Roots [videorecording] /
David L. Wolper Productions ; Warner Bros. Television ; produced by Stan Margulies ; written by William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses.
- 30th anniversary ed.
- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007], c1977.
- 4 videodiscs (645 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Based on the novel by Alex Haley. Special features: Disc 4: "Crossing over: how Roots captivated an entire nation" newly created featurette ; "Roots: one year later" documentary ; audio commentary from key cast memebers including LeVar Burton, Cicely Tyson, and Ed Asner.
Cinematography, Stevan Larner, Joseph M. Wilcots ; editors, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, Neil Travis ; original music, Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones ; costume designer, Jack Martell. Cinematography, Stevan Larner, Joseph M. Wilcots ; editors, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, Neil Travis ; original music, Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones ; costume designer, Jack Martell.
Maya Angelou, LeVar Burton, Edward Asner, O.J. Simpson, Ralph Waite, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Reed, Lorne Green, Lynda Day George, Vic Morrow, John Amos, Sandy Duncan, Leslie Uggams, George Hamilton, Richard Roundtree, Ben Vereen, Lloyd Bridges, Georg Stanford Brown, Cicely Tyson.
DVD release of the original ABC television broadcast, January, 1977.
Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The saga begins with Kunta Kinte, a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family is depicted up until the Civil War, when Kunte Kinte's grandson gains his emancipation.
Not rated.
DVD ; region 1 ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital.
Closed-captioned.
1419850210 9781419850219
114485 Warner Home Video
African American families--Drama.
Slavery--United States--Drama.
Slaveholders--Southern States--Drama.
African Americans--History--To 1863--Drama.
Southern States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Drama.
Southern States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Drama.
Confederate States of America--History--Drama.
Television mini-series.
Historical television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Historical--Television mini-series.
Biographical--Television mini-series.
Television serials.
Historical films.
Biographical television programs.
791.45/75
Based on the novel by Alex Haley. Special features: Disc 4: "Crossing over: how Roots captivated an entire nation" newly created featurette ; "Roots: one year later" documentary ; audio commentary from key cast memebers including LeVar Burton, Cicely Tyson, and Ed Asner.
Cinematography, Stevan Larner, Joseph M. Wilcots ; editors, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, Neil Travis ; original music, Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones ; costume designer, Jack Martell. Cinematography, Stevan Larner, Joseph M. Wilcots ; editors, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, Neil Travis ; original music, Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones ; costume designer, Jack Martell.
Maya Angelou, LeVar Burton, Edward Asner, O.J. Simpson, Ralph Waite, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Reed, Lorne Green, Lynda Day George, Vic Morrow, John Amos, Sandy Duncan, Leslie Uggams, George Hamilton, Richard Roundtree, Ben Vereen, Lloyd Bridges, Georg Stanford Brown, Cicely Tyson.
DVD release of the original ABC television broadcast, January, 1977.
Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The saga begins with Kunta Kinte, a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family is depicted up until the Civil War, when Kunte Kinte's grandson gains his emancipation.
Not rated.
DVD ; region 1 ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital.
Closed-captioned.
1419850210 9781419850219
114485 Warner Home Video
African American families--Drama.
Slavery--United States--Drama.
Slaveholders--Southern States--Drama.
African Americans--History--To 1863--Drama.
Southern States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Drama.
Southern States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Drama.
Confederate States of America--History--Drama.
Television mini-series.
Historical television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Historical--Television mini-series.
Biographical--Television mini-series.
Television serials.
Historical films.
Biographical television programs.
791.45/75