American Masters: Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women - DVD + Book $45.95

Shot in HD, and using animation and digital effects as well as docudrama, this is the first biography of this American icon. Louisa May Alcott was her own best character, and her life was dramatic, funny, surprising, and mysterious enough for several novels. The award winning documentary traces her struggle from poverty to wealth and celebrity and the lifelong conflict between her powerful desires and her family's powerful needs.

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Country Of Origin : United States

American Masters: Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women DVD

Shot in HD, and using animation and digital effects as well as docudrama, this is the first biography of this American icon. Louisa May Alcott was her own best character, and her life was dramatic, funny, surprising, and mysterious enough for several novels. The award winning documentary traces her struggle from poverty to wealth and celebrity and the lifelong conflict between her powerful desires and her family's powerful needs.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 84 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-PG
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

American Masters: Julia! America's Favorite Chef DVD

The life and legacy of Julia Child is remembered and celebrated in this special AMERICAN MASTERS program. Child is fondly remembered for introducing French cuisine to American home cooks through her television series - beginning with WGBH's "The French Chef" in 1963 - and books. Julia was a pioneer in public television's long tradition of cooking programs, revolutionizing the way America cooks, eats and thinks about food.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: No
Production Year: 2004
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Subtitles: No
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

American Masters: Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes DVD

America's foremost humorist and commentator, Garrison Keillor takes his skits and jokes, music and monologues across the country in his traveling radio show, spinning his stories into American gold. This freeform, intimate look at the private man in the public spotlight goes behind the scenes of America's most popular radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, and inside the imagination of the man who created it.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2008
Length: 86 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-PG
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

American Masters: Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts DVD

In 2005, award-winning director Scott Hicks began shooting a documentary about the legendary composer Philip Glass. For 18 months, Scott followed the legendary composer across three continents allowing unprecedented access to Glass's working process, providing a unique glimpse behind the curtain into the life of a surprising and complex man, creating a remarkable portrait of one of the greatest artists of all time.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2007
Length: 119 minutes on 2 Discs
Subtitles: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

American Masters: Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About DVD

No one disputes the place that Jerome Robbins holds as the pre-eminent director/choreographer of American musical theater, universally respected for his unparalleled artistry. He transformed Broadway with shows such as West Side Story, Gypsy and Fiddler on the Roof while forging a career in ballet, first at American Ballet Theatre, then at New York City Ballet. The program features excerpts from Robbins' work and interviews with colleagues.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2008
Length: 120 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-PG
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

American Masters: Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens DVD

Take a peek into the illustrious career of one of today's most prolific photographers, Annie Leibovitz. The film directed by her sister, Barbara Leibovitz, depicts the various phases that shaped her life while tracing her photographic life producing some of today's most recognizable and iconic photos. The film was broadcasted as part of PBS's award-winning series, American Masters, as the finale for its 20th Anniversary season.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2006
Length: 90 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-PG
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

American Masters: Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends 2PK DVD

Clint Eastwood presents a documentary on the extraordinary career of one of music's greats: Tony Bennett. The film weaves archival footage with contemporary clips of Bennett performing live throughout his career including interviews with celebrities reminiscing about their favorite moments with the legendary singer.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2007
Length: 90 minutes on 2 Discs
Rating: TV-PG
Closed Captioned: No
Subtitles: No
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

American Masters: Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home DVD

Every American who has listened to the radio knows Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land." The music of the folk singer/songwriter has been recorded by everyone from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to U2. Originally blowing out of the Dust Bowl in Depression-era America, he blended vernacular, rural music and populism to give voice to millions of downtrodden citizens. Guthrie's music was politically leftist, uniquely patriotic and always inspirational.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2007
Length: 90 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-PG
Closed Captioned: Yes
Subtitles: No
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

American Masters: Les Paul: Chasing Sound! DVD

Truly an American icon, musical legend Les Paul has held center stage since the 1920s. Winner of two Grammy awards at age 90, and still a weekly performer at New York's Iridium Jazz Club, Paul never ceases to amaze, whether as a musician, inventor of a solid-body electric guitar, or architect of rock'n'roll. AMERICAN MASTERS profiles the illustrious Paul at 92 that include interviews with admirers B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Merle Haggard and more.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2007
Length: 90 minutes on 1 Disc
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

American Masters: Atlantic Records: The House that Ahmet Built DVD

For the last half-century, Ahmet Ertegun was hip-deep in R&B and rock and roll. Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built follows Ertegun's remarkable career and its impact on the evolution of the world's most popular musical genre while offering an insider's look at the recording industry, from its infancy to today. The film is narrated by award-winning singer/actress Bette Midler.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2007
Length: 120 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-PG+L
Closed Captioned: No
Subtitles: No
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

