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Prohibition [videorecording] / a production of Florentine Films and WETA Television ; directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick and Ken Burns ; co-producer, Mike Welt ; associate producer, McKay McFadden.

Florentine Films, (production company.). Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm), (distributor.). Burns, Ken, 1953- (director,, producer.). Ward, Geoffrey C., (screenwriter.). Botstein, Sarah, 1972- (producer.). McFadden, McKay, (producer.). Welt, Mike, (producer.). Novick, Lynn, (producer,, director.). Coyote, Peter, (narrator.). Clarkson, Patricia, (voice actor.). Danner, Blythe, (voice actor.). Giamatti, Paul, (voice actor.). Hanks, Tom, (voice actor.). Lithgow, John, 1945- (voice actor.). Platt, Oliver, (voice actor.). PBS Distribution (Firm), (publisher.). WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), (production company.).

Summary:

This explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. The utterly relevant cautionary tale raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality. When the country goes dry in 1920, after a century of debate, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1415760284
  • ISBN: 9781415760284
  • ISBN: 9781608834303
  • ISBN: 1608834301
  • Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (approximately 360 minutes) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [United States] : PBS Distribution, [2011]
  • Distributor: Hollywood, California : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally broadcast as a television documentary on PBS in 2011.
Special features include, In the studio with Florentine Films, bonus scenes, interview outtakes.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1. A nation of drunkards -- Disc 2. A nation of scofflaws -- Disc 3. A nation of hypocrites.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Cinematographers, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Stephen McCarthy ; editors, Tricia Reidy, Erik Ewers, Ryan Gifford ; narrator, Peter Coyote ; music, Wynton Marsalis.
Participant or Performer Note:
Voices, Patricia Clarkson, Blythe Danner, Paul Giamatti, Tom Hanks, John Lithgow, Oliver Platt.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC, region 1; wide screen; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, stereo.; audio description.
Language Note:
In English or Spanish with optional English and Spanish subtitles; optional description for the visually impaired.

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