{"product_id":"saving-brinton","title":"Saving Brinton","description":"Product Description\n\nIn a farmhouse basement on the Iowa countryside, eccentric collector Mike Zahs makes a remarkable discovery: the showreels of the man who brought moving pictures to America s Heartland. Among the treasures: rare footage of President Teddy Roosevelt, the first moving images from Burma, a lost relic from magical effects godfather Georges Méliés. These are the films that introduced movies to the world. And they didn t end up in Iowa by accident. The old nitrate reels are just some of the artifacts that belonged to William Franklin Brinton. From thousands of trinkets, handwritten journals, receipts, posters and catalogs emerges the story of an inventive farmboy who became America s greatest barnstorming movieman. As Mike uncovers this hidden legacy, he begins a journey to restore the Brinton name that takes us to The Library of Congress, Paris and back for a big screen extravaganza in the same small-town movie theater where Frank first turned on a projector over a century ago. By uniting community through a pride in their living history, Mike embodies a welcome antidote to the breakneck pace of our disposable society. \"Saving Brinton\" is a portrait of this unlikely Midwestern folk hero, at once a meditation on living simply and a celebration of dreaming big 2nd Disc includes: BRINTON SILENT FILMS Over 100 minutes of preserved films. Narration from Michael Zahs. Two rediscovered \"lost films\" from Georges Méliès unseen for a century!\n\nReview\n\n\"A Cinephile's Delight\" --Hollywood Reporter\n\n\"One of the most unlikely, yet most likeable, heroes of contemporary nonfiction cinema\" --The Washington Times\n\nCelebratory. Poignant. The average documentary would gawk. This one reclassifies --The New York Times\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B07H63PX25\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B07H63PX25.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Michael Zahs|Serge Bromberg|George Willeman|Andrew Sherburne|Tommy Haines\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Dvd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41738845290554,"sku":"DBV.B07H63PX25.G","price":98.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B07H63PX25-0.jpg?v=1791695053","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/saving-brinton","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}