Rick Sebak

A history and celebration of the Lincoln Highway, dedicated in 1913 as the first automobile route to span the United States coast-to-coast from New York City to San Francisco.

A Ride Along the Lincoln Highway

Yet another Sebak film about a subject you wouldn&apos;t think would make it to TV.

My summary is not an insult. It&apos;s just that Rick Sebak has established a strange little niche on PBS. Instead of grand and sweeping documentaries like you&apos;d see from Ken Burns or on &quot;The American Experience&quot;, he chooses seemingly mundane topics and brings them to life. Strange roadside buildings, farmer&apos;s markets, old amusement parks, the beach and even hot dogs are the sort of topics he&apos;s tackled in his films--all strange bits of Americana that you just won&apos;t find celebrated elsewhere.

In this installment, Sebak tackles the pretty much forgotten Lincoln Highway. No, this is not the ultra-famous Route 66--but the much less praised Lincoln Highway--a series of roads that were the first to cross America. But, because many of these roads are tiny and in out of the way places today, they don&apos;t see all that much traffic. Connecting New York to California, the roads have just been bypassed by super-highways. But, Sebak and his crew manage to find a few interesting places (and a few not all that interesting) and feature them in this film. While I liked much of the film, it did feel like there wasn&apos;t quite enough material for one hour and the film lacked the excitement and charm of most of his other films. But, it&apos;s still a decent film--a good time-passer and there are a few nice moments (such as finding out about the boyscout). Worth seeing--but you might want to try his other meandering films first.

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My summary is not an insult. It's just that Rick Sebak has established a strange little niche on PBS. Instead of grand and sweeping documentaries like you'd see from Ken Burns or on "The American Experience", he chooses seemingly mundane topics and brings them to life. Strange roadside buildings, farmer's markets, old amusement parks, the beach and even hot dogs are the sort of topics he's tackled in his films--all strange bits of Americana that you just won't find celebrated elsewhere.

In this installment, Sebak tackles the pretty much forgotten Lincoln Highway. No, this is not the ultra-famous Route 66--but the much less praised Lincoln Highway--a series of roads that were the first to cross America. But, because many of these roads are tiny and in out of the way places today, they don't see all that much traffic. Connecting New York to California, the roads have just been bypassed by super-highways. But, Sebak and his crew manage to find a few interesting places (and a few not all that interesting) and feature them in this film. While I liked much of the film, it did feel like there wasn't quite enough material for one hour and the film lacked the excitement and charm of most of his other films. But, it's still a decent film--a good time-passer and there are a few nice moments (such as finding out about the boyscout). Worth seeing--but you might want to try his other meandering films first.

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