Articles tagged "ken burns"

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Ted Danson’s not damaged at all

by Jonathan Storm [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[16.Jul.08] :. Ted Danson: Dead or alive? When we last saw evil businessman Arthur Frobisher in FX’s fantastic “Damages,” he was lying shot up in some swamp. Costar Glenn Close couldn’t get...

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Now ‘The War’ comes home

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[2.Oct.07] :. If you’ve read, watched or listened to media in the past two weeks, you already know the story of “The War” (3 stars, PBS/Paramount, $129.99; look for discounts in the $90 range)....

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Taking it personally: ‘The War’ hits home

by Eric Mink [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)]

[27.Sep.07] :. Dec. 8, 1941, Camp Claiborne, La. My dearest Ethel: You undoubtedly want to know what’s been going on in the past day. Naturally, with Japan’s declaration of war, there was a lot of...

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‘The War,’ documentary series beginning Sunday on PBS

by Rick Kushman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[23.Sep.07] :. At first, Ken Burns’ monumental new work, “The War,” looks and sounds familiar, and because of that, is almost comforting. There are recognizable Burns touches everywhere. The...

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Ken Burns stays on march for PBS’ ‘The War’

by Sam McManis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[21.Sep.07] :. SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Another morning’s worth of interviews behind him, yet a whole afternoon and evening’s worth of personal appearances still ahead, Ken Burns turned away from the TV...

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‘War’ stories: Ken Burns’ documentary brings all fronts into focus

by Chuck Barney [Contra Costa Times (MCT)]

[20.Sep.07] :. Acclaimed big-screen directors from William Wyler to Steven Spielberg have been drawn to it. Newsman Tom Brokaw gave voice to the generation that lived through it. And the History Channel has...

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Documentary maker pays tribute to World War II veterans

by Gail Shister [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[16.Aug.07] :. The presence of Ken Burns’ father looms large in his son’s latest PBS epic. But viewers won’t know it. An unidentified photograph of Lt. Robert Kyle Burns Jr. is the first and...

 

‘The War’ versus our war

by Aaron Barnhart [McClatchy Newspapers]

[17.Jul.07] :. LOS ANGELES—As the author of “The Greatest Generation,” former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw is perhaps the only person who has talked with more World War II veterans in the last 10...

 

‘The War’ finds greatness in lives of ordinary people

by Rick Kushman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[16.Jul.07] :. After a week now of TV critics mixing with producers, executives and stars, one production looms larger and larger over the fall landscape: Ken Burns’ seven-part film “The...

 

PBS documentary adds material after Hispanic outcry

by David Bianculli [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[12.Jul.07] :. LOS ANGELES - Pressure from Latino groups to include their perspective in “The War,” the upcoming 15-hour documentary series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, has succeeded in adding their...

 

What’s the thinking person’s network thinking?

by Rick Kushman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[11.Jul.07] :. The Television Critics Association press tour kicked off this week with PBS, which was good, and in an odd way, not so good. The good part: we’re having some high-end talks about big things...

 

Ken Burns: American Lives

by Leigh H. Edwards

[24.Oct.05] :. Ken Burns is both goofy and deep. He even laughs about wearing people out with the interminable length of his films.