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The Resource Prohibition, a production of Florentine Films and WETA Television ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick and Ken Burns ; directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

Prohibition, a production of Florentine Films and WETA Television ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick and Ken Burns ; directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

Label
Prohibition
Title
Prohibition
Statement of responsibility
a production of Florentine Films and WETA Television ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick and Ken Burns ; directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
Title variation
Prohibition
Title variation remainder
a film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick
Contributor
Director
Narrator
Producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
This documentary series 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
Cataloging source
LPU
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Editors, Tricia Reidy, Erik Ewers, Ryan Gifford ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Stephen McCarthy
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
  • SDH --subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; described video
  • English or Spanish dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles
PerformerNote
Narrators: Adam Arkin, Peter Coyote, Patricia Clarkson, Blythe Danner, Paul Giamatti, Tom Hanks, John Lithgow, Oliver Platt
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1945-
  • 1972-
  • 1953-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Arkin, Adam
  • Coyote, Peter
  • Clarkson, Patricia
  • Danner, Blythe
  • Giamatti, Paul
  • Hanks, Tom
  • Lithgow, John
  • Platt, Oliver
  • Ward, Geoffrey C.
  • Botstein, Sarah
  • Novick, Lynn
  • Burns, Ken
  • Reidy, Tricia
  • Ewers, Erik
  • Gifford, Ryan
  • Squires, Buddy
  • Moore, Allen
  • McCarthy, Stephen
  • Florentine Films
  • WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
  • PBS Home Video
Runtime
360
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Prohibition
  • Liquor laws
  • United States
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Prohibition, a production of Florentine Films and WETA Television ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick and Ken Burns ; directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Special features: in the studio; bonus scenes; interview outtakes
  • Originally broadcast on television in 2011
  • Includes featurette, bonus scenes, interview outtakes
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
Disc 1. A nation of drunkards ; Special features -- Disc 2. A nation of scofflaws -- Disc 3. A nation of hypocrites
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen.
Extent
3 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.)
Isbn
9781415760284
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 841887014335
  • 097368224742
Other physical details
sound, color with black and white sequences
Publisher number
  • PROH600
  • 822474
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)738476083
  • (OCoLC)756222131
System details
DVD, region 1; widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, stereo
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Prohibition, a production of Florentine Films and WETA Television ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick and Ken Burns ; directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
Publication
Note
  • Special features: in the studio; bonus scenes; interview outtakes
  • Originally broadcast on television in 2011
  • Includes featurette, bonus scenes, interview outtakes
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
Disc 1. A nation of drunkards ; Special features -- Disc 2. A nation of scofflaws -- Disc 3. A nation of hypocrites
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen.
Extent
3 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.)
Isbn
9781415760284
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 841887014335
  • 097368224742
Other physical details
sound, color with black and white sequences
Publisher number
  • PROH600
  • 822474
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)738476083
  • (OCoLC)756222131
System details
DVD, region 1; widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, stereo
Video recording format
DVD

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