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Baseball: The Tenth Inning on DVD

PICKING UP WHERE HIS EPIC 1994 DOCUMENTARY LEFT OFF, RENOWNED FILMMAKER KEN BURNS CONTINUES THE FASCINATING STORY OF AMERICA’S NATIONAL PASTIME

BASEBALL: THE TENTH INNING
A FILM BY KEN BURNS AND LYNN NOVICK

New Documentary Debuts on DVD and Blu-ray October 5, 2010 Featuring Interviews with the Filmmakers, Additional Scenes and Outtakes

Release Timed with Premiere Airing on PBS September 28-29

HOLLYWOOD, CA – In 1994 the landmark Emmy Award®-winning documentary series Baseball captured the hearts of more than 43 million viewers, and now acclaimed filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick return to the national pastime with The Tenth Inning, a two part, four hour mini series. Showcasing the game’s tumultuous history, greatest stars, and unforgettable moments over the past 17 years,

The Tenth Inning debuts on DVD and Blu-ray October 5, 2010 from PBS Home Video and Paramount Home Entertainment.Directed by Burns and Novick (producer of the Baseball series), and written and produced by Burns, Novick and David McMahon, The Tenth Inning celebrates baseball’s enduring appeal and how it continues to reflect the complicated country that created it.  Following baseball’s trajectory from 1992 through 2009, the film vividly presents the ups and downs of the sport against a backdrop of the social and cultural changes in the United States at the turn of the millennium.

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