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115 out of 115 people found this review helpful.

The Civil War: A Documentary by Ken Burns - A Definitive Portrait

Date of Review:  Jan 22, 2005
The Bottom Line: The documentary that first brought Ken Burns on many people's radar is a must-see and worth a second look if you haven't watched it in a while.
Review: It is well that war is so terrible we should grow too fond of it - Robert E. Lee watching the battle of Fredericksburg.

An anecdote about Wilmer McClain, who moved his family from Bull Run, where a Union shell landed in the summer kitchen...
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  5.0

by: AliventiAsylum
Recommended to buy: Yes

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vivid pictures, descriptions, and...
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none
 
47 out of 47 people found this review helpful.

"It was the crossroads of our being....a hell of a crossroads..."

Date of Review:  Nov 8, 2007
The Bottom Line: Although far from perfect, The Civil War is the standard by which most TV historical documentaries are measured. A stunning achievement and must-see TV!
Review: "We have felt the incommunicable experience of war. We felt - we still feel - the passion of life to its top. In our youths our hearts were touched with fire." - Oliver Wendell Holmes.

On September 23, 1990, just as units of the XVIII...
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  5.0

by: alexdg1
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Fine (if sometimes inaccurate) script,...
Cons
A few factual errors do show up.
 
44 out of 44 people found this review helpful.

"Ken Burns Civil War: One of the Best Documentaries Ever Made!

Date of Review:  Sep 26, 2002
The Bottom Line: The Civil War Comes Alive in this Epic Documentary!!!!!
Review: Ken Burns Civil War: One of the Best Documentaries Ever Made!


1989 saw the airing of "The Civil War", a brilliant 9-part and 13 hour documentary on PBS. 2002 has seen the entire series remastered from the original tapes and editing...
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  5.0

by: Ironcladd
Recommended to buy: Yes

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27 out of 27 people found this review helpful.

A Wonderful Place To Start

Date of Review:  Jan 19, 2000
Review: To tell you all that this series has to offer would be impossable! What follows are my thoughts and ideas about the videos!

Ken Burns has taken so many different sources and made them into a living history about one of this country's most...
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  5.0

by: mombetty97
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Great Pictures-Haunting Music-Chilling...
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Not Sure There Are Any
 
14 out of 14 people found this review helpful.

Ken Burns' National Treasure

Date of Review:  Jan 7, 2000
Review: Ken Burns' documentary masterpiece "The Civil War" is a titanic work of historical filmmaking and among the most moving works of storytelling, either factual or fictional, I've ever seen. Spanning the entire war, as well as a bit before and after,...
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  5.0

by: dperry9
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Unforgettable factual storytelling
Cons
Too intense for children
 
13 out of 13 people found this review helpful.

Weak

Date of Review:  Jun 28, 2005
The Bottom Line: If you don't know much about the Civil War, this is a lousy place to start. If you do, it's a tedious and thin eleven-plus hours.
Review: It goes against PBS-fan (though perhaps not Civil-War-buff) orthodoxy to pan this Ken Burns documentary on which so much encomium has been heaped. But it has to be said: The Civil War is thin, irregular, and given it's stupefying length (eleven and...
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  2.0

by: bazoo2you
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
Compelling archival photos
Cons
Poorly told, slow-paced, and much too...
 
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

The historical gem of Ken Burns

Date of Review:  Apr 20, 2000
Review: Simply, this is the most amazing Civil War documentary that I have every seen. The scope and detail of the film is awesome with historians giving opinions and a great soundtrack to set the mood.
The retelling of the battles is so real that the...
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  5.0

by: rojothegreat
Recommended to buy: Yes

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The final word on Civil War...
Cons
Still looking
 
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Ken Again

Date of Review:  May 22, 2000
Review: If there is a such thing as a documentary mainstream, Ken Burns helped create it with this masterpiece. Never before had a strictly historical documentary been able to grab the attention of the masses to such an extent. Every history buff in the...
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  5.0

by: Fabiodonjuan
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Everything
Cons
Too slow for some
 

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