Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
by Ken Burns
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Actor: Adam Arkin, Hal Holbrook, Matthew Broderick, Murphy Guyer, Sam WaterstonDirector: Ken Burns
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 240 minutes
Release Date: 1998-11-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Pbs Home Video
Studio: Pbs Home Video
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Movie Review: Worth the view!
Summary: 5 Stars
An incredible visual experience to document an amazing historical event. You will feel like you were there with the Corps of Discovery at every turn of their adventure.
Summary of Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Another reliably well-crafted, generally engrossing documentary from Ken Burns, Lewis & Clark employs the director's now-familiar approach to his subjects, from its elegant juxtaposition of period illustrations and portraits against newly filmed footage of historic sites to Burns's repertory of accomplished actors to provide gravitas for quotes from the key figures. Granted the formula has become familiar enough to allow parody, but Burns knows how to invest his historical investigations with movement and drama, making this four-hour journey a worthwhile trip.As narrated by Hal Holbrook, Dayton Duncan's script explicates the agenda presented by Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, placing it in the context of the young country's gamble in Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase, and the expedition's goals for opening the West. While preserving the heroic scale of the undertaking, Burns also finds time to delve into the politics of the venture and the disparate personalities of the two explorers; in particular, Duncan and Burns look at the career of Lewis, the presidential prot?g?, his moody demeanor, and his untimely death. The film also looks beyond its titular leaders to examine the personalities of their corps of soldiers, their boatmen, and the Indians they met and depended on, most notably their female Shosone guide, Sacagawea. --Sam Sutherland
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