The Civil War
By: American Documentaries, Inc., Florentine Films and Time-Life Video presents a film by Ken Burns ; producers, Ken Burns, Ric Burns ; writers, Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward ; director, Ken Burns
Contributors: Dewhurst, Colleen; Fishburne, Laurence, 1961-; Freeman, Morgan; Irons, Jeremy, 1948-; Jacobi, Derek; Robards, Jason; Waterston, Sam; Shaw, Bruce; American Documentary, Inc; Florentine Films; Time-Life Video; PBS Home Video; Warner Home Video (Firm)
Publisher: PBS Home Video; Warner Home Video
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Burbank, CA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 660
Subjects: Soldiers; Military art and science; History; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Feature films; Military History
Other titles: Cause, 1861.; Very bloody affair, 1862.; Forever free, 1862.; Simply murder, 1863.; Universe of battle, 1863.; Valley of the shadow of death, 1864.; Most hallowed ground, 1865; War is all hell, 1865.; Better angels of our nature, 1865.
Description: An epic documentary bringing life to America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and the ordinary soldiers. A heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one again.
Notes: "PBS DVD Gold."

Originally produced as a television mini series in 1990.

Special features: behind-the-scenes: "The Civil War Reconstruction"; commentary track by Ken Burns; interviews with George Will, Shelby Foote and Stanley Crouch; biography cards and interactive maps.

Cinematographers, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires ; editors, Paul Barnes, Tricia Reidy, Bruce Shaw.

Narrator: David McCullough ; voices: Hoyt Axton, Colleen Dewhurst, Laurence Fishburne, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Jason Robards, Sam Waterston.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD, 5.1 stereo surround sound.

Closed-captioned.

Emmy Awards, 1991: Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming (Geoffrey C. Ward (writer), Ric Burns (writer), Ken Burns (writer) - For episode #9: "The Better Angels Of Our Nature") ; Outstanding Informational Series (Ken Burns (producer), Ric Burns (producer), Stephen Ives (co-producer), Julie Dunfey (co-producer), Mike Hill (co-producer), Catherine Eisele (coordinating producer) - For episode #5 "The Universe Of Battle").
Table of contents: title: disc 1. The cause, 1861; title: disc 2. A very bloody affair , 1862 ; Forever free, 1862; title: disc 3. Simply murder, 1863 ; The universe of battle, 1863; title: disc 4. Valley of the shadow of death, 1864 ; Most hallowed ground, 1864; title: disc 5. War is all hell, 1865 ; The better angels of our nature, 1865.