have watched it numerous times, and every time I feel as entertained and emotionally moved as the last. The movie is extremely thought provoking, to the extent that you will most probably find yourself re-evaluating your life as a result of it!
The plot:
'I feel like I've been in a coma for the past twenty years. And I'm just now waking up...'
American Beauty tells the story of Lester, played by the legendary Kevin Spacey, who wishes to break free of the norm of 'keeping up appearances', his wife Carolyn Burnham (Annette Bening) is so obsessed with. Annette represents the disillusioned being, who has lost sight of what he/she wants in life and believes that happiness is represented by material things and how 'in order to be successful, one must project an image of success at all times'.
Lester ...
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