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 ...
Manufacturer: Pbs Home VideoStarring: Hal Holbrook, Adam Arkin, Murphy Guyer, Sam Waterston, Matthew BroderickDirected By: Ken Burns
Manufacturer: Strand Home VideoStarring: Gabriel Mann, Laurence Mason, Murphy Guyer, Graham Alex Johnson, Heather GottliebDirected By: John G. Young
Subtitled "America's First Road Trip," Horatio's Drive captures the remarkable odyssey of Horatio Nelson Jackson, a doctor from Vermont who--accompanied by a former professional bicyclist and a bulldog named Bud--helmed the first trip from coast to coast in a car. In 1903, after making a $50 bet he could drive to New York City in 90 days, Nelson set off from San Francisco in a used ...
Manufacturer: Pbs Home VideoStarring: Keith David, Tom Hanks, Adam Arkin, Tom Bodett, Philip BoscoDirected By: Ken Burns
Too old for Hamlet and too young for Lear--what's an ambitious actor to do? Play the Devil, of course. Jack Nicholson did it in The Witches of Eastwick; Robert De Niro did it in Angel Heart (as Louis Cyphre--get it?). In The Devil's Advocate Al Pacino takes his turn as the great Satan, and clearly relishes his chance to raise hell. He's a New York lawyer, of course, by the ...
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith IveyDirected By: Taylor Hackford
This two-part documentary follows Jack Johnson's journey from his beginnings as the son of former slaves, to his entry into the brutal world of professional boxing, where, in turn-of-the century Jim Crow America, the heavyweight champion was an exclusively "white title." Despite the odds, Johnson was able to batter his way up through the ranks, and in 1908 he became the first African-American to ...
Manufacturer: Pbs (Direct)Starring: Jack Johnson, Keith David, Samuel L. Jackson, Adam Arkin, Philip BoscoDirected By: Ken Burns
Starring: Peter Coyote, Ossie Davis, Tantoo Cardinal, Daniel von Bargen, Gary SiniseDirected By: Stephen Ives
Starring: Gabriel Mann, Laurence Mason, Murphy Guyer, Graham Alex Johnson, Heather GottliebDirected By: John G. Young
