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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1992 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned |
| TYPE: | Documentary |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 794054880229 |
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Customer Reviews of The Donner Party
Hauntingly powerful You are there with the doomed members of the Donner Party as they migrate west to California, following a supposed shortcut promoted by a man who never actually traveled the path he spoke of. Trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains by the worst winter in decades, they must make a terrible choice if they are to survive. With contemporary photographs, journal entries and a haunting musical score, Ric Burns and PBS have created a powerful and disturbing true horror story which continues to resonate in the American consciousness more than 150 years after the events took place.
ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC TALES OF THE AMERICAN WEST
Like most people raised in the west I had heard the story of the Donner Party many times, though badly and inaccurately told. In fact, the Donner Party was in many cases the butt of many a bad joke rather than the historic and tragic story that should have been told.
I blundered onto the Burns' Donner Party documentary on my local PBS station and was immediately corrected of years of misconception.
Here is the story, not of a bunch of bumbling fools who planned things badly and suffered the consequences, but rather of a group of well-meaning pioneers who were doomed by the benighted vision of an enterprising fool named Lansford W. Hastings. Bad information led to bad decisions and ultimately to the most tragic of consequences.
A marvelous story of the indomitable human spirit and beautifully narrated by David McCulloch (author of Truman, John Adams), The Donner Party will be a haunting addition to the most complete western video collection. This one can absolutely not be missed.
Fascinating documentary
I too remember seeing this documentary on England's Channel 4 and was immediately impressed by the understated tone that let the central characters speak for themselves and the horror that slowly unravels as the snow continues to fall.
It's rare to find a product that receives so many five stars and be so justified.