Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Hemingway / a Florentine Films production ; directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick, Ken Burns.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2021]

[Arlington, Virginia]: Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2021]

Description:

3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hr.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

Examine the visionary work and turbulent life of one of the greatest and most influential American writers: Ernest Hemingway. Intimate and insightful, the series weaves together Hemingway's biography with excerpts from his work. The film penetrates the myth of Hemingway to reveal a deeply troubled and ultimately tragic figure.

Target Audience Note:

TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-14.

Subjects:

Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.

Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.

Genre:

Biographical television programs.

Documentary television programs.

Television mini-series.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Burns, Ken, 1953- television director, television producer.

Novick, Lynn, television director, television producer.

Ward, Geoffrey C., screenwriter.

Botstein, Sarah, 1972- television producer.

Coyote, Peter, narrator.

Daniels, Jeff, 1955- voice actor.

Russell, Keri, 1976- voice actor.

Clarkson, Patricia, voice actor.

Quay, Dave, voice actor.

Gilliatt, Olivia, voice actor.

Parker, Mary-Louise, voice actor.

Streep, Meryl, voice actor.

Morton, Joe, 1947- voice actor.

Lucas, Josh, voice actor.

Hill, Arlo, voice actor.

Florentine Films, production company.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), broadcaster, publisher.

PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

Notes:

Originally broadcast as a three-part PBS documentary series in 2021.

"The man. The myth. The writer revealed"--Container.

Wide screen (16x9).

"SDH subtitles (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed-captions" --container.

Cinematographers, Christopher Loren Ewers, Buddy Squires ; editors, Erik Ewers, Ryan Gifford, Margaret Shepardson-Legere, Cat Harris ; music, Johnny Gandelsman, David Cieri.

Narrator, Peter Coyote; voice of Ernest Hemingway, Jeff Daniels; other voices, Keri Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Dave Quay, Olivia Gilliatt, Mary-Louise Parker, Meryl Streep, Joe Morton, Josh Lucas, Arlo Hill.

DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround (English) and 2.0 stereo (English and Spanish).

English and Spanish language tracks; optional Spanish subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).

Contents:

A writer (1899-1929) -- The avatar (1929-1944) -- The blank page (1944-1961).

ISBN:

9781531713218

1531713211

9781531713218 : DVD

1531713211 : DVD

Publisher Number:

KBEH600

Other Number:

1237769133

System Availability:

5

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

5

Control Number:

884057

# Local items in:

5

# System items in:

5

Call Number:

DVD BIO Hemingwa