The Statue of Liberty (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Statue of Liberty
| image = The Statue of Liberty FilmPoster.jpeg
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| director = Ken Burns
| producer = {{ubl|Ken Burns|Buddy Squires {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLih_JWJ8d4 |title=Broken Rainbow Wins Documentary Feature: 1986 Oscars |access-date=2018-09-20 |archive-date=2018-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003073614/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLih_JWJ8d4 |url-status=live }}}}
| writer = {{ubl|Geoffrey C. Ward|Bernard Weisberger}}
| narrator = David McCullough
| starring =
| music =
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| editing = Buddy Squires
| distributor = PBS
| released = {{Film date|1985|10|28}}
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
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The Statue of Liberty is a 1985 American documentary film on the history of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World). It was produced and directed by Ken Burns.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/12/watching/ken-burns-documentaries-where-to-watch.html |title=Where to Stream 11 Essential Ken Burns Documentaries - NYT Watching |access-date=2024-07-02 |archive-date=2023-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109200117/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/12/watching/ken-burns-documentaries-where-to-watch.html |url-status=live }} The film, which first aired in October 1985, was narrated by historian David McCullough.{{Cite web |url=https://video.unctv.org/show/statue-liberty/ |title=UNC-TV |access-date=2024-07-02 |archive-date=2020-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030105410/https://video.unctv.org/show/statue-liberty/ |url-status=live }}
Contributors
The film includes readings by Jeremy Irons and Arthur Miller, among others.{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/ken-burns-american-stories--the-statue-of-liberty-v46730/cast-crew |title=Ken Burns American Stories: The Statue of Liberty (1985) - Ken Burns{{!}}Cast and Crew{{!}}AllMovie |access-date=2024-07-02 |archive-date=2019-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030141920/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/ken-burns-american-stories--the-statue-of-liberty-v46730/cast-crew |url-status=live }} McCullough, then-New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, former congresswoman Barbara Jordan, director Miloš Forman, writers James Baldwin{{Cite web |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a32961901/ken-burns-confederate-statues-racist-video-statue-of-liberty/ |title=Ken Burns Explains How Confederate Statues and The Statue of Liberty Represent 'Myth, Not Fact' - Esquire |access-date=2024-07-02 |archive-date=2024-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118031512/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a32961901/ken-burns-confederate-statues-racist-video-statue-of-liberty/ |url-status=live }} and Jerzy Kosiński, historian Vartan Gregorian, musician Ray Charles, and poet Carolyn Forché are among those interviewed.
Paul Simon's 1973 song "American Tune" is heard at the beginning and end of the film.{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Ken-Burnss-America-Statue-Liberty/dp/B00006G8IM |title=Amazon.com |access-date=2018-09-20 |archive-date=2012-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129084935/http://www.amazon.com/Ken-Burnss-America-Statue-Liberty/dp/B00006G8IM? |url-status=live }} Also included are vintage clips dealing with the Statue of Liberty from the films The Immigrant (1917), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Anything Can Happen (1952), and Planet of the Apes (1968).
Accolades
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.{{Cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1986 |title=1986{{!}}Oscars.org |access-date=2024-07-02 |archive-date=2018-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417062047/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1986 |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
- [https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/statueofliberty/ Official site on PBS]
- [http://kenburns.com/films/statue-liberty-2/ The Statue of Liberty] at KenBurns.com
- {{IMDb title|0092011|The Statue of Liberty}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PbVEEnVvbs Ken Burns discusses his documentary on the Statue of Liberty - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG-YouTube]
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Category:1985 documentary films
Category:American documentary television films
Category:Films directed by Ken Burns
Category:Documentary films about New York City
Category:Documentary films about immigration to the United States