Impressionists, The: The Other French Revolution (2001) Rating: Starring: Edward Herrmann, Victor Garber, Josef Sommer, Amy Irving, Paul Hecht Director: Bruce Alfred Category: Documentary Studio: A&E Subtitles: [None] Length: 200 mins     Narrated by Edward Herrmann Volume 1 - The Road To Impressionism Today, their art draws record breaking crowds to museums and fetches millions of dollars at auction.Yet critics once derided the same paintings as scandalous, ridiculous and even just plain ugly.The Impressionists opens with a look at the men who formed the core of the movement: Degas, Pissarro, Renoir and Monet.Despite their disparate backgrounds and temperaments, they were drawn together by a belief that painting needed to change, and they worked together - and fought with one another - to define what shape that transformation should take. Filled with images of their earliest work and accounts of their struggles to gain acceptance in the all-important, government-sponsored Salon, this volume introduces the men who changed the way the world looked at art. Volume II - Capturing The Moment In 1871, the Impressionists organized an exhibition of their own in response to the conservative Salon.That same year, they welcomed the opening of the first gallery devoted to their art.Critical response, however, remained withering, and the painters would have to wait until the legendary New York show of 1886 before they were finally able to enjoy the rewards of their long labors. The Impressionists visits some of the world's leading galleries and art museums to trace the development of the movement and the artists during these tumultuous years.And in the final hour, authorities such as the painter Chuck Close and the curator of the Frick Collection examine the legacy of the artists and the movement they created.