Roots
DVD |
Warner Home Video,
Burbank, Calif. :
c2007.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara-on-the-Lake | DVD FIC ROOTS | DVD | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
"His name was Kunta Kinte. Kidnapped from Africa and enslaved in America in 1767, he refused to accept his slave name of Toby. Heirs kept his heroic defiance alive, passing on his tale across generations until it reached a young boy growing up in Tennessee, His name was Alex Haley. Through the lineage of one family, Haley and his Pulitzer Prize-winning Roots told a story for all America and world. Seen by 130 million viewers during its premiere telecasts and the winner of dozens of awards, the David L. Wolper production remains an engrossing entertainment 30 years later. Embark on an unforgettable DVD journey."--Container.
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- ISBN: 0790763958 (2001 25th anniversary ed., 3 double-sided discs)
- ISBN: 1419850210 (30th anniversary ed., 4-discs: 3 double-sided)
- ISBN: 0780667166 (30th Anniversary ed., 7-discs)
- Physical Description: 3 (or 4, or 7) videodiscs (573 min.) : Dolby digital, mono. sd., col. ; 12 cm.videodiscvideorecording (DVD)
- Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, c2007.
- General Note: Languages: English & Spanish ; Subtitles: English, French & Spanish.Closed-captioned.Home use only.Please note: Some copies are the 30th anniversary editions on 4 discs, some are on 7 discs; others are the 25th anniversary edition on 3 discs. See holdings.Standard (full frame) version presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original television exhibition.Discs 1-3 are double-sided videodiscs and includes episodes on each side of disc. Disc 4 (30th anniversary edition copies only) is single-sided. See contents note.Special features (25th anniversary 3-disc ed.:): Feature-length audio commentary with video inserts ; behind-the-scenes documentary: Remembering Roots ; interactive menus ; scene access.Special features (30th anniversary editions): All-new 2007 documentary: Crossing over: how Roots captivated an entire nation ; 2002 documentary Remembering Roots ; Roots: one year later hosted by Louis Gossett Jr. ; cast/crew commentaries with video option.Videodisc release of the 1977 made-for-tv miniseries.Based on the book by Alex Haley.
- Formatted Contents Note: Disc 1. Side A. Episode 1 -- Side B. Episode 2 -- Disc 2. Side A. Episode 3 -- Side B. Episode 4 -- Disc 3. Side A. Episode 5 -- Side B. Episode 6 -- 2002 documentary: Remembering Roots -- Disc 4 (30th anniversary edition copies). 2007 documentary: Crossing over: how Roots captivated an entire nation -- Roots: one year later (hosted by Louis Gossett Jr.).
- Creation/Production Credits Note: Executive producer, David L. Wolper ; producer, Stan Margulies ; developed for television by William Blinn ; written for television by William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee ; directed by Marvin Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses.
- Participant or Performer Note: John Amos, Maya Angelou, Edward Asner, Lloyd Bridges, Georg Stanford Brown, LeVar Burton, MacDonald Carey, Olivia Cole, Gary Collins, Chuck Connors, Scatman Crothers, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Brad Davis, Sandy Duncan, Lynda Day George, Louis Gossett Jr., Lorne Greene, Moses Gunn, George Hamilton, Hilly Hicks, Burl Ives, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, Caroline Jones, Doug McClure, Ian McShane, Lynne Moody, Vic Morrow, Thalmus Rasulala, Robert Reed, Harry Rhodes, Richard Roundtree, Raymond St. Jacques, John Schuck, Paul Shenar, O.J. Simpson, Madge Sinclair, Beverly Todd, Cicely Tyson, Leslie Uggams, Ben Vereen, Ralph Waite, William Watson and Ren Woods.