This American life. Season 2
(DVD) 

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[United States] : Showtime Entertainment : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2009.
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1 videodisc (3 hrs., 21 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. 
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Published
[United States] : Showtime Entertainment : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2009.
Format
DVD
Language
English
UPC
032429050717

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UPC code from sticker. Original UPC code covered by sticker: 097368937642.
General Note
Based on the Chicago Public Radio, also syndicated on National Public Radio.
General Note
"CBS DVD"--Container.
General Note
Segments originally produced in 2008.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography/co-director, Adam Beckman ; editor, Joe Beshenkovsky ... [et al.].
Participants/Performers
Host: Ira Glass ; narrator for "Escape", Johnny Depp.
Description
Join host Ira Glass and his company, as they bring a different theme to life each week, in the format of the popular Chicago radio show by the same name. In Escape, teenage boys in Philadelphia impress girls using a mode of transportation obsolete in their neighborhood since the 19th century, and a young man's fight for independence from his mother is complicated by some very specialized circumstances. In Two wars, we learn about two foreigners in the U.S.: one is an Iraqi refugee, traveling the U.S. to let Americans ask him anything they want, and an immigrant from Bulgaria, who realizes that an ongoing argument with his American wife about lawn maintenance has to do with the life he left behind the Iron Curtain twenty years before. Going down in history tells the stories of people trying to make and remake history, including Wisconsin convicts attempting a prison break using dental floss, high school students whose yearbook photos show nothing of the drama in their lives, and a man with a decades-long obsession with one particular bird, who reveals the footage that may prove he's actually seen it. Underdogs features the world of boxing, way down the "food chain" from championship fights, and a group of New York kids who fight bullies by being funny. Scenes from a marriage profiles cartoonist Chris Ward's illustrations showing that every marriage, even a happy one, is a courtroom, and the disintegration of another couple's marriage is chronicled, as the husband's obsession with a legal forces them to face some tough questions. John Smith is the story of one life, told through the eyes of people all over the country who share the name John Smith.
System Details
DVD, NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital audio ; widescreen.
Language
English (5.1 Surround or 2.0 Stereo.) or Spanish (mono.); optional English closed captions for the hearing impaired.
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Edge.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Glass, I., Beckman, A., Wilcha, C., Vargas, K., Depp, J., & Feltes, J. (2009). This American life . Showtime Entertainment : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ira. Glass et al.. 2009. This American Life. Showtime Entertainment : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ira. Glass et al.. This American Life Showtime Entertainment : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Glass, Ira., et al. This American Life Showtime Entertainment : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.

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