Coquitlam Public Library

Roots, 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

Based on the novel by Alex HaleyDVD release of the original ABC television broadcast, January, 1977Special features: Disc 4: "Crossing over: how Roots captivated an entire nation" newly created featurette ; "Remembering Roots" 2002 documentary ; "Roots: one year later" documentary ; audio commentary with video option from key cast members including LeVar Burton, Cicely Tyson, and Ed Asner

multicolored

quadrophonic multichannel or surround

Cinematography, Stevan Larner, Joseph M. Wilcots ; editors, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, Neil Travis ; original music, Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones ; costume designer, Jack Martell

other

30th anniversary ed.

9781419850219

videodisc

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 Scatman Crothers, Macdonald Carey, Gary Collins, Chuck Connors, Brad Davis, Moses Gunn, Burl Ives, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, Carolyn Jones, Doug McClure, Ian McShane, Thalmus Rasulala, Raymond St. Jacques, John Schuck, Paul Shenar, Beverly Todd, Ralph Waite

4 videodiscs (573 min.), sd., col., 4 3/4 in.

sound on medium

videodisc

(BCOQ)COQb10302144(OCoLC)ocm81146919

DVD, region 1, standard (1.33:1) version; Dolby digital mono

085391144854

114485 -- Warner Home Video

DVD