JOHN A: Birth of a Country on DVD

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JOHN A: BIRTH OF A COUNTRY is a story of personal hatred, public passion and the rivalry that shaped Canada. The time is 1856 to 1864. Two men, each profoundly committed to his own views, battle to dominate Canada's future. JOHN A: BIRTH OF A COUNTRY lays bare the passionate struggle between John A. Macdonald, the charismatic leader of the Conservative Party and his opponent, the fiercely determined George Brown, founder of Toronto's Globe newspaper and leader of what would become the Liberal Party. Both were fired by dramatically different visions for this country and had a deep hatred for each other. As Macdonald takes control of the Conservative Party and makes it the dominant force in the Legislature, he puts together a plan of action that is so brilliant and audacious it eventually leads to Confederation and the creation of Canada.

This riveting and lushly produced drama is based on Richard Gwyn's award-winning book John A: The Man Who Made Us, and stars Shawn Doyle as John A, Peter Outerbridge as George Brown, David La Haye as George-Etienne Cartier and Patrick McKenna as Alexander Galt. DVD Bonus Features include: Behind-the-scenes Video Diary and audio commentary with Bernie Zukerman (exec producer), Jerry Ciccoritti (director) and Shawn Doyle.

- Single DVD
- 90 minutes
- Closed Captioned
- Described Video
- 5.1 Dolby Digital
- 16X9
- Region 0

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[PenguinLetters]

haha "order today from cbcshop.ca...and OTHER video retailers!"

[babajii321]

Outstanding program that screams for a sequel. How about it, CBC? Chap.2 covering 1864-67, and maybe a bit of the railroad?

Something to consider....

[hhsieh87]

Just watched it on TV. For those who studies the history of the Canadian confederation, it is like chapter two of the text "Volume 2 of History of the Canadian People" by Conrad and Finkel. Well~~ it beats reading ~~^^