The War, a seven-part series directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, tells the story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four quintessentially American towns. The series explores the most intimate human dimensions of the greatest cataclysm in history — a worldwide catastrophe that touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America — and demonstrates that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives.

The film honors the bravery, endurance, and sacrifice of the generation of Americans who lived through what will always be known simply as The War.

A Ken Burns Film

A Production of Florentine Films and WETA-TV

Directed and Produced by
KEN BURNS
LYNN NOVICK

Written by
GEOFFREY C. WARD

Produced by
SARAH BOTSTEIN

Co-Producers
PETER MILLER
DAVID McMAHON

Supervising Film Editor
PAUL BARNES

Episode Editors
PAUL BARNES
ERIK EWERS
TRICIA REIDY

Cinematography
BUDDY SQUIRES

Associate Producers
MEGHAN HORVATH
TAYLOR KRAUSS

Narrated by
KEITH DAVID

with
ADAM ARKIN
BOBBY CANNAVALE
KEVIN CONWAY
TOM HANKS
REBECCA HOLTZ
SAMUEL L. JACKSON
JOSH LUCAS
CAROLYN MCCORMICK
ROBERT WAHLBERG
ELI WALLACH

Original Music Composed and Arranged by
WYNTON MARSALIS

“AMERICAN ANTHEM”
Music and Lyrics
GENE SCHEER
Performed by
NORAH JONES

Funding Provided By
General Motors
Anheuser-Busch.
Bank of America
Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Public Broadcasting Service
National Endowment for the Humanities
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Longaberger Foundation
Park Foundation, Inc.

Premiered September 2007

Film Honors:
• Festival de Cannes, 2007 Official Selection