The National Parks: America's Best Idea
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| Written by | Dayton Duncan |
| Directed by | Ken Burns |
| Starring | Tom Hanks, Andy García, Josh Lucas, Eli Wallach, Campbell Scott, Sam Waterston, John Lithgow, George Takei, Philip Bosco, Carolyn McCormick, Adam Arkin, and Kevin Conway. |
| Narrated by | Peter Coyote |
| Country of origin | United States |
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| Producer(s) | Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan |
| Running time | 12 hours |
| Distributor | Public Broadcasting Service |
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| Original release | September 27, 2009 |
The National Parks: America's Best Idea is a 2009 documentary film for television, DVD and companion book () by director/producer Ken Burns and producer/writer Dayton Duncan which features the United States National Park system and traces the system's history. The series won two 2010 Emmy Awards for outstanding writing in episode 2 "The Last Refuge", and for outstanding non-fiction series.
Peter Coyote is the narrator of all episodes, with first-person voices supplied by Adam Arkin, Philip Bosco, Kevin Conway, Andy García, Tom Hanks, Derek Jacobi, Clay Jenkinson, John Lithgow, Josh Lucas, Carolyn McCormick, Campbell Scott, George Takei, Eli Wallach and Sam Waterston.Shelton Johnson, a National Park ranger, was a surprising hit.
Some foreign releases of the series – notably Australia – have separated it into 12 one hour-long episodes.
The film was previewed in a seven-minute segment at the end of the fourth episode of Burns's 2007 PBS documentary, The War. The first two-hour segment premiered at the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College on April 17, 2009. Episodes debuted daily, beginning Sunday September 27 to Friday October 2, with full episodes online the following day.
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