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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
EAN: 0025195031776
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: 61103921
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 29, 2008
Running Time: 1252 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
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A remarkably ambitious and engrossing project, this 1978 television miniseries ran 26-and-a-half hours, cost a then-enormous $25 million, and involved 4 directors, 5 cinematographers, and somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 speaking parts. Based on James Michener's panoramic bestseller about the settling of the American West--as reflected in the history of a fictional town called Centennial, Colorado--the story begins in the late 18th century and ends with a typical 20th century conflict over land usage. Centennial, however, largely concentrates on various memorable frontiersmen, trappers, Indians, ranchers, cowboys, and farmers from long ago. Richard Chamberlain shines as the pioneer Alexander McKeag, Robert Conrad does some of his best work as French-Canadian Pasquinel, and performances by Alex Karras, Chad Everett, Sally Kellerman, Raymond Burr, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, and Dennis Weaver effectively add to a tapestry of adventure, tragedy, violence, and dubious Western progress. Produced at a time when TV networks were in the throes of acknowledging America's history of racial injustice, the program paints a starkly villainous portrait of opportunists exploiting and destroying Indians in the name of manifest destiny. While the project's great length might make one wary of diving in, Centennial is the sort of carefully paced drama that makes one care about the intertwined destinies of unique characters and how they illuminate America's past. --Tom Keogh
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Most entertainment material is separated into two categories...fiction and non-fiction. Either the story is basically true, or comes straight from the imagination of the mind conceiving it. However, author James Michener (whose epic novel this TV series was based on) introduced the public (or at least perfected the genre) to a new kind of entertainment: Historical fiction. In this type of story-telling, the characters themselves may not be real, but (after careful and much-absorbing research) ... Read More
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We are so pleased that this was available on DVD. James Michener is a great writer and the series held true to the book. Pioneer life stories at it's best.
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Didn't see the original series, but it sure is a good story. Haven't watched all of it yet, but so far we love it.
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You have to keep two things in mind when watching this 6 disc series:
1. It was filmed in the late 1970's. Technology, make up, and acting are different now.
2. It is not the book. It has to take a lot of short cuts to fit on 6 discs.
That said. It is a solid effort to capture Michener's book, which I have read twice. The first disc does drag a bit and Robert Conrad's fake french accent is annoying at best. The woman playing his white wife is simply ... Read More
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great movie , great price, and the delivery was very fast. this movie is for any age who likes the history of the making of a our
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