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The Civil War Returns to Maryland Public Television
September 22nd at 8:00pm
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"You can't look at history from the safe position
of hindsight. One must realize that history is here, right now, influencing
us every day."
— Ken Burns, filmmaker
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When The Civil War, a film by Ken Burns originally
premiered in September 1990, the response was phenomenal and the series
became a national viewing event. The Civil War remains the highest-rated
program in PBS history.
Beginning September 22, 2002, twelve years after the film
premiered, Maryland Public Television will rebroadcast this landmark series
in its entirety, complete with digitally remastered images and audio. In
addition, the updated version will include a new introduction by filmmaker
Ken Burns, as well as special interviews with Shelby Foote, Stanley Crouch,
George Will, musicians Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, among others, and new
behind-the-scenes material, including a side-by-side demonstration of the
remastered footage.
Technology has evolved significantly since The Civil
War was originally mastered for broadcast and video viewing, so Ken
Burns decided that before the film would be re-released, the film should
be updated, taking advantage of new film-transfer, color-correction and
audio mixing techniques. Every frame has been digitized and the sound remixed
in stereo.
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The content of The Civil War has not
been altered at all. But we believe the digital re-mastering process has
created a film that will feel like a brand new, richly textured, and more
enveloping viewing experience -- one that will hopefully only deepen the
viewer's emotional response to this crucial turning point in our nation's
history.
— Paul Barnes, Post-Production Supervisor,
Florentine Films
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