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Centennial Vols 1-12
Actor(s): William Atherton, Raymond Burr, Barbara Carrera, Richard Chamberlain, Robert Conrad
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
Creator(s): Writer Charles LarsonWriter James MichenerWriter Jerry ZiegmanWriter John Wilder
Director(s):
EAN: 9780783215129
Format(s): Box setColorNTSC
ISBN: 0783215126
Label: Universal Studios
Language(s): English Analog Original Language
List Price: $99.98
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 12
Package Dimensions:
Height: 1.12"
Width: 4.19"
Length: 1.12"
Weight: 0.38 lbs.
Product Group: Video
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: 1997-10-21
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1978-10-01
UPC: 096898247931
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com:
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
Customer Reviews Average rating - 5.0
Rating - 5 Date: 2009-01-06
Content: Centennial is an outstanding story of the settling of the West - complete with the challenges, the tragedies and the triumphs.
Summary: 5 Star Series
Rating - 5 Date: 2009-01-02
Content: as always just as Amazon stated, good service, excellent dvd's.....love love Amazon.com...have gotten quite a few different series ..always excellent.
Summary: centennial series
Rating - 5 Date: 2008-12-31
Content: How the West was won really started me, and then Centennial really took the cake, I could almost feel the heat and sweat from the skin they wore and the dry air, and the water was really cold, brrrrr.The sleeping out in the cool nite was a gas and who knew what was coming next. Almost like nam. Good going...
Summary: why fall asleep during the good stuff ?
Rating - 5 Date: 2008-12-29
Content: I have always loved centennial I had it on vhs and when i heard it was on dvd I orderd it some of the reviews i read were all wet"my copy was perfect"they talked about a poor transfer not true.the dvd was great. they did an exelent job. and I am very pleased. thank you very much. Bubb Smith Coos bay oregon
Summary: Centennial
Rating - 5 Date: 2008-12-27
Content: Centennial is a movie that should be watched by all interested in western History and especially by those living in Colorado. Ive never ever seen anything done better in the mini series format. It has been to long for this tremendous movie to come out on dvd. But very happy it did.
Summary: Centennial
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