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The Men Who Built America [Blu-ray]
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Genre | Special Interests/History |
Format | Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen |
Contributor | Isaiah Washington, David Hillary, Barry Brooker, Ash R. Shah |
Language | English |
Runtime | 9 hours and 12 minutes |
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Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, Ford THE MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The Men Who Built America mini-series shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen. THE MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA is the story of a nation at the crossroads and of the people who catapulted it to prosperity.
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The Men Who Built America were quite a quintet. Cornelius Vanderbilt, who had already made a fortune in ships, saw which way the wind was blowing, invested in railroads, and became the richest man in America. John D. Rockefeller revolutionized the oil business, from refining to delivery, with Standard Oil. Andrew Carnegie was the first great steel magnate. J.P. Morgan controlled the electricity market, consolidated the steel industry after Carnegie, and was "the creator of modern finance," while Henry Ford constructed the automobile assembly line and made cars affordable to everyone. But these were not merely brilliant entrepreneurs, visionaries who had great ideas and the will and wherewithal to see them through to fruition, in the process helping America emerge from the ruins of the Civil War and become the greatest nation on Earth in just a few short decades. The way this History Channel production tells it, with its bluesy theme music, emphasis on dramatically re-created Big Moments, and generally overheated POV (a challenge from a competitor is nothing less than "a declaration of war"), Vanderbilt et al. were outlaws and rock stars, tough, macho men who strode the Earth like colossi, crushing lesser beings with their ingenuity, acumen, and very large piles of money. Indeed, although it has some typical documentary elements (like occasional use of file footage and photos), The Men Who Built America is really more of a docudrama; the characters are all portrayed by actors (none of them household names, except maybe in their own homes) mouthing scripted dialogue; and while there are a few historians, academics, and biographers on hand, most of the people who offer their modern-day insights are celebrity business figures like Donald Trump, Mark Cuban, Steve Wynn, Ted Turner, Charles Schwab, and Carly Fiorina. This is not a bad thing. The style takes some getting used to, but in the end, the eight-episode miniseries is both entertaining and enlightening, providing information about such events as the financial panic of 1873, how the refinement of oil into kerosene brought light into Americans' homes, the role played by Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Morgan in the election of President William McKinley in 1896, and the efforts of reformers like William Jennings Bryan and Theodore Roosevelt to put an end to the vast monopolies they'd created. --Sam Graham
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.24 ounces
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Run time : 9 hours and 12 minutes
- Release date : January 22, 2013
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish
- Producers : David Hillary, Ash R. Shah, Isaiah Washington, Barry Brooker
- Studio : Lionsgate
- ASIN : B00A2XTJI4
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #62,292 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #20,452 in Blu-ray
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Added to the story reenactments are comments from historians H. W. Brands, David Nasaw, Maury Klein., Steven Watts, and Jill Jonnes. In addition, historical “color” frosting comes from such celebrity business people as Mark Cuban, Alan Greenspan, Steve Case, T. Boone Pickens, Carly Fiorina, Jerry Weintraub, Steve Wynn, Richard Parsons, Jack Welch, Donny Deutsch, Ron Perelman, Jim Cramer, and Donald Trump. The ability with 20/20 hindsight to mull over the 2012 strategic insight comments of this second group as to where their reputations have since gone is almost worth the watch, in and of itself!
The series segments are as follows: Disc 1 (A New War Beings. Oil Strike. A Rivalry is Born.) Disc 2 (Blood is Spilled. A New Rival Emerges. Owning It All.) Disc 3 (Taking the White House. The New Machine.) Bonus Footage (not seen on TV): From Rich to Richer. The American Dream. Monopoly. Competitive Nature. The Every Man. The Rise of Cornelius Vanderbilt. Traits of a Titan. Carnegie.
If “The Men Who Build America” has a problem, it is that it is essentially the collection of programs within the TV miniseries. This means about 20% of the material is back-grounding, stage-setting reintroduction of a previous program’s happenings. All of this makes sense when a program is presented on TV maybe a week after the previous program. However, even lightly retreading old ground soon becomes a bit annoying when watching the programs back to back on a DVD.
Bottom-line, I really enjoyed learning about these historical figures in a way that showed their interplay and how each one affected, reacted to, and built upon the success of others, with illuminating sketches of individual character and business strategy. From my own experience in reading about these business titans, this integrated approach is relatively unique and helps put into better perspective how America was built. Highly recommended!
Of possible interest: George Washington’s Liberty Key: Mount Vernon’s Bastille Key – the Mystery and Magic of Its Body, Mind, and Soul , a best-seller at Mount Vernon. “Character is Key for Liberty!” and
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It would be better if they weren't constantly recapping after what would have been a commercial break, then a few minutes of new information, then a few more minutes of trying to tantalize you to stick around through the commercial break. That's fine for TV, but not when you're paying to not have commercials.
Morgan bought out Carnegie steel to merge other smaller steel companies into U.S. Steel and he created General Electric and finally personally intervened to safe the U.S. Banking system twice: 1893 and 1907.
Finally, Mr. Ford comes along to re create the business model upon which most factories are based to this day. Ford also modified the negative business practices used by Rockefeller and Carnegie when he paid Ford workers a living wage and provided relatively safe working conditions for them and defeated in court the monopoly which tried to stop him from making his model T car.
The nation owes these five men who built modern America ( 1865 to 1911) much. Some liberal historians term them "Robber barons." But that is a false smear on their reputations. Their actions collectively improved the daily living standards of a majority of American citizens and led to the creation of the "middle class." There are cameo appearances by Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina.
I urge every member of Congress, state legislator, governor, mayor and voting citizen to view this tape in order to appreciate where we came from.
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It's a must own to be able to reference history.