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Prohibition

Explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. Raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality.

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Corporate Authors: Florentine Films, WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), Prohibition Film Project, PBS Distribution (Firm), Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Burns, Ken, 1953- (Director, Producer), Ward, Geoffrey C. (Screenwriter), Botstein, Sarah, 1972- (Screenwriter), Novick, Lynn (Director, Screenwriter), Coyote, Peter (Narrator), Clarkson, Patricia (Actor), Danner, Blythe (Actor), Giamatti, Paul (Actor), Hanks, Tom (Actor), Lithgow, John, 1945- (Actor), Platt, Oliver (Actor)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Spanish
Published: [Brighton, Mass.] : Hollywood, Calif. : PBS Distribution ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2011.
Edition:Widescreen [ed.]
Subjects:
Prohibition > United States > History.
United States > History > 1919-1933.
Liquor laws > United States > History.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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Summary:Explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. Raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality.
Item Description:Originally broadcast as a television documentary on PBS in 2011.
Copyright held by Prohibition Film Project.
Special features include, In the studio with Florentine Films, bonus scenes, interview outtakes.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital, surround, stereo.
Production Credits:Cinematographers, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Stephen McCarthy ; editors, Tricia Reidy, Erik Ewers, Ryan Gifford ; music, Wynton Marsalis.
ISBN:1415760284
9781415760284

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