American Masters: Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film DVD

Winner of the Peabody Award! No artist in the second half of the 20th century was more famous, or misunderstood, than Andy Warhol. This film explores his astonishing output from the late 1940s to his death in 1987. Obsessed with the desire to transcend his origins, Warhol grasped the realities of modern society and became the high priest of one of the most radical experiments in American culture, penetrating the barrier between art and commerce.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2006
Length: 240 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Subtitles: No
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

American Masters: Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea DVD

More than 40 years after his death, Hemingway is one of the most widely read and written about American authors. Many of his works are still in print, some in as many as 20 languages, including A Farewell to Arms, The Sun Also Rises and For Whom the Bell Tolls. It is the art of Hemingway's story telling that forms the heart of this film, the point of departure from which Hemingway's work is uniquely explored.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2005
Length: 90 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Subtitles: No
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

American Masters: Willa Cather: The Road Is All DVD

In 1883, the young Cather was plucked from her luxurious home in Virginia and dropped into the tall grass prairies of Nebraska, an experience that exhilarated her and became the force behind all of her great novels - O Pioneer, My Antonia, Death Comes for the Archbishop and the Pulitzer Prize winning One of Ours. She has been a great inspiration to women writers and women readers, rediscovered in every decade for the past 100 years.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2005
Length: 90 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Subtitles: No
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

American Masters: Bob Dylan: No Direction Home DVD, Book, & CD Hardcover Save $5

Winner of a 2007 Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award for broadcast journalism, Martin Scorsese's two-part documentary recounts five years in the life of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, whose songs have endured since the early 1960s. The Minnesota native talks openly about his early career (1961-66) in this American Masters presentation, featuring never-before seen footage of his performances and interviews with fellow artists and musicians.

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Color: No
Stereo: No
Closed Captioned: No
Subtitles: No
Country Of Origin : United States

American Masters: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack CD Bootleg VOL. 7

This 2 CD set is comprised of rare and unreleased recordings from 1961-1966, as well as revelatory, alternate takes on classic tracks that were unearthed during the making of the film Bob Dylan: No Direction Home directed by Martin Scorsese. Also included is an extensive booklet with previously unpublished photos, memorabilia and newly commissioned liner notes.

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Production Year: 2005
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United Arab Emirates

The Bob Dylan Scrapbook: 1956 - 1966 - Hardcover Book

Born Robert Alan Zimmerman, his fans will forever know him as Bob Dylan, enigmatic musical poet, defining a new pop culture with "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Like a Rolling Stone." This unique interactive biography of a pivotal Dylan decade offers archival photographs and song lyrics, plus materials from Martin Scorsese's documentary. The CD includes interviews and his groundbreaking 1965 performance at Newport.

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Production Year: 2005
Country Of Origin : United States

American Masters: Bob Dylan: No Direction Home DVD

Winner of a 2007 Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award for broadcast journalism, Martin Scorsese's two-part documentary recounts five years in the life of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, whose songs have endured since the early 1960s. The Minnesota native talks openly about his early career (1961-66) in this American Masters presentation, featuring never-before seen footage of his performances and interviews with fellow artists and musicians.

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Color: No
Stereo: No
Production Year: 2005
Length: 240 minutes on 2 Discs
Closed Captioned: No
Subtitles: No
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

American Masters: Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice DVD

This Grammy Award-winning, all-women, African-American a capella group has been spreading joy, hope, and inspiration through harmonious performances for the past 30 years. Capturing the complex sounds of spirituals, gospel hymns, African chants, and jazz, six accomplished singers combine their voices in heartfelt song. Rooted in the Civil Rights movement, Sweet Honey's music is stepped in the call for justice and messages of respect and peace.

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Production Year: 2005
Length: 90 minutes on 1 Disc
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : Germany

American Masters: Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues DVD

Honky Tonk Blues recovers Hank Williams from the legend. Using never before seen footage, photos and audio of Williams and featuring interviews with many friends and family who have never spoken on camera before, Honky Tonk Blues tells the story of Hank Williams' rise and fall in full, vivid detail. Director's Cut includes over 30 extra minutes plus 15 minutes of bonus features.

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Color: No
Stereo: No
Production Year: 2004
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: No
Subtitles: No
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

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American Masters: Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women - DVD + Book $45.95

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American Masters: Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women DVD

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American Masters: Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes DVD

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American Masters: Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts DVD

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American Masters: Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About DVD

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American Masters: Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens DVD

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American Masters: Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends 2PK DVD

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American Masters: Les Paul: Chasing Sound! DVD

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American Masters: Atlantic Records: The House that Ahmet Built DVD

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American Masters: Willa Cather: The Road Is All DVD

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American Masters: Bob Dylan: No Direction Home DVD, Book, & CD Hardcover Save $5

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American Masters: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack CD Bootleg VOL. 7

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The Bob Dylan Scrapbook: 1956 - 1966 - Hardcover Book

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American Masters: Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice DVD

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