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The National Parks: America's Best Idea is a 2009 television documentary miniseries by director/producer Ken Burns and producer/writer Dayton Duncan which features the United States National Park system and traces the system's history. The series won two 2010 Emmy Awards; one for outstanding non-fiction series and one for outstanding writing in Episode 2 "The Last Refuge". A companion book (ISBN 978-0307268969) was released alongside.
Original Release
09/27/2009 on PBS
US Release
09/27/2009
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Peter Coyote | Self - Narrator / Narrator |
William Cronon | Self - Historian |
Dayton Duncan | Self - Writer |
Shelton Johnson | Self - Park Ranger |
Alfred Runte | Self - Historian |
Paul Schullery | Self - Writer |
Carl Pope | Self - Sierra Club |
Terry Tempest Williams | Self - Writer |
Murphy Guyer | Reader |
Philip Bosco | Reader |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | The Scripture of Nature: 1851-1890 | Sunday, 27 September 2009 |
2 | The Last Refuge: 1890-1915 | Monday, 28 September 2009 |
3 | The Empire of Grandeur: 1915-1919 | Tuesday, 29 September 2009 |
4 | Going Home: 1920-1933 | Wednesday, 30 September 2009 |
5 | Great Nature: 1933-1945 | Thursday, 01 October 2009 |
6 | The Morning of Creation: 1946-1980 | Friday, 02 October 2009 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Peter Coyote | Self - Narrator / Narrator |
William Cronon | Self - Historian |
Dayton Duncan | Self - Writer |
Shelton Johnson | Self - Park Ranger |
Alfred Runte | Self - Historian |
Paul Schullery | Self - Writer |
Carl Pope | Self - Sierra Club |
Terry Tempest Williams | Self - Writer |
Murphy Guyer | Reader |
Philip Bosco | Reader |
Kevin Conway | Reader |
Tom Hanks | Reader |
Kim Heacox | Self - Writer |
Adam Arkin | Reader |
Lee Stetson | Self - Muir Historian / Reader |
Amy Madigan | Reader |
Lee Whittlesey | Self - Historian |
Nevada Barr | Self - Former Ranger |
Juanita Greene | Self - Journalist |
Gerard Baker | Self - Park Superintendent |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ken Burns | Executive Producer |
Julie Dunfey | Producer |
Pam Tubridy Baucom | Producer |
Craig Mellish | Producer |
Aileen Silverstone | Producer |
Susanna Steisel | Producer |
David McMahon | Producer |
Karen Kenton | Producer |
Dayton Duncan | Producer |
Jeanne Sison | Producer |
Editors
Trailers
Clips
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2010 | Emmy | Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming | Nominated |
2010 | Emmy | Outstanding Nonfiction Series | Won |
2010 | Emmy | Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera) | Nominated |
2010 | Emmy | Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming | Nominated |
2010 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming | Won |