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Liberty! The American Revolution

Jane Adams (Actor), Peter Donaldson (Actor), Ellen Hovde (Director), Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 398 ratings
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Genre Action & Adventure/Thrillers
Format Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Box set, Full Screen
Contributor Colm Feore, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, Peter Donaldson, Jane Adams
Language English
Number Of Discs 3

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"Liberty! The American Revolution" is a dramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation. The George Foster Peabody award-winning series brings the people, events, and ideas of the revolution to life through dramatic reenactments performed by a distinguished cast.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.54 x 5.36 x 7.54 inches; 0.01 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2268385
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Box set, Full Screen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 6 hours
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ June 29, 2004
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Jane Adams, Peter Donaldson, Colm Feore
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Stereo)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ PBS
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000BITU3E
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 3
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 398 ratings

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Chad M
5.0 out of 5 stars Important documentary film with good re-creations of American leaders, generals, and writers
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2021
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This documentary film about the American Revolution uses letters and documents to create dramatized interviews. A thorough look at the American cause and the British counteraction is provided. Very good scenes of the cities, battle sites, and other landmarks. The actors who re-create historical people do a great job. Professors and authors also participate in the interviews. Liberty! also provides due regard for revolutionary supporters like Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, and Marquis de Lafayette.
American freedom is demonstrated as progress in history. While some of the British leaders were virtuous in their society they are also often shown to be arrogant and power hungry. This does not mean that there weren't wealthy and power hungry people in newly formed United States who believed in industrial growth and territorial expansion, but that they believed the people must have a central role in the origins, development, and use of power, and that monarchy and aristocracy would ultimately limit the freedom, prosperity, and the power of American society.
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Keith A. Mussey
5.0 out of 5 stars Complete, with its ramifications for today
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2009
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The American Revolution encompasses four parts: 1) the lead-up; 2) the war; 3) the revolution/creation of American democracy; the continuing debate. This documentary clearly covers all aspects of the American drama by using period paintings, broadsides, music, recent actors, and academics. It is wonderfully narrated by Edward Herrman, and all together, they create a most remarkable story of how we evolved from the colonial social system of deference to "our social betters", to personal liberty and democratic thought.

All the major players of the period are wonderfully portrayed by using current actors to re-create the actual writings of John Adams, Ben Franklin, King George, and a host of others. My favorite is Joseph Plum Martin brought to life by a young Philip Seymour Hoffman, as he fought through-out the entire war.

One of my favorite parts of the drama is the last part: the fight for the Constitution and its implications for today. In that the Revolution is still being waged and that we are all players in determining the final scope of "what the fundamental role of government is". How big should the government be? What is its proper role? What is its proper relationship to the States? To the people? Who determines this, and what was the original intent and purpose of its authors? Here, George Will brilliantly deciphers James Madison by descriping how a vast republic of a "multitude of factions" would counteract each other. In other words, "ambition would fight ambition".

Pauline Maier, acurately notes that American Revolution is often overlooked, and that credit is (wrongly) given to others such as the Russian or French Revolutions. The American Revolution and Constitution has exceeded the wildest expections of those who helped create it. CAN WE KEEP IT?
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Kate C.
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this series
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2023
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My husband and I think this particular series on the American Revolutionary War is the best out there.
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RawdRichard
4.0 out of 5 stars The best I could find
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2009
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Having spent a good deal of time watching the various DVDs telling the story of the American Revolution, I was definitely most excited by this one. Not everything gets in there, but that's also what helps it to move right along in an intriguing, coherent way that keeps at a high level my interest, excitement and appreciation of what the founders accomplished. I want this DVD set to have in order to loan it far and wide, as I believe there is no longer sufficient awareness of the greatness of what happened in "our revolution."
It's true that "The History Channel Presents the Revolution" is more complete; but it also gets cumbersome--even confusing--in places, AND it completely leaves out the (to me) highly significant role that Thomas Paine played in moving the common man toward supporting the revolution. (I understand how some of his later writings irked the "fundamental religionists"--his religious ideas being much closer to those of Thomas Jefferson than those of the typical colonialist; but I also wonder if it's not current-day fundamentalist views that have kept Paine out of such historical portrayals and out of the praise due him as one of our crucial Founding Fathers.)
The DVD "Founding Fathers" is a good supplement; but it's "Liberty" that really captures my enthusiasm. Let me urge you to buy it to watch and loan on every 4th of July -- as an act of Patriotism !!
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Thomas B. Cox
5.0 out of 5 stars TEACHERS---you'll love this!
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2009
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I teach AP American History in high school and I've been looking for something useful and entertaining for the classroom on the American Revolution. This is it! It's every bit as good as Ken Burns' Civil War series and the students enjoy it as much as any documentary. I bought the series in search of something on the causes of the Revolution (Stamp Act, Intolerables, etc.), which has been tougher than I expected. This DVD has one entire episode devoted to that era. As a bonus, I discovered that it also has an entire episode on the period from 1783 up through the Constitutional Convention, including covereage/or at least mention of Shay's Rebellion, the Articles of Confederation and social & economic developments in the country. Yes, most of the 6 part DVD set is devoted to the military aspects of the war, but these first and last episodes are worth the price of the whole set in my estimation. And besides those episodes, just pick your favorite periods of the actual war to show in class---there's more to pick from than you can possibly use. This beats the History Channel's American Revolution in quality by a far margin. I agree with those who say this is the best PBS product I've ever seen. And this is good for probably grades 8-12.
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Michael Charles
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 29, 2021
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Liberty is now a few years old but the analysis and commentary are excellent. It is a balanced view of what is perhaps Britain's greatest ever blunder - the totally unnecessary loss of a pretty loyal set of Britons who chose to live on another continent. That's not to say that the colonists themselves were blameless but it was mainly the British who managed to mess it up step by silly step. I'd recommend this documentary to anyone who is interested in why Britain lost a huge chunk of North America having spent the previous century desperately working to conquer it. We still do not understand the psychology of the situation but I believe that much of any future analysis would have to dwell on the origins of the settlers - generally people who found it impossible for one reason or another to live in Britain - and the inability of Britain's rulers to conceive of a more collaborative, cooperative system. It's a great series and well worth the time you'd invest in it.
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William Berry
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Canada on January 11, 2017
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