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The Kennedys [videorecording] / a Muse Entertainment production in association with Asylum Entertainment ; producer, Jamie Paul Rock ; written by Stephen Kronish and Joel Surnow ; directed by Jon Cassar.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: NNVG243560 | Kennedys Production (Ontario), Inc.Publication details: [Toronto, Ont.?] : Kennedys Production (Ontario), inc., c2011.Description: 3 videodiscs (ca. 6 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
A father's great expectations -- Shared victories, private struggles -- Failed invasion, failed fidelity -- Broken promises and deadly barriers -- Moral issues and inner turmoil -- On the brink of war -- The countdown to tragedy -- The aftermath : a family's curse of misfortune and heartbreak.
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, David Moxness ; editors, David B. Thompson, Don Cassidy ; music, Sean Callery.
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Barry Pepper, Katie Holmes, Diana Hardcastle, Kristin Booth, Tom Wilkinson.Summary: Television miniseries chronicling the lives of the Kennedys during the 1960s. Dramatizes the scandal, tragedy, public greatness and private frailty of America's first "royal" family during one of the most momentous decades in history.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD DRAMA Kennedys Available 33111007879394
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This eight-part scripted miniseries offers an intimate look at the Kennedy family, chronicling the time Joseph Kennedy Sr. spent molding his sons into two of the most influential leaders in American history. The Kennedy sons would go on to play pivotal roles in major political events including the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs, and the Civil Rights movement, and find themselves in the midst of a variety of scandals and tragedies throughout the tumultuous 1960s. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

Originally broadcast on ReelzChannel in April 2011.

Special features: "The Kennedys : from story to film" featurette, with behind-the-scenes footage ; cast and crew interviews.

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A father's great expectations -- Shared victories, private struggles -- Failed invasion, failed fidelity -- Broken promises and deadly barriers -- Moral issues and inner turmoil -- On the brink of war -- The countdown to tragedy -- The aftermath : a family's curse of misfortune and heartbreak.

Director of photography, David Moxness ; editors, David B. Thompson, Don Cassidy ; music, Sean Callery.

Greg Kinnear, Barry Pepper, Katie Holmes, Diana Hardcastle, Kristin Booth, Tom Wilkinson.

Television miniseries chronicling the lives of the Kennedys during the 1960s. Dramatizes the scandal, tragedy, public greatness and private frailty of America's first "royal" family during one of the most momentous decades in history.

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