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Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns - Nine Inning Boxed Set
(VHS, 1997)
Director: Ken Burns
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LIST PRICE
$149.98
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Format: VHS
May 1997
Not Rated
Recording Mode: Stereo
Sound: HiFi, Stereo
Closed Captioned
1080 min.
UPC: 794054531831 |
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Movie Description
BASEBALL: A FILM BY KEN BURNS--NINE INNING SET is the complete nine-volume PBS documentary on the history of baseball in America from the country's preeminent documentarian, Ken Burns (THE CIVIL WAR). Each individual title, or inning, is available separately; they are OUR GAME, SOMETHING LIKE A WAR, THE FAITH OF 50 MILLION PEOPLE, A NATIONAL HEIRLOOM, SHADOW BALL, THE NATIONAL PASTIME, THE CAPITAL OF BASEBALL, A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME, and HOME. Each set is a fascinating examination of the history of the game, told through the eyes of those who played it, those who watched it, those who wrote about it, and those who dreamed about playing it.
Synopsis
Ken Burns' 9-volume documentary on America's favorite sport, its century and a half history, as well as its impact on America and Americans.
Film Notes
Originally aired on PBS, September 18-22 and September 25-28, 1994.
"Baseball" is 18 hours, 27 minutes long, divided into nine segments, or "Innings." The set comes with collectible baseball cards.
Each Inning is available separately. See the individual titles for more information:
First Inning: "Our Game"
Second Inning: "Something Like a War"
Third Inning: "The Faith of 50 Million People"
Fourth Inning: "A National Heirloom"
Fifth Inning: "Shadow Ball"
Sixth Inning: "The National Pastime"
Seventh Inning: "The Capital of Baseball"
Eighth Inning: "A Whole New Ballgame"
Ninth Inning: "Home" with "Extra Innings"
Copyright 1994 The Baseball Film Project, Inc. "Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns" is a trademark of baseball Licensing International, Inc., 1994.
Industry Reviews
"...BASEBALL contemplates the game as a profound and evolving metaphor for the American experience..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Lon Grahnke (09/15/1994)
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