The National Parks
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| The National Parks: America's Best Idea |
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| Directed by | Ken Burns |
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| Produced by | Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan[1] |
| Written by | Dayton Duncan |
| Narrated by | Peter Coyote |
| Starring | Voices of Tom Hanks, Andy Garcia, Josh Lucas, Eli Wallach, Campbell Scott, Sam Waterston, John Lithgow, George Takei, Philip Bosco, Carolyn McCormick, Adam Arkin, and Kevin Conway.[2] |
| Distributed by | Public Broadcasting Service |
| Release date(s) | Fall 2009[1] |
| Running time | 12 hours[1] |
| Country |  United States |
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This article is about an upcoming film. Details are likely to change as the release date approaches and more information becomes available. |
The National Parks: America's Best Idea is an upcoming 2009 documentary film for television by director/producer Ken Burns and producer/writer Dayton Duncan which features the United States National Park system and traces the system's history.[1] It is currently scheduled to air in fall 2009.[2]
The film was previewed in a seven-minute segment at the end of the fourth episode of Burns's 2007 PBS documentary, The War.[citation needed]
The first two-hour segment premiered at the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College on April 17, 2009.
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[edit] Cast
The film features Peter Coyote as narrator, with first-person voices supplied by Tom Hanks, Andy Garcia, Josh Lucas, Eli Wallach, Campbell Scott, Sam Waterston, John Lithgow, George Takei, Philip Bosco, Carolyn McCormick, Adam Arkin, and Kevin Conway.[2]
[edit] Funding
Funding for the documentary came from WETA, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and foundations such as
- The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
- Evelyn & Walter A. Haas, Jr. Fund
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- National Park Foundation
- The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- Park Foundation
and corporations such as Bank of America.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d PBS To Air Ken Burns’s The National Parks: America's Best Idea... a July 2008 press release from the PBS website
- ^ a b c About the film from the film's Public Broadcasting Service website
- ^ Official website from Public Broadcasting Service
[edit] External links
- Official website from Public Broadcasting Service
- Documentary trailer, Q&A with Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan from the National Park Foundation
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