| Roots (Four-Disc 30th Anniversary Edition) |  | Actors: Levar Burton, Cicely Tyson, Edward Asner, Sandy Duncan, Ralph Waite
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.98
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Sales Rank: 723
Format: Box set, Color, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Region: 1
Discs: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Running Time: 573 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: WHV114485DD
UPC: 085391144854
EAN: 0085391144854
ASIN: B000NA21S6
Theatrical Release Date: October 9, 2007
Release Date: May 22, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | DVD | | • | 4 X 3 FULL FRAME | | • | Slipcase - Super Slim | | • | Multi Disc | | • | Audio Commentary Documentaries Electronic press kit Featurette Interviews |
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Product Description
The landmark TV mini-series, winner of seven Emmys, that traced the black experience in America through the struggles of one family from slavery to freedom is available in a four-disc set. Based on Alex Haley's best-seller, the program's impressive cast includes LeVar Burton, Lou Gossett, Jr., Ed Asner, Lorne Greene, Ben Vereen, Leslie Uggams, and Georg Stanford Brown. 9 1/2 hrs. total on four discs. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; audio commentary; documentaries.
Amazon.com
From the moment the young Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) is stolen from his life and ancestral home in 18th-century Africa and brought under inhumane conditions to be auctioned as a slave in America, a line is begun that leads from this most shameful chapter in U.S. history to the 20th-century author Alex Haley, a Kinte descendant. The late Haley's acclaimed book Roots was adapted into this six-volume television miniseries, which was a widely watched phenomenon in 1977. The programs cover several generations in the antebellum South and end with the story of "Chicken" George, a freed slave played by Ben Vereen whose family feels the agony of entrenched racism and learns to fight it. Between the lives of Kunta and George, we meet a number of memorable characters, black and white, and learn much about the emotional and physical torments of slavery, from beatings and rapes to the forced separation of spouses and families. Nothing like this had ever confronted so many mainstream Americans when the series was originally broadcast, and the extent to which the country was nudged a degree or two toward enlightenment was instantly obvious. Roots still has that ability to open one's eyes, and engage an audience in a sweeping, memorable drama at the same time. --Tom Keogh
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