Ken Burns: Thomas Jefferson (2pc)
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Actor: Blythe Danner, Gwyneth Paltrow, Michael Potts, Ossie Davis, Sam WaterstonDirector: Ken Burns
Cinematographer: Allen Moore
Cinematographer: Buddy Squires
Cinematographer: Ken Burns
Producer: Ken Burns
Cinematographer: Peter B. Hutton
Editor: Kevin Kertscher
Editor: Paul Barnes
Producer: Camilla Rockwell
Producer: Susanna Steisel
Writer: Geoffrey C. Ward
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 180 minutes
Published: 1996
Release Date: 1997-02-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Pbs Home Video
Studio: Pbs Home Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Ken Burns: Thomas Jefferson (2pc)
Movie Review: Ken Burns Does History Well
Summary: 4 Stars
The DVD was informative and engaging. Burns utilizes the most compelling narrators and resources to substatiate his effort. His history becomes dramatic, multi-faceted, and memorable.
Summary of Ken Burns: Thomas Jefferson (2pc)
Revered as the author of the Declaration of Independence yet condemned as a slave owner, Thomas Jefferson has entered a new era of controversy. This penetrating biography first portrays the young Jefferson from the Virginia wilderness, transformed by the philosophic fire of the American Revolution. Torn between his career and family life at Monticello, he suffers heartrending personal loss even as he pens a new concept in democratic government. Follow Jefferson's rising star as he becomes U.S. Minister to France, enters national politics, fulfills his destiny as President and begins his busy retirement years.The complicated life of Thomas Jefferson is the subject of this excellent documentary by noted filmmaker Ken Burns. Using techniques that will seem comfortably familiar to viewers of other films by Burns, historians and writers (including Joseph Ellis, Daniel Boorstin, Garry Wills, and Gore Vidal) appear on camera to speak about Jefferson, a cast of actors read the words of Jefferson and others. The visuals include beautifully photographed shots of Jefferson's famed estate, Monticello, other locations where Jefferson lived and worked, and a vast number of period drawings and paintings. Jefferson, who was born into a prosperous Virginia family but lost his father when he was young, became a skilled lawyer despite his natural shyness. And the story of how he became a public figure and rose to prominence during the American Revolution is told intelligently. Commentators, including the noted African American historian John Hope Franklin, grapple with the peculiar inconsistencies of Jefferson's life. The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence owned slaves, and some of what he wrote about race is both troubling and puzzling. This film (which covers Jefferson's entire life, including his two terms as the young country's president and his later years in Virginia) doesn't sidestep controversy but provides a balanced account of one of the most fascinating of all Americans. --Robert J. McNamara
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