Liberty! The American Revolution
| Liberty! The American Revolution | |
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| Directed by | Ellen Hovde Muffie Meyer |
| Produced by | Ellen Hovde Muffie Meyer |
| Written by | Ronald Blumer |
| Music by | Richard Einhorn |
| Cinematography |
James Brown |
| Edited by |
Eric Davies |
| Distributed by | Public Broadcasting Service |
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Release date
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November 23, 1997-November 25, 1997 |
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Running time
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360 minutes |
| Language | English |
James Brown
Robert Elfstrom
Boyd Estus
Tom Hurwitz
Joel Shapiro
Eric Davies
Donna Marino
Liberty! The American Revolution is a six-hour documentary miniseries about the Revolutionary War, and the instigating factors, that brought about the United States' independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. It was first broadcast on the Public Broadcasting System in 1997.
The series consists of six hour-long episodes. Each episode is introduced by Forrest Sawyer and narrated by Edward Herrmann. Period photographs and location filming are intercut with stage and screen actors in appropriate period costume reading as figures of the time, including Campbell Scott (Thomas Jefferson), Philip Bosco (Benjamin Franklin), Victor Garber (John Dickinson), Alex Jennings (King George III), Roger Rees (Thomas Paine), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Joseph Plumb Martin), Terrence Mann (Gen. John Burgoyne), Colm Feore (Alexander Hamilton), Sebastian Roché (The Marquis de Lafayette), Donna Murphy (Abigail Adams), Austin Pendleton (Benjamin Rush) and Peter Donaldson (John Adams). Stephen Lang read the words of George Washington, but is not seen on camera.
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