Ken Burns is taking on World War II in his upcoming mini-series,
The War. The documentary includes the involvement of Tom Hanks, Adam Arkin, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Wahlberg, Eli Wallach, and narrator Keith David. According to
the official site, the show is planned to air starting September 23rd on PBS (be sure to catch the teaser video at that site).
PBS and Paramount Home Entertainment have announced this morning that the DVDs of Ken Burns'
The War will be in stores on
October 2nd. No pricing information, details, or box art was available, except for this description of the program:
The War will be a seven - episode series, produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, that will examine the myriad ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America. By telling the stories of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns – Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and the tiny farming town of Luverne, Minnesota – the series will portray this enormous worldwide catastrophe on an intimate, human scale. The War will intertwine vivid eyewitness accounts of the harrowing realities of life on the front lines with reminiscences of Americans who never left their home towns, and who tried their best to carry on with the business of daily life while their fathers and brothers and sons were overseas. The film will honor and celebrate the bravery, endurance, and sacrifice, of the generation of Americans who lived through what will always be known simply as The War.
The seven episodes will run two hours each, for a total of 14 hours. Stay tuned and we'll update you further with cover art, and any further information we find.
UPDATE: We now have box art for this release:
