Mark Twain / a Florentine Films production ; produced by Dayton Duncan & Ken Burns ; written by Dayton Duncan & Geoffrey C. Ward ; a film directed by Ken Burns ; produced in association with WETA.
Publisher:
PBS DVD,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 minutes) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Originally broadcast in 2002. Special features: The making of Mark Twain, with Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan ; Interview outtakes with Hal Holbrook, Arthur Miller, Russell Banks and others ; Memorable Mark Twain quotes and photographs ; Ken Burns -- making history ; A conversation with Ken Burns. Narrator, Keith David. Voice of Mark Twain: Kevin Conway. Other voices, Philip Bosco, Blythe Danner, Ann Duquesnay.
Summary:
Samuel Clemens rose from a hardscrabble boyhood in the backwoods of Missouri to become, as Mark Twain, America's best-known and best-loved author. Considered in his time as the funniest man on earth, Twain was also an unflinching critic of human nature who used his humor to attack hypocrisy, greed and racism. He created some of the world's most memorable characters as well as its most quoted sayings. And, in his often-misunderstood novel "Huckleberry Finn," he brought forth a masterpiece that Ernest Hemingway called the true beginning of American literature. This remarkable film tells the story of Twain's extraordinary life -- full of rollicking adventure, stupendous success and crushing defeat, hilarious comedy and almost unbearable tragedy.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.