TV Series · 2011
Prohibition
110 min · Documentary · Ended
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8.1
IMDb
8.2 / 10
3,711 votes
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7.9 / 10
53 votes
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Synopsis
The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the entire era it encompassed (1920-33). After nearly a century of activism, Prohibition was intended to improve the lives of all citizens by protecting individuals, families and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse; but paradoxically it made millions of people rethink their definition of morality.
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Cast
Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator (voice)
Daniel Okrent
Self - Author
Pete Hamill
Self - Historian
Noah Feldman
Self - Legal Scholar
Adam Arkin
Reader (voice)
Philip Bosco
Reader (voice)
Patricia Clarkson
Reader / Carrie Nation (voice)
Kevin Conway
Reader (voice)
Blythe Danner
Reader (voice)
Paul Giamatti
Reader / George Remus (voice)
Tom Hanks
Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice)
Jeremy Irons
Reader (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson
Reader (voice)
John Lithgow
Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)
Josh Lucas
Reader (voice)
Amy Madigan
Reader (voice)
Carolyn McCormick
Reader (voice)
Oliver Platt
Reader / Al Capone (voice)
Campbell Scott
Reader / F. Scott Fitzgerald (voice)
Frances Sternhagen
Reader (voice)
Crew
Camera
- Buddy Squires Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
- Maria Torfeld Makeup Artist
Directing
- Christopher Darling Assistant Director
Editing
- Erik Ewers Editor
- Ryan Gifford Editor
- Tricia Reidy Editor
Lighting
- Anthony Savini Gaffer
Production
- McKay McFadden Associate Producer
- Mike Welt Co-Producer
- Ken Burns Producer
- Lynn Novick Producer
- Karen Kenton Producer
- Sarah Botstein Producer
- Jean Lane Producer
- Ken Burns Executive Producer
Sound
- Wynton Marsalis Original Music Composer
- Robert Silverthorne Sound Recordist
- Dominick Tavella Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- John Zecca Sound Recordist
- Scott Harber Sound Recordist
- David Obermeyer Sound Recordist
- Wynton Marsalis Music Arranger
- Mark Roy Sound Recordist
- Doug Wamble Original Music Composer
- David Cieri Original Music Composer
Seasons & episodes
Miniseries (1 ep)
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3. A Nation of Hypocrites
Oct 4, 2011 · 107 min
The factors that led to the end of Prohibition. The criminalizing of alcohol feeds large profits into the coffers of criminal organizations and turns such gangsters as Al Capone into celebrities. Wealthy Pauline Sabin encourages the repeal of the 18th Amendment; and brings together women from all classes who support her position. The 21st Amendment, which repeals the 18th, is adopted after Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1932 election and by late 1933 people can again legally buy drinks.
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