Buffalo Bill / PBS ; a HiddenHill Productions film for American Experience ; WGBH Boston ; written, produced and directed by Rob Rapley.

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This film presents a portrait of the man who made the American West into the American story. For most Americans in the mid-1800s, the Wild West existed only in dime novels, but a young man from Kansas who had roamed the prairies in the war with the Plains Indians came to embody the picaresque front...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Hidden Hill Productions
WGBH Educational Foundation
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
PBS Home Video
Other Authors: Rapley, Rob (Screenwriter, Director, Producer)
Cramer, Richard Ben (Narrator)
Chin, Michael
Goodman, Joel (Joel Scott)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed captioned.
Published: Boston, Mass. : Alexandria, VA : WGBH Educational Foundation ; Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2008], ©2008.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Buffalo Bill, > 1846-1917.
Buffalo Bill, > 1846-1917 > Relations with Indigenous peoples of North America.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show > History.
Pioneers > West (U.S.)
Entertainers > West (U.S.)
Entertainers > United States > Biography.
Scouts (Reconnaissance) > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
Indigenous peoples of North America > Great Plains > History > 19th century.
Wild west shows > History > 19th century.
West (U.S.) > History > 1860-1890.
United States > History > 19th century.
Nonfiction television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
History.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
1800 - 1899
Entertainers.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Indians of North America.
Pioneers.
Relations with Indians of North America.
Scouts (Reconnaissance)
Wild west shows.
Great Plains.
United States.
West United States.
Genre:
Biography.
Nonfiction television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
History.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
This film presents a portrait of the man who made the American West into the American story. For most Americans in the mid-1800s, the Wild West existed only in dime novels, but a young man from Kansas who had roamed the prairies in the war with the Plains Indians came to embody the picaresque frontier hero. As the frontier was rapidly disappearing, he realized he could market his life as entertainment, and millions around the world would pay for a taste of his Wild West. Tall, handsome, confident, and charismatic, he blurred the line between truth and entertainment, history and myth. Thus was a mere plainsman turned into an international celebrity and frontier hero, his meteoric rise to fame made possible by his genius and hucksterism. His name was William Cody, but the world remembers him as Buffalo Bill.
Note:Special feature include: teacher's Guide [PDF format printable discussion guide, requires a DVD-ROM and Adobe Acrobat]; web links [text feature].
Videorecording.
Call Number:CR3 D0094106 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
ISBN:0793694175
9780793694174
Credits:Editor, Penny Elliott Hays ; director of photography, Michael Chin ; original music composed by Joel Goodman.
System Details:DVD; region 1; NTSC; 5.1 stereo. surround; widescreen presentation, enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator, Richard Ben Cramer ; commentators, Paul Fees, Louis Warren, Charles Scoggin, Bobby Bridger, Patricia Nelson Limerick, Juti Winchester, L. G. Moses, Guy Dull Knife,
Event Details:
Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of the television series American experience on February 25, 2008.