Oliver Stone's The Untold History of the United States - 10/15/13

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Warner will be releasing Oliver Stone's Documentary series "The Untold History of the United States" on October 15th. The show, which originally aired on Showtime, is written, directed, and narrated by Stone. Warner will also release a double-pack with JFK, and the Cold War chapters (4-7) from the series on November 12th, and another with World Trade Center, and Chapters 8-10 (Reagan/Bush/Clinton/Obama) on February 11th, 2014.

The Untold History of the United States Blu-ray
JFK / Untold History of the US: Cold War (Chapters 4-7) Blu-ray
World Trade Center / Untold History of the US: Regan/Bush/Clinton/Obama (Chapters 8-10)

Update: All three discs will get individual releases on September 2nd.

Official Synopsis: As Americans, do we really know and understand our shared and complicated history? How do we recall the small details and forgotten players that influenced some of the biggest events from America's past? Will our children actually get the whole story from reading history books? And how will it affect the future of our country? The in-depth, surprising, and riveting series, co-written by Stone with Peter Kuznick and Matt Graham, was directed and narrated by Stone.

Trailer:

The Untold History of the United States - Open - YouTube

Episodes and special features include:

• Untold History Disc 1
  • Chapter 1: World War II
    Chapter 2: Roosevelt, Truman & Wallace
    Chapter 3: The Bomb
  
  Untold History Disc 2
  
  
  • Chapter 4: The Cold War 1945-1950
    Chapter 5: The '50s: Eisenhower, The Bomb & The Third World
    Chapter 6: JFK: To The Brink
    Chapter 7: Johnson, Nixon & Vietnam: Reversal of Fortune
  
  Untold History Disc 3
  
  
  • Chapter 8: Reagan, Gorbachev & Third World - Rise of the Right
    Chapter 9: George H.W. Bush & Clinton: Squandered Peace - New World Order
    Chapter 10: George W. Bush & Obama: Age Of Terror
  
  Untold History Disc 4
  • Prologue, Chapter A - World War I, The Russian Revolution, & Woodrow Wilson: Roots of Empire -- How did the United States become an empire? A look back at the election of 1900 and the Spanish-American War, climaxing with World War I and the Russian Revolution as the mother of the ensuing conflict between the British, Soviet, and newborn American Empire.
    
    Prologue, Chapter B - 1920–1940: Roosevelt, Hitler, and Stalin: The Battle Of Ideas -- Franklin Roosevelt inherits a divided nation, rife with conflict. Struggle leads to change in the United States, Hitler rises to power in Germany, and World War Two pushes the U.S. and the Soviet Union toward an uneasy alliance.
    
    Bonus Documentary - A Conversation with History: Tariq Ali And Oliver Stone -- In this companion film to The Untold History of the United States, Oliver Stone and author/political philosopher Tariq Ali discuss a wide range of topics, accompanied by archival footage not found in the series, in a probing, hard-hitting conversation on the politics of history.