THE VIETNAM WAR: A FILM BY KEN BURNS AND LYNN NOVICK [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 2017
• Genre: Documentary; War
• Plot: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, THE VIETNAM WAR, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides-—Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as combatants and civilians from North and South Vietnam.; Ten years in the making, the series includes rarely seen and digitally re-mastered archival footage from sources around the globe, photographs taken by some of the most celebrated photojournalists of the 20th century, historic television broadcasts, evocative home movies, and secret audio recordings from inside the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations. THE VIETNAM WAR features more than 100 iconic musical recordings from greatest artists of the era and haunting original music from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross as well as the Silk Road Ensemble featuring Yo-Yo Ma.
• Cast: Peter Coyote; Huy Duc; Duong Van Mai Elliott; Karl Marlantes; John Musgrave; Nguyen Ngoc; Bao Ninh; Phan Quang Tue; James Willbanks; Carol Crocker; Leslie Gelb; Roger Harris; Bill Zimmerman; Bui Diem; Ron Ferrizzi; Robert Gard; Hal Kushner; Neil Sheehan; Jack Todd; Philip Brady; Bill Ehrhart; Joe Galloway; Matt Harrison; Mike Heaney; Le Cong Huan; Le Minh Khue; Merrill McPeak; Dong Si Nguyen; Tim O'Brien; Vincent Okamoto; Tran Ngoc Toan; Nguyen Van Tong; Tom Vallely; Sam Wilson; Nguyen Thoi Bung; Phil Caputo; Tran Ngoc Chau; Le Quan Cong; Jean-Marie Crocker; Donald P. Gregg; Stuart Herrington; Tran Ngoc 'Harry' Hue; Eva Jefferson Paterson; Ho Huu Lan; Rufus Phillips; Robert Rheault; Lo Khac Tam; Lam Quang Thi; Everett Alvarez; Nancy Biberman; Anne Harrison Bowman; Rion Causey; Max Cleland; James Gillam; Phil Gioia; Sam Hynes; Pham Luc; John Negroponte; Ben Rappaport; Nguyen Thanh Son; Lewis Sorley; Nguyen Tai; Pham Duy Tat; Tran Cong Thang; Nguyen Thanh Tung; Le Van Cho; George Wickes; Nguyen Nguyen Anh; Le Quang Cong; Cao Xuan Dai; Joan Furey; Nguyen Thi Hoa; Michael D. Holmes; Jan Howard; Ho Hua Lan; John Laurence; Craig McNamara; Juan Ramirez; James Scanlon; Wayne Smith; Frank Snepp; Nick Ut; Juan Valdez; Ken Burns; Lynn Novick; Geoffrey C. Ward
• Director: Ken Burns
• Runtime: 18:00
• Company: PBS Home Video
• Media Format: Movie