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Overview
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Writers:
Sydney A. Glass (writer)
Alex Haley (book)
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Release Date:
18 February 1979 (USA) more
Plot:
The dramatization of Alex Haley's family line from post Civil War America to the writer's search for his roots. full summary
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Actor Brock Peters Dies at 78
(From WENN. 23 August 2005)
Actor Paul Winfield Dies at 62
(From WENN. 9 March 2004)
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The Best Family Saga Ever more (6 total)
Cast
(Series Cast overview, first billed only) | Georg Stanford Brown | ... | Tom Harvey |
 | Olivia de Havilland | ... | Mrs. Warner |
 | Henry Fonda | ... | Colonel Frederick Warner |
 | Paul Koslo | ... | Earl Crowther |
| Avon Long | ... | Chicken George Moore |
| Lynne Moody | ... | Irene Harvey |
| Greg Morris | ... | Beeman Jones |
 | Marc Singer | ... | Andy Warner |
| Richard Thomas | ... | Jim Warner |
| Fay Hauser | ... | Carrie Barden |
| Brian Stokes Mitchell | ... | John Dolan (as Brian Mitchell) |
| Debbi Morgan | ... | Elizabeth Harvey |
| Kathleen Doyle | ... | Lucy Damson |
| Ja'net DuBois | ... | Sally Harvey |
| Slim Gaillard | ... | Sam Wesley |
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840 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Golden Oak Ranch - 19802 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA more
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Marlon Brando 's sequence was only made out of one day of shooting. more
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Without a doubt, this family saga eclipses John Galsworthy's 'The Forsythe Saga' as well as 'The Thorn Birds' and 'North and South'. All of them are dwarfed by Alex Haley's work. This offering features the last three generations after the American Civil War leading up to Alex Haley in the 20th century. He is the benchmark for 'Black Writing', family sagas and period dramas. Even the period dramas that Sidney Poitier and Hattie McDaniels appeared pales into insignificance compared with this work. More than that, this piece of entertainment delivers high quality acting, good dialogue, solid characters and engaging story lines. I had to watch this again and again to absorb it because it was so good.