A Star-Spangled Story: Battle for America

June. 14,2014

Rating：

7.8

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Americana

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"The Star-Spangled Banner" is known by all, treasured for its powerful melody and stirring lyrics. And yet, only about 40% of U.S. citizens know all the words. And even fewer know their meaning. Join us as we travel back to 1814, when Washington D.C. was under British attack during the "Second War of Independence," and the very bricks and mortar of American democracy were reduced to smoking rubble. We examine the battle that inspired witness Francis Scott Key to immortalize its final moments, then reveal how his poem transformed into an anthem.

Jeff Wilburn as Narrator (voice)

Vince Eisenson as Francis Scott Key

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Reviews

Executscan

2014/06/14

Expected more

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TaryBiggBall

2014/06/15

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

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Abbigail Bush

2014/06/16

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

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Lidia Draper

2014/06/17

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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