American Experience: Chicago - City of the Century [4 Discs]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Learn how the great city of Chicago blossomed from a swampy onion patch into one of the world's most bustling urban centers. This PBS special chronicles the magnetism for immigrants, the racial tensions, the unflinching Democratic machine" and a gangster-laden past while it also explores the lives of those who made the Windy City great-from millionaires to new immigrants, from shopkeepers to hard laborers. 4 DVDs. 2003/color-b&w/4 hrs., 30 min/NR.

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 4
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Audio: Dolby Surround
• Features:
  • Bonus video: Chicago by "L": Touring th eNeighborhoods
  • Behind-the-scenes interviews with producers Austin Hoyt, Patricia Garcia Rios and historian Donald Miller
  • Trivia questions: Do You Know Chicago?
  • Full accessibility through captioning and audio descriptions

AWARDS

• International Documentary Association

•     Nominated IDA Continuing Series Award - 2007

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       David Ogden Stiers - Narrator

• Director:

  Austin Hoyt, Patricia Garcia Rios

• Producer:

  Austin Hoyt, Patricia Garcia Rios

• Teleplay By:

  Austin Hoyt

• Book Author:

  Donald L. Miller

• Composer (Music Score):

  Michael Bacon

• Editor:

  Jon Neuburger, Bill Lattanzi

• Executive Producer:

  Judy Crichton, Margaret Drain, Mark Samels