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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0841887051699
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: PBS Paramount
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: PBS Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: PBS Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 14, 2006
Running Time: 235 minutes
Studio: PBS Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: September 30, 1991
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Editorial Review:
One of the most controversial U.S. presidents, Lyndon Baines Johnson rose from obscurity to the pinnacle of power, only to suffer disillusionment and defeat. Witness the events that brought LBJ from Texas to Washington, the White House, and a landslide election in 1964. Follow his triumphs in passing passes a wave of social legislation. Then, as war and civil turmoil ravage the country, his downward spiral ends in withdrawal from politics.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Excellent, fair, balanced assessment of one of the most controversial politicians in American history
To understand this documentary of Lyndon Johnson, it's necessary to know that in 1982 and 1990, Robert Caro published the first two of his four-part study of LBJ. These books were lauded as both great reading and great history. They pained LBJ as a power-hungry, ruthless, unprincipled man and politician. Caro's view is still a popular one -- in the Democratic conventions this year, Barack Obama cited Clinton, Kennedy and Roosevelt as inspirational Democratic presidents. He was noticeably silent about ... Read More
Rating: - A Texas Original
There have already been a number of excellent reviews on this documentary.
President Johnson will remain a controversial President until after we are in our graves. More than any other twentieth-century President, he represents greatness in sterling qualities and faults combined. LBJ had no interests outside politics. He never read a book for pleasure, had no hobbies--he lived and breathed politics to the exclusion of all else. His personal magnetism has been well-documented, and his ... Read More
Rating: - Required Viewing For Everyone On The Left
This is beyond the best presidential documentary ever - it's probably the best documentary I've ever seen. On my list of top ten films of all time. I was born during his administration, but when the film first ran on PBS, I knew almost nothing about him. That's the best way to approach this film, which probably makes it an outstanding teaching tool. David Grubin is a superstar. If you lean to the left in your views at all, this is something you really need to see. It's a heartbreaker. Perhaps the neocons ... Read More
Rating: - Greatest Documentary Ever
This is my all time favorite documentary. Whatever your personal opinion of LBJ is, one thing is undeniable, and that is that he is one of the most interesting figures in American history. Johnson was a complex man, and this film shows all of the different facets of his life. To watch a person grow from their own racist roots, to become one of the most powerful champions of the civil rights movement and then to lose it all by the Vietnam war is extremly compeling. You will find yourself riveted and saddened ... Read More
Rating:  - Outstanding!
This presents a very comprehensive view of Johnson's life and political career. If I find fault, it is the way Johnson's management of the Vietnama War is handled. We are shown how Johnson supposedly backed himself into a corner with the war, but little context is provided. It's seems clear to me the producers were liberal. They make it seem that all Johnson had to do to end the war was recall our military. Simple enough military tactic - not so simple a stategic tactic in the context of the Cold War. In contrast, ... Read More
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