| Centennial: The Complete Series | 
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Sales Rank: 67
Category: DVD
Actor: Centennial
Publisher: Universal Studios
Studio: Universal Studios
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
Label: Universal Studios
Format: Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 1252 minutes
Number Of Items: 6
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
MPN: 61103921
UPC: 025195031776
EAN: 0025195031776
ASIN: B0018RKEQO
Release Date: July 29, 2008 (In 68 Days)
Theatrical Release Date: October 1, 1978
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Product Description
Journey to the Wild West in the sweeping sensational epic drama Centennial: The Complete Series! Relive the grand hopes dreams loves and adventures of generations of residents in Centennial Colorado - from their risky attempts to establish a settlement in 1795 through the politics and power plays of the 20th century. With over 26 TV hours of content on DVD for the first time this incredible set gives fans the opportunity to own the complete chronicle that showcases one of the finest casts ever assembled including Richard Chamberlain Robert Conrad Timothy Dalton Mark Harmon Andy Griffith Raymond Burr Dennis Weaver Lynn Redgrave Sharon Gless Stephanie Zimbalist Sally Kellerman and many more. Based on James Michener s best-selling novel this Primetime EmmyAward-nominated saga is a captivating look at the intertwining lives of the brave men and women in a fictional American town that endured the growing pains of a nation on the rise.System Requirements:Running Time: 1252 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 025195031776 Manufacturer No: 61103921
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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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So glad to see this May 19, 2008
Words cannot express just how glad I am to see this finally released on DVD. I grew up watching this miniseries and have loved it ever since I first saw it. There are so many great moments and the actors all do a fanatstic job. The portrayal of the indians is especially good, maybe the best I've ever seen in film. I'll be rewatching this as soon as I get it.
THIS MAGNIFICENT DVD COLLECTION IS LONG OVERDUE!!! May 15, 2008
I HAVE WAITED 3 YEARS FOR THIS DVD. I KEPT CHECKING FOR ITS RELEASE. ONE OF THE BEST MINISERIES EVER DONE FOR TELEVISION. ROBERT CONRAD DOES THE BEST ACTING OF HIS CAREER. GREGORY HARRISON IS OUTSTANDING AS LEVI ZANDT, AND LYNN REDGRAVE IS TERIFFIC TOO AS CHAROLETT. I ALSO ENJOYED DAVID JANSEN, ALEX KARRAS, ANTHONY ZERBE, AND BARBARA CARERRA. AND DON'T LET ME FORGET THE GREAT RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN...JUST OUTSTANDING AND WORTH EVERY HOUR ....EVERYONE WILL ENJOY THIS DVD...SPLENDID STORY TELLING
Best Mother's Day Gift to Myself Ever May 11, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Today is Mother's Day 2008 and I simply cannot contain my excitement. I have turned 21, 30, 40, and 50, gotten married, reared 3 children to adulthood; and yet my enthusiasm for this mini-series has not waned. I have driven my husband crazy over the years saying, "That's Jim Lloyd, he was just a boy on the cattle drive but becomes a major character and eventually marries Charlotte Seccumbe who was first married to Oliver (who became Batman)", or "It's Alexander McKeag. He married Clay Basket that was one of Pasquinel's wives and mother of Lucinda that marries Levi Zendt after he mourns the loss of his first wife, Elly..." and so on. These characters and all the others (John Skimmerhorn, Capt.John McIntosh, Maxwell Mercy, Hans Brumbaugh, Sheriff Dumire) have been a part of my life's history since the 70's and I am estatic over the DVD release. I have told my household that from the minute the DVD arrives until the end of the last episode they are on there own because I will be totally immersed and back in time with CENTENNIAL for 20+ hours...and then will replay it again. I hope my husband catches the "CENTENNIAL fever". It simply is the best Mother's Day gift ever!
R. STEVENSON, SAINT CHARLES, MO(where Lewis and Clark began their westward journey)
The Ultimate Mini (no make that MEGA) Series finally on DVD May 10, 2008
In the fall of 1978, NBC's "Big Event" launched a real BIG EVENT namely James Michener's Centennial (yes folks it's even bigger than Shogun). The story of the founding of a fictional town in Colorado and the events leading up to it and beyond. Beginning in the days where Indians ruled the west and ending in the then present (albeit only 1 episode of 12 takes place in the present) we see a beautiful look of life in the Rocky Mountains and the surrounding area. In his own introduction to part 1, Michener himself tells us that while the story is fictional and its characters are imaginary, that there were real people in history like those played by Robert Conrad, Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Burr, Michael Ansara and others. Several real events in history were also reenacted as well to help tell the story. And there are even some narrative moments by David Janssen who would himself play a prominent character at the end of the story. Whether you bought the tapes 10 years ago as I did or not, to paraphrase Michener, "Get your orders in now for the DVD copy of the story of the American West". Between this and Stephen Ives' (with help from Ken Burns) documentary, you'll have all the western history you need for a lifetime. Although, I am considering buying a copy of TNT's "Into The West" someday.
More than a saga about the American West May 10, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Thank you Universal for, yes, FINALLY releasing the NBC 12-episode mini-series Centennial on DVD, which was based on James Michner's Centennial: A Novel.
For those who did not catch the mini-series, you're in for a great story recounting the history of the people who lived in, pioneered and developed the fictional town of Centennial, Colorado, between the late 18th century and the 1970s.
Or, as any native of Colorado will tell you the town is actually Greeley, Colorado, since it is near the South Platte River and Cache la Poudre River -- the locale the novel and series refers to. You should also be aware that some of the characters are a composite of real people who were part of the state's history.
Over 20 hours long, this mini-series included many well-known actors of the day: Richard Chamberlain (Scottish trapper Alexander McKeag), Robert Conrad (French trapper Pasquinel), Raymond Burr (German merchant Herman Bockweiss), Barbara Carrera (Clay Basket), Gregory Harrison (Mennonite farmer Levi Zendt), Alex Karras (Volga Deutscher immigrant Hans Brumbaugh), Richard Crenna (Frank Skimmerhorn aka John Chivington, a Colonel at the time of the U.S. Civil War who gained infamy for the Sand Creek Massacre of peaceful Native Americans on the Colorado plains in 1864), Dennis Weaver (cow hand R.J. Poteet), Timothy Dalton, Andy Griffith, Mark Harmon, Brian Keith, Lynn Redgrave, Robert Vaughn, Anthony Zerbe, Stephanie Zimbalist, David Jansen, and numerous other well-known actors (even a young George Clooney in one episode as an extra in the Indian village scene -- it was his TV debut).
The episodes as they appeared from October 1978 through February 1979 included:
1. Only the Rocks Live Forever
2. The Yellow Apron
3. The Wagon and the Elephant
4. For as Long as the Water Flows
5. The Massacre
6. The Longhorns
7. The Shepherds
8. The Storm
9. The Crime
10. The Winds of Fortune
11. The Winds of Death
12. The Scream of Eagles
I can't contain my excitement over this release. It's got to be ONE OF THE BEST TV MINI-SERIES to ever air on American television. I enjoyed it then, all those years ago when I live in Colorado. And surprisingly, it played well with audiences in my wife's country of Malaysia too. After all, it's a story that transcends time and culture because it touches on themes common to us all. Highly recommended.
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