The Sixties - 3-DVD Set ( The 60s (10 Episodes) )

The Sixties - 3-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

$42.99

Alternate Title: The 60s (10 Episodes)
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
522 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Simon Brown
Christopher G. Cowen

Written By:
Alex Fleming
Gary Goetzman

Actors:
Robert Dallek ..... Himself - Author˜/ ... (5 episodes, 2014)
John Heilemann ..... Himself - Editor, New York Magazine˜/ ... (5 episodes, 2014)
Douglas Brinkley ..... Himself - Author, 'Cronkite'˜/ ... (4 episodes, 2014)
Mark Kurlansky ..... Himself - Historian˜/ ... (4 episodes, 2014)
Tim Naftali ..... Himself - Historian˜/ ... (4 episodes, 2014)
Dan Rather ..... Himself - CBS News˜/ ... (4 episodes, 2014)
Richard Reeves ..... Himself - Author˜/ ... (4 episodes, 2014)
Morley Safer ..... Himself - Journalist, 60 Minutes˜/ ... (4 episodes, 2014)
Jeff Greenfield ..... Himself - Journalist (3 episodes, 2014)
Tom Hanks ..... Himself - Actor˜/ ... (3 episodes, 2014)
Robert MacNeil ..... Himself - Author˜/ ... (3 episodes, 2014)
Robert Schenkkan ..... Himself - Playwright, 'All the Way'˜/ ... (3 episodes, 2014)

Synopsis:

Executive produced by multiple EMMY Award-winning producers Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman (HBO's John Adams and The Pacific), and EMMY Award-winning producer Mark Herzog (History's Gettysburg) of Herzog & Company (HCO), THE SIXTIES explores the most transformative decade of the modern era. Few decades have had the breadth of impact of THE SIXTIES. Focussing on the US but encompassing the world, this was a tumultuous ten-year period and, every step of the way, television helped frame and enable that change. It is through the lens of television that we will experience THE SIXTIES. This decade saw both the apex of liberal activism and the emergence of the conservative movement. It was the decade when America finally confronted and began to redress racial injustice through the efforts of some of the bravest citizens in its history. It was the decade when women started to question their traditional role in the home, workplace, and society. Sports became integrated and commercialised. Culturally, a radical difference emerged in the kind of music we listened to, the movies we attended, and the television we watched. In ten episodes with 2 extended episodes, THE SIXTIES explores and examines how and why this decade became a period of such consequence and, still today, remains an epoch of such fascination? all in a visceral, in-the-moment feel through the use of archival footage. The series unfolds chronologically, but is packaged topically into the following ten categories: The Cold War, Civil Rights, JFK Assassination / Warren Report, The British Invasion, Television, Vietnam, The Summer of Love, 1968, Social Change, and Space & Technology. By weaving together a variety of events and personalities that influenced and dominated the sixties, we sketch a portrait of this remarkable decade that is both entertaining and illuminating. THE SIXTIES does not just reexamine the familiar? it unearths the unknown.

Season 1
When Television Came of Age S1, Ep1 29 May 2014
The World on the Brink S1, Ep2 5 Jun. 2014
The Assassination of President Kennedy S1, Ep3 12 Jun. 2014
The War in Vietnam S1, Ep4 19 Jun. 2014
A Long March to Freedom S1, Ep5 26 Jun. 2014
The British Invasion S1, Ep6 10 Jul. 2014
A new wave of British bands and artists enter and impact mainstream American culture.
The Space Race S1, Ep7 24 Jul. 2014
1968 S1, Ep8 31 Jul. 2014
The Times They Are A-Changin' S1, Ep9 7 Aug. 2014
Sex, Drugs and Rock N' Roll S1, Ep10 14 Aug. 2014

A ten-part documentary series focusing on the politics, music, technical advancements, drugs, and the 'free love' movement of the 1960s.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 05 March, 2015.