Want to behold the glory that is 'Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio' in the comfort of your own home? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Ken Burns-directed movie via subscription can be a challenge, so we here at Moviefone want to do the work for you.
Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio' right now, here are some finer points about the Florentine Films history flick.
Released January 29th, 1992, 'Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio' stars Jason Robards, Red Barber, Erik Barnouw, Ken Bilby The G movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 53 min, and received a user score of 74 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 7 respected users.
Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the lives of three extraordinary men who shared the primary responsibility for this invention and its early success, and whose genius, friendship, rivalry and enmity interacted in tragic ways. This is the story of Lee de Forest, a clergyman’s flamboyant son, who invented the audion tube; Edwin Howard Armstrong, a brilliant, withdrawn inventor who pioneered FM technology; and David Sarnoff, a hard-driving Russian immigrant who created the most powerful communications company on earth."
'Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Fandango At Home, Kanopy, and Hoopla .
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