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Baseball

A Film by Ken Burns - Nine Inning Boxed Set (10-DVD)

Director: Ken Burns
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Format: DVD

Genre: Sports & Recreation

Average Customer Rating: Rating 5.0
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DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada
10-Disc Boxed Set - Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Stereo - English
  • Subtitles - English - Closed Captioned

Discs 1-9: BASEBALL: A FILM BY KEN BURNS - NINE INNING BOXED SET

Interactive Features:

  • Games - Trivia
  • Pop-Ups - 1. Player Stats
                   2. Timeline
  • Scene Selection

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Biographies - Electronic Baseball Cards

Disc 10: BASEBALL: A FILM BY KEN BURNS - NINE INNING BOXED SET - Supplemental Material

    Additional Release Material:

    • Behind the Scenes - "The Making of BASEBALL"
    • Interviews - Cast, Crew Including Ken Burns - Director; Bob Costas, Yogi Berra - Voices (The Charlie Rose Show)

    Text/Photo Galleries:

    • Additional Text - Major League Baseball Team Statistics

Entertainment Reviews:

Chicago Sun-Times - 09/15/1994

"...BASEBALL contemplates the game as a profound and evolving metaphor for the American experience..."

Product Description:

BASEBALL: A FILM BY KEN BURNS--NINE INNING SET is the complete nine-volume PBS documentary on the history of baseball in America from the country's preeminent documentarian, Ken Burns (THE CIVIL WAR). Each individual title, or inning, is available separately; they are OUR GAME, SOMETHING LIKE A WAR, THE FAITH OF 50 MILLION PEOPLE, A NATIONAL HEIRLOOM, SHADOW BALL, THE NATIONAL PASTIME, THE CAPITAL OF BASEBALL, A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME, and HOME. Each set is a fascinating examination of the history of the game, told through the eyes of those who played it, those who watched it, those who wrote about it, and those who dreamed about playing it.

Plot Synopsis:

Ken Burns' 9-volume documentary on America's favorite sport, its century and a half history, as well as its impact on America and Americans.

Plot Keywords:

Documentary | Sports

Production Notes:

  • Originally aired on PBS, September 18-22 and September 25-28, 1994.
  • "Baseball" is 18 hours, 27 minutes long, divided into nine segments, or "Innings." The set comes with collectible baseball cards.
  • Each Inning is available separately. See the individual titles for more information:
    First Inning: "Our Game"
    Second Inning: "Something Like a War"
    Third Inning: "The Faith of 50 Million People"
    Fourth Inning: "A National Heirloom"
    Fifth Inning: "Shadow Ball"
    Sixth Inning: "The National Pastime"
    Seventh Inning: "The Capital of Baseball"
    Eighth Inning: "A Whole New Ballgame"
    Ninth Inning: "Home" with "Extra Innings"
  • Copyright 1994 The Baseball Film Project, Inc. "Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns" is a trademark of baseball Licensing International, Inc., 1994.

Cast and Crew:

Directed by Ken Burns
Screenwriting by Ken Burns & Geoffrey C. Ward
Voice John Chancellor

DVD Details:

  • Label: Pbs Paramount
  • Originally Released in: 1994
  • Number of Discs: 10
  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 22 hours, 56 minutes
  • Video: Black & White / Color
  • Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
  • Release Date: September 28, 2004
  • OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 38,481
  • Item UPC: 841887051262
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 10 item(s) for International Shipping.

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