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Prohibition

Burns, Ken, 1953- (Director, Producer). Ward, Geoffrey C. (Screenwriter). Botstein, Sarah, 1972- (Screenwriter). Novick, Lynn. (Director, Screenwriter). Coyote, Peter. (Narrator). Clarkson, Patricia. (Actor). Danner, Blythe. (Actor). Giamatti, Paul. (Actor). Hanks, Tom. (Actor). Lithgow, John, 1945- (Actor). Platt, Oliver. (Actor). Florentine Films (Added Author). WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) (Added Author). Prohibition Film Project. (Added Author). PBS Distribution (Firm) (Added Author). Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: This explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. The utterly relevant cautionary tale raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality. When the country goes dry in 1920, after a century of debate, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight.

Item details

  • ISBN: 1415760284
  • ISBN: 9781415760284
  • Physical Description: videorecording
    videodisc
    3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen [ed.]
  • Publisher: [United States] : PBS Distribution ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2011.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Originally broadcast as a television documentary on PBS in 2011.
Special features include, In the studio with Florentine Films, bonus scenes, interview outtakes.
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 1. nation of drunkards, special features -- Disc 2. nation of scofflaws -- Disc 3. nation of hypocrites.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Cinematographers, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Stephen McCarthy ; editors, Tricia Reidy, Erik Ewers, Ryan Gifford ; narrator, Peter Coyote ; music, Wynton Marsalis.
Participant or Performer Note: Voices, Patricia Clarkson, Blythe Danner, Paul Giamatti, Tom Hanks, John Lithgow, Oliver Platt, Campbell Scott.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital, surround, stereo.
Language Note:
In English or Spanish with optional English and Spanish subtitles; optional description for the visually impaired.

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