Poster for the movie Prohibition

Prohibition

2011 — 2011 • 110,94,104 minutes
Documentary

The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the entire era it encompassed (1920-33). After nearly a century of activism, Prohibition was intended to improve the lives of all citizens by protecting individuals, families and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse; but paradoxically it made millions of people rethink their definition of morality.

Picture of Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

Self - Narrator (voice)

Picture of Daniel Okrent

Daniel Okrent

Self - Author

Picture of Pete Hamill

Pete Hamill

Self - Historian

Picture of Noah Feldman

Noah Feldman

Self - Legal Scholar

Picture of Adam Arkin

Adam Arkin

Reader (voice)

Picture of Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

Reader (voice)

Picture of Patricia Clarkson

Patricia Clarkson

Reader / Carrie Nation (voice)

Picture of Kevin Conway

Kevin Conway

Reader (voice)

Picture of Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

Reader (voice)

Picture of Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

Reader / George Remus (voice)

Picture of Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice)

Picture of Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons

Reader (voice)

Picture of Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Reader (voice)

Picture of John Lithgow

John Lithgow

Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)

Picture of Josh Lucas

Josh Lucas

Reader (voice)

Picture of Amy Madigan

Amy Madigan

Reader (voice)

Picture of Carolyn McCormick

Carolyn McCormick

Reader (voice)

Picture of Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt

Reader / Al Capone (voice)

Picture of Campbell Scott

Campbell Scott

Reader / F. Scott Fitzgerald (voice)

Picture of Frances Sternhagen

Frances Sternhagen

Reader (voice)

Picture of Joanne Tucker

Joanne Tucker

Reader (voice)

Picture of Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

Reader (voice)