Post by the Scribe on Apr 22, 2021 12:59:57 GMT
The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a 1996 television documentary miniseries about the American Old West. It was directed by Stephen Ives and featured Ken Burns as executive producer. It was first broadcast on PBS on eight consecutive nights from September 15 to 22, 1996.
Stephen Ives and Ken Burns had worked together on several previous series, including The Civil War (1990) and Baseball (1994). In 1988, Ives created his own production company, Insignia Films, and began working on The West as director, with Burns signed on to the project as executive producer. In order to create The West, the film crew traveled over 100,000 miles (160,000 km) via airplane, conducted 72 interviews, visited 74 archives and collections, and filmed more than 250 hours of footage. Research consultants included Peter E. Palmquist, independent research expert on photographs of the period. The film's production was funded by General Motors.
Notable interviewees included historians Stephen Ambrose, J. S. Holliday, and Richard White; novelists Maxine Hong Kingston and N. Scott Momaday; environmentalists and writers Terry Tempest Williams and Marc Reisner; and politicians Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Ann Richards, Stewart Udall, and Ralph Yarborough.
Many notable actors lent their voices to The West, including Adam Arkin, Matthew Broderick, Ossie Davis, Keith Carradine, John Lithgow, Mary Stuart Masterson, Blythe Danner, the famous playwright Arthur Miller, and Jimmy Smits. The film's narrator, Peter Coyote, later also narrated Burns' documentary films The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009), The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014), The Vietnam War (2017), The Mayo Clinic: Faith--Hope--Science (2018), and Country Music (2019).
Original airing
The West premiered on September 15, 1996, on PBS. The series was split into episodes, with one episode being aired each night for eight consecutive nights. Episodes were cut to about 90 minutes each in length, for a total length of over 12 hours for the entire series. The final episode aired on September 22, 1996.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_West_(miniseries)
The West director Stephen Ives:
Linda is singing in the background during the documentary of The West. Her segments were recorded in her living room. "Linda was very gracious, and we did an interview about her upbringing and her thoughts about the history of the West. She recorded a few songs, and that was it. Sorry to say that the original material is part of a massive archive from the 12 1/2 hour series, and getting access to it is not possible. "
The West Ep7 Linda Duet(wmv, 480x360, 7MB)
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The West Ep7 Linda Duet(mp3, 2MB)
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Linda is singing in the background during the documentary of The West. Her segments were recorded in her living room. "Linda was very gracious, and we did an interview about her upbringing and her thoughts about the history of the West. She recorded a few songs, and that was it. Sorry to say that the original material is part of a massive archive from the 12 1/2 hour series, and getting access to it is not possible. "
The West Ep7 Linda Duet(wmv, 480x360, 7MB)
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The West Ep7 Linda Duet(mp3, 2MB)
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from Stephen Ives, who made "The West"
"It is Linda. We recorded it in her living room. The other member of the duet was a guy whose name escapes me, who seemed to be her regular guitarist. Not sure what the song is, and I am afraid what records I would have about it are buried. Wish I could be more help. You have a good ear. I wish I could give you a good long story, but it was almost 20 years ago, and there isn't much to tell. Linda was very gracious, and we did an interview about her upbringing and her thoughts about the history of the West. She recorded a few songs, and that was it. Sorry to say that the original material is part of a massive archive from the 12 1/2 hour series, and getting access to it is not possible. "
"It is Linda. We recorded it in her living room. The other member of the duet was a guy whose name escapes me, who seemed to be her regular guitarist. Not sure what the song is, and I am afraid what records I would have about it are buried. Wish I could be more help. You have a good ear. I wish I could give you a good long story, but it was almost 20 years ago, and there isn't much to tell. Linda was very gracious, and we did an interview about her upbringing and her thoughts about the history of the West. She recorded a few songs, and that was it. Sorry to say that the original material is part of a massive archive from the 12 1/2 hour series, and getting access to it is not possible. "
Amazing to think that he sat down in Linda's living room to discuss her life and what she knew about the West, and her family's place / history in the Southwest. And then she graciously sang songs in her living room. Sounds like a dream evening to be invited into Linda's living room and a) to have her sing; and b) to be allowed to record her doing so. Does not surprise me that she would be so gracious.
Mr. Ives' latest project about General Custer aired on PBS on Jan 17th, but can be seen online here:
www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/custer/player/