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The plot against America / created by David Simon & Ed Burns ; RK Films ; Annapurna Television ; Blown Deadline Productions ; a presentation of Home Box Office. , United States - 2 videodiscs (366 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Title from disc surface. Originally broadcast as a television mini-series. "An HBO limited series." Based on the novel by Philip Roth. Wide screen. Special features: behind-the-scenes look with the cast and crews ; "Why plot now?", the creators discuss the timing of this project.

Disc 1: Part 1-3 -- Disc 2: Part 4-6.

Winona Ryder, Anthony Boyle, Zoe Kazan, Morgan Spector, Michael Kostroff, David Krumholtz, Azhy Robertson, Caleb Malis, Jacob Laval, John Turturro, Ben Cole.

The Levins are a working-class Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey in an Alternate America during WWII, observing the political rise of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, a xenophobic populist who captures the presidency in 1940 and turns the nation toward fascism.

Rating: Not rated.


DVD, wide screen 16x9; Dolby digital 5.1.


English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Standard No.: 883929723003

Publisher. No.: 1000776943 HBO

Subjects--Personal Names:
Lindbergh, Charles A. 1902-1974 --Drama.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Presidents--United States--Drama.
Presidents--Election--Drama.
Jews--United States--Drama.
Jewish families--Drama.
Antisemitism--Drama.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Newark (N.J.)--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Television mini-series.
Alternative histories (Television programs)
Political television programs.
Fiction television programs.
Television adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.