03371cgm a2200649 a 4500 26977 26977 48615043 OCoLC 20191205162227.0 vd cvaizm 011214p20011977xxu573 g vleng d 0790763958 085393745622 37456 Warner Home Video TEF TEF JFL JED OCLCQ eng spa eng fre spa eng CTMA Roots (Television program : 1977) 4183 Roots / a David L. Wolper production ; Warner Bros. Television ; producer, Stan Margulies ; written for television by Wiliam Blinn ... [et al.] ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky ... [et al.]. 25th anniversary ed. [United States] : Warner Home Video, [2001] 3 videodiscs (573 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent. video v rdamedia. videodisc vd rdacarrier. Standard version; double-sided. Based on the novel by Alex Haley. Originally broadcast as a television miniseries in 1977; released as videodisc on Jan. 15, 2002. Special features: Digitally remastered image and audio from restored elements; commentary by executive producer David L. Wolper, Ed Asner, LeVar Burton, Cicely Tyson, John Amos, Sandy Duncan, Leslie Uggams, Stan Winston and others; behind-the-scenes documentary "Remembering Roots"; DVD-ROM features: Roots family tree and web site links. Cinematography, Stevan Larner, Joseph M. Wilcots ; editors, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, Neil Travis ; music, Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones. LeVar Burton, John Amos, Ben Vereen, Cicely Tyson, Thalmus Rasulala, Edward Asner, Ralph Waite, Lorne Green, Vic Morrow, Chuck Connors, John Schuck, Leslie Uggams, Robert Reed, Lou Gossett. An adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots, in which he traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors was captured and sold into slavery. Follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boys' abduction to America and continues throughout the generations that follow. MPAA rating: Not rated. DVD. In English with optional soundtrack in Spanish and optional subtitles in French or Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. Haley, Alex Drama. 4184 Kinte family Drama. 4185 Haley family Drama. 4186 African Americans Drama. 555 Television programs. 2272 Films for the hearing impaired. 24 Margulies, Stan. 4187 Blinn, William. 4188 Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929- 4189 Burton, LeVar. 4190 Amos, John, 1939- 4191 Vereen, Ben. 4192 Tyson, Cicely. 3564 Rasulala, Thalmus, 1939-1991. 4193 Asner, Edward. 4194 Waite, Ralph, 1928-2014. 3498 Greene, Lorne. 4195 Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982. 4196 Connors, Chuck, 1921-1992. 4197 Wolper Productions. 4198 Warner Bros. Television. 4199 ddc DVD ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ CLDVD 2019-12-05 15.00 0 DVD ROOTS 49358 2019-12-05 2019-12-05 DVD