Ken Burns tops himself with this epic of American history, told in "nine innings," with a skilled narration by John Chancellor and the voices of Paul Newman, Jason Robards, Billy Crystal, and other stars. The series spans 150 years, starting with the myth-debunking tale of baseball's true beginnings -- when it was a game "one degree above mayhem." Then follow the growth of America's National ...

Manufacturer: Pbs Home Video
Starring: Hank Aaron, Bud Abbott, Roger Angell, Arthur Ashe, Red Barber

Covering the entire 20th century in one video series is an ambitious project, but one that Peter Jennings and ABC News are up to. In The Century: America's Time, a 12-part documentary on six videotapes that is a companion to the book of the same name, Jennings guides us through a century of technology and advancement like no other. As he says in his introduction to episode 1, "Seeds of ...

Manufacturer: ABC News
Starring: Linda Hunt, Peter Jennings, John Aaron, Harold Agnew, Steve Allen

Orson Welles narrates an incredible look at the prophecies of Nostradamus, whose amazing accuracy in predicting the future compels us to consider what his writings foretell us. Year: 1981 Director: Robert Guenette Starring: Orson Welles: Narrator

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Orson Welles, Philip L. Clarke, Ray Laska, Bob Ruggiero, Roy Edmonds
Directed By: Robert Guenette

Manufacturer: FoxVideo Inc.
Starring: Cher

The most-watched made-for-television movie of the 1990s (50 million viewers upon first broadcast in 1991), this fine adaptation of Patricia MacLachlan's novel stars Glenn Close as Sarah, a Maine schoolteacher who responds to a Kansas farmer's newspaper ad seeking a bride. Set in 1910, the story follows Sarah's trial run as stepmother to the children of the widowed Jacob Witting (Christopher ...

Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Starring: Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Lexi Randall, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska, Jon DeVries
Directed By: Glenn Jordan

Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Jeff Speakman, John Dye, Mariska Hargitay, James Hong, John Koyama

"Pre" embodied the spirit of athletic excellence. He had a belief in self and sport that transcended all but the outer reaches of human speed and endurance. As a freshman, he appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, which hailed him as "America's Distance Prodigy". By the time he died in a tragic auto accident at the age of 24, Pre held all 7 American records between 2,000 and 10,000 meters. ...

Manufacturer: Chambers Productions
Starring: Frank Shorter, Alberto Salazar, Bill Bowerman, Ken Kesey, Alberto Salazar
Directed By: Frank Shorter, Erich Lyttle

Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Robert Duvall, Julia Ormond, Maximilian Schell, Jeroen Krabbé, Joan Plowright
Directed By: Ivan Passer

Manufacturer: Fox Video, Inc.
Starring: Charles Kuralt

Manufacturer: MGM/UA
Starring: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Malcolm McDowell
Directed By: Patrick Montgomery