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ABC Close-Up!: Adventures on the New Frontier (TV) (Blu-ray) (1961)
A look at the daily business of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, with a focus on some of the political issues he faces six weeks into his term.Director: Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles, D.A. Pennebaker, Kenneth Stilson
OVERALL: Blu-ray A-
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Extras:The Films
* "Primary" (53:22)
* "Primary" (Leacock Version) (26:53)
* "Adventures on the New Frontier" (52:43)
* "Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment" (52:49)
Audio commentary on "Primary" Leacock Version with director Richard Leacock and and filmmakers Robert Drew and D. A. Pennebaker, recorded in conversation with film critic Gideon Bachmann in 1961
"Robert Drew in His Own Words" a new documentary featuring archival interview footage (34:12)
New conversation between Pennebaker and Jill Drew, Robert Drew’s daughter-in-law and the general manager of Drew Associates (26:22)
Outtakes from Crisis, along with a discussion by historian Andrew Cohen, author of Two Days in June (46:23)
New conversation about Crisis featuring former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder and Sharon Malone, Holder’s wife and the sister of Vivian Malone, one of the students featured in Crisis (26:15)
New interview with Richard Reeves, author of President Kennedy: Profile of Power (27:12)
Footage from a 1998 event at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, featuring Drew, Pennebaker, Leacock, and filmmaker Albert Maysles (26:41) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English LPCM 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:An essay by documentary film curator and writer Thomas Powers
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A The Kennedy Films of Robert Drew & Associates America- Criterion Collection - No cuts.
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