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This American life. Season 2 [videorecording] / Showtime presents ; Killer Films ; Chicago Public Radio ; Left Right ; created by Ira Glass, Chicago Public Radio ; co-executive producer/director, Christopher Wilcha ; producers, Jane Feltes ... [et al.] ; produced by Kevin Vargas ; writer, Ira Glass ; developed for television, Adam Beckman ... [et al.] ;

Beckman, Adam (Added Author). Depp, Johnny (Added Author). Feltes, Jane (Added Author). Glass, Ira (Added Author). Vargas, Kevin (Added Author). Wilcha, Christopher (Added Author). CBS DVD (Firm) (Added Author). Killer Films (Added Author). Left/Right (Firm) (Added Author). National Public Radio (U.S.) (Added Author). Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Showtime Entertainment (Added Author). WBEZ (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) (Added Author).

Summary:

Join host Ira Glass and his company, as they bring a different theme to life each week, in the format of the popular Chicago radio show by the same name. In Escape, teenage boys in Philadelphia impress girls using a mode of transportation obsolete in their neighborhood since the 19th century, and a young man's fight for independence from his mother is complicated by some very specialized circumstances. In Two wars, we learn about two foreigners in the U.S.: one is an Iraqi refugee, traveling the U.S. to let Americans ask him anything they want, and an immigrant from Bulgaria, who realizes that an ongoing argument with his American wife about lawn maintenance has to do with the life he left behind the Iron Curtain twenty years before. Going down in history tells the stories of people trying to make and remake history, including Wisconsin convicts attempting a prison break using dental floss, high school students whose yearbook photos show nothing of the drama in their lives, and a man with a decades-long obsession with one particular bird, who reveals the footage that may prove he's actually seen it. Underdogs features the world of boxing, way down the "food chain" from championship fights, and a group of New York kids who fight bullies by being funny. Scenes from a marriage profiles cartoonist Chris Ward's illustrations showing that every marriage, even a happy one, is a courtroom, and the disintegration of another couple's marriage is chronicled, as the husband's obsession with a legal forces them to face some tough questions. John Smith is the story of one life, told through the eyes of people all over the country who share the name John Smith

Record details

  • ISBN: 1415747776
  • ISBN: 9781415747773
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 3 hrs., 21 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
  • Publisher: [United States] : Showtime Entertainment : c2009

Content descriptions

General Note:
"CBS DVD"--Container
Based on the Chicago Public Radio, also syndicated on National Public Radio
Segments originally produced in 2008
Formatted Contents Note:
Escape -- Two wars -- Going down in history -- Underdogs -- Scenes from a marriage -- John Smith ; Bonus features: optional audio commentary by Ira Glass and Christopher Wilcha ; This American life live! theater presentation ; Ira Glass biography ; photo gallery
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography/co-director, Adam Beckman ; editor, Joe Beshenkovsky ... [et al.]
Participant or Performer Note:
Host: Ira Glass ; narrator for "Escape", Johnny Depp
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital audio ; widescreen
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Home use only
Language Note:
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. English (5.1 Surround or 2.0 Stereo.) or Spanish (mono.)
Subject:
Humorous stories, American
United States > Social life and customs
Genre:
Documentary television programs
Nonfiction television programs

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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