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The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a 1996 television documentary miniseries about the American Old West. It was directed by Stephen Ives and featured Ken Burns as executive producer. It was first broadcast on PBS on eight consecutive nights from September 15 to 22, 1996.
Original Release
09/15/1996 on PBS
US Release
09/15/1996
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Peter Coyote | Self - Narrator |
| N. Scott Momaday | Self - Writer |
| Murphy Guyer | Self |
| John Trudell | Self |
| Eli Wallach | Self / Chalkey M. Beeson / Gen. Oliver O. Howard / Self - Andrew Jackson / Self - Walter Colton / Self - Wilfred Woodruff / Frank H. Mayer |
| Arthur Miller | Self |
| T.H. Watkins | Self - Writer / Historian / Self - Historian |
| Richard White | Self - Historian |
| Philip Bosco | Self |
| John Lithgow | Self / Frank Cushing / Jedediah M. Grant / Self - John L. O'Sullivan / Uriah Oblinger |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The People | Sunday, 15 September 1996 |
| 2 | Empire Upon the Trails | Monday, 16 September 1996 |
| 3 | Speck Of The Future (1848-1856) | Tuesday, 17 September 1996 |
| 4 | Death Runs Riot | Wednesday, 18 September 1996 |
| 5 | Grandest Enterprise Under God (1868-1874) | Thursday, 19 September 1996 |
| 6 | Fight No More Forever | Friday, 20 September 1996 |
| 7 | Geography Of Hope (1877-1887) | Saturday, 21 September 1996 |
| 8 | Ghost Dance (1887 -1914) | Sunday, 22 September 1996 |
| 9 | One Sky Above Us (1887-1914) | Sunday, 22 September 1996 |
Directors
Writers
Geoffrey C. Ward, Dayton Duncan
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Peter Coyote | Self - Narrator |
| N. Scott Momaday | Self - Writer |
| Murphy Guyer | Self |
| John Trudell | Self |
| Eli Wallach | Self / Chalkey M. Beeson / Gen. Oliver O. Howard / Self - Andrew Jackson / Self - Walter Colton / Self - Wilfred Woodruff / Frank H. Mayer |
| Arthur Miller | Self |
| T.H. Watkins | Self - Writer / Historian / Self - Historian |
| Richard White | Self - Historian |
| Philip Bosco | Self |
| John Lithgow | Self / Frank Cushing / Jedediah M. Grant / Self - John L. O'Sullivan / Uriah Oblinger |
| Dayton Duncan | Self - Writer |
| Adam Arkin | Self |
| Tantoo Cardinal | Self |
| Hector Elizondo | Self / Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo / Self - Juan Cortina / Self - Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo |
| Zahn McClarnon | Self |
| August Schellenberg | Self |
| Daniel von Bargen | Self / John D. Lee / William Mulholland |
| Blythe Danner | Self / Alice Fletcher / Emmeline Wells |
| Peter Gallagher | Self |
| Julie Harris | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Ken Burns | Executive Producer |
| Michael Kantor | Producer |
| Stephen Ives | Producer |
| Victoria Gohl | Producer |
| Dayton Duncan | Producer |
| Jody Abramson | Producer |
