Description |
3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Originally produced as a six-hour television series in 1997. |
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Special features: Who said what? : a trivia quiz; Performance by James Taylor & Mark O'Connor "Johnny has gone for a soldier." |
Contents |
Disc 1. The reluctant revolutionaries ; Blows must decide -- Disc 2. The times that try men's souls ; Oh, fatal ambition -- Disc 3. The world turned upside down ; Are we to be a nation? |
Credits |
Producers/directors, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer ; writer, Ronald Blumer. |
Cast |
Forrest Sawyer, host ; Edward Herrmann, narrator ; with dramatic performances by Roger Rees, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Victor Garber, Donna Murphy and other featured actors. |
Summary |
Liberty! is a exuberant documentary about the American Revolution and our fight for freedom. It chronicles the events leading up to the declaration of war and the lasting effects these events had on shaping our country today. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1; fullscreen presentation. |
Awards |
Winner of the Peabody Award. |
Language |
English dialogue; closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes.
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United States -- History -- Confederation, 1783-1789.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Hovde, Ellen.
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Meyer, Muffie.
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Sawyer, Forrest.
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Herrmann, Edward, 1943-2014
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Rees, Roger, 1944-2015
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Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014.
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Garber, Victor.
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Murphy, Donna.
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Blumer, Ronald H.
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Twin Cities Public Television (Saint Paul, Minn.)
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Middlemarch Films.
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PBS Home Video.
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Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Added Title |
American Revolution |
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Reluctant revolutionaries.
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Blows must decide.
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Times that try men's souls.
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Oh, fatal ambition.
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World turned upside down.
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Are we to be a nation?
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ISBN |
1415702179 |
Standard No. |
097368776043 |
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841887050913 |
Music No. |
87760 Paramount Home Entertainment |
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