The War (2007)
| Title | The War |
| Year | 2007 |
| Country | USA |
| Genre | Documentary (TV Shows) |
| Run Time | 2h 00 min |
| Director |
The War is a seven-part American television documentary miniseries about World War II from the perspective of the United States. The program was directed by American filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, written by Geoffrey Ward, and narrated primarily by Keith David. It premiered on September 23, 2007. The world premiere of the series took place at the Palace Theater in Luverne, Minnesota, one of the towns featured in the documentary. It was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The series focuses on World War II in a “bottom up” fashion through the lenses of four “quintessentially American towns”: Luverne (Minnesota), Mobile (Alabama), Sacramento (California), Waterbury (Connecticut). The series recounts the experiences of a number of individuals from these communities as they move through the war in the Pacific, African and European theaters, and focuses on the effect of the war on them, their families and their communities. The full documentary runs 14 hours and was broadcast in seven parts on PBS over two weeks, starting on Sunday, September 23, 2007 and continuing four nights the first week and three nights the second week, from 8 to 10 p.m. (8 to 10:30 p.m. on three nights).
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Cast:  Keith DavidThe Narrator (1-7)  Tom HanksAl McIntosh (1-7) |
The War is a seven-part American television documentary miniseries about World War II from the perspective of the United States. The program was directed by American filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, written by Geoffrey Ward, and narrated primarily by Keith David. It premiered on September 23, 2007. The world premiere of the series took place at the Palace Theater in Luverne, Minnesota, one of the towns featured in the documentary. It was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The series focuses on World War II in a “bottom up” fashion through the lenses of four “quintessentially American towns”: Luverne (Minnesota), Mobile (Alabama), Sacramento (California), Waterbury (Connecticut). The series recounts the experiences of a number of individuals from these communities as they move through the war in the Pacific, African and European theaters, and focuses on the effect of the war on them, their families and their communities. The full documentary runs 14 hours and was broadcast in seven parts on PBS over two weeks, starting on Sunday, September 23, 2007 and continuing four nights the first week and three nights the second week, from 8 to 10 p.m. (8 to 10:30 p.m. on three nights).
