LIBERTY! is an exuberant documentary about the American Revolution and our fight for freedom. This critically acclaimed six-hour series chronicles the events leading up to the declaration of war, and the lasting effects these events had on shaping our country today. This series features dramatic readings from letters and diaries of the period and live-action recreations. Featured actors include: Tony Award-winning actors Roger Rees (Nicholas Nickleby, Cheers), Campbell Scott (Dying Young, Big Night), Terrence Mann (Broadway's Beauty and the Beast), and Tony Award winning actress Donna Murphy (The King and I). Disc One The Reluctant Revolutionaries Blows Must Decide Disc Two The Times That Try Men's Souls Oh, Fatal Ambition Disc Three The World Turn Upside Down Are We To Be A Nation?

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Liberty - The American Revolution (1997)

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War/Television/Documentary/Family · 6h 0m · 11/18/2003

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LIBERTY! is an exuberant documentary about the American Revolution and our fight for freedom. This critically acclaimed six-hour series chronicles the events leading up to the declaration of war, and the lasting effects these events had on shaping our country today. This series features dramatic readings from letters and diaries of the period and live-action recreations. Featured actors include: Tony Award-winning actors Roger Rees (Nicholas Nickleby, Cheers), Campbell Scott (Dying Young, Big Night), Terrence Mann (Broadway's Beauty and the Beast), and Tony Award winning actress Donna Murphy (The King and I). Disc One The Reluctant Revolutionaries Blows Must Decide Disc Two The Times That Try Men's Souls Oh, Fatal Ambition Disc Three The World Turn Upside Down Are We To Be A Nation?

Release Country

United States

Barcode

794054901023

Release Date

11/18/2003

Studio

PBS DVD Video

Video Format

NTSC

Aspect Ratio

1.33:1

Discs

Cast
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Jane Adams

Sara Scott (6 episodes, 1997)
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Peter Donaldson

John Adams (6 episodes, 1997)
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Colm Feore

Alexander Hamilton (6 episodes, 1997)
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Victor Garber

John Dickinson (6 episodes, 1997)
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Anthony Heald

Philip Vickers Fithian (6 episodes, 1997)
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Alex Jennings

King George III (6 episodes, 1997)
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Mel Johnson Jr.

Jehu Grant (6 episodes, 1997)
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Stephen Lang

George Washington (6 episodes, 1997)
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Terrence Mann

General John Burgoyne (6 episodes, 1997)
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Jefferson Mays

James Madison (6 episodes, 1997)
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Donna Murphy

Abigail Adams (6 episodes, 1997)
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Remak Ramsay

Thomas Hutchinson (6 episodes, 1997)
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Forrest Sawyer

Himself - Host (6 episodes, 1997)
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Paxton Whitehead

Horace Walpole (6 episodes, 1997)
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Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Luke-Slave (6 episodes, 1997)
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Philip Bosco

Benjamin Franklin (5 episodes, 1997)
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Edward Herrmann

Narrator (5 episodes, 1997)
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Roger Rees

Thomas Paine (5 episodes, 1997)
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Campbell Scott

Thomas Jefferson (5 episodes, 1997)
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Joris Stuyck

Johann Ewald (5 episodes, 1997)
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Jake Weber

Gentleman / ... (5 episodes, 1997)
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JD Cullum

Nicholas Cresswell (4 episodes, 1997)
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Daniel Gerroll

General Charles Cornwallis (4 episodes, 1997)
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Philip Seymour Hoffman

Joseph Plumb Martin (4 episodes, 1997)
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Byron Jennings

John Hancock (4 episodes, 1997)
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Roberta Maxwell

Mercy Otis Warren (4 episodes, 1997)
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James Naughton

Patrick Henry (4 episodes, 1997)
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Jamison Selby

Southern Patriot (4 episodes, 1997)
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Francie Swift

Baroness von Riedesel (4 episodes, 1997)
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Stephen Temperley

Hector de Crevecoeur (4 episodes, 1997)
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Steve Zahn

American Sergeant (4 episodes, 1997)
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Simon Jones

Ambrose Serle (3 episodes, 1997)
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Mark Letheren

British Soldier (3 episodes, 1997)
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Neil Maffin

Anti-Federalist / ... (3 episodes, 1997)
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Kali Rocha

Eliza Wilkinson (3 episodes, 1997)
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Douglas Weston

Sir George Collier (2 episodes, 1997)
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Multiple

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Liberty! The American Revolution

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6/29/2004

Disc Title Front Cover

Liberty! The American Revolution

(DVD)

6/29/2004

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