Monday, February 4, 2008

VIEW NEWS: "CENTENNIAL" TO DVD!

Good news for fans of the mini-series based on James Michener's "Centennial"! TV Shows on DVD is reporting that it will finally see the light of day in DVD form on July 8th.

They give the usual caveats about this being subject to change, but just seeing their rundown of the major stars of the project in alphabetical order gave my Western-loving heart quite a boost!

Here's a rundown of most of the major players:

Michael Ansara ......... Lame Beaver
William Atherton ....... Jim Lloyd
Raymond Burr ........... Herman Bockweiss
Barbara Carrera ........ Clay Basket
Richard Chamberlain .... Alexander McKeag
Robert Conrad .......... Pasquinel
Richard Crenna ......... Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
Timothy Dalton ......... Oliver Seccombe
Cliff De Young ......... John Skimmerhorn
Chad Everett ........... Major Maxwell Mercy
Sharon Gless ........... Sidney Endermann
Andy Griffith .......... Professor Lewis Venor
Merle Haggard .......... Cisco Calendar
Gregory Harrison ....... Levi Zendt
David Janssen .......... Paul Garrett/Narrator
Alex Karras ............ Hans Brumbaugh
Brian Keith ............ Sheriff Axel Dumire
Sally Kellerman ........ Lise Bockweiss
Stephen McHattie ....... Jacques 'Jake' Pasquinel
Lois Nettleton ......... Maude Wendell
Donald Pleasence ....... Samuel Purchase
Cristina Raines ........ Lucinda McKeag Zendt
Lynn Redgrave .......... Charlotte Buckland Seccombe
Robert Vaughn .......... Morgan Wendell
Dennis Weaver .......... R.J. Poteet
Anthony Zerbe .......... Mervin Wendell

Some others I don't see listed here are Stephanie Zimbalist, Clive Revill, and Clint Walker.

This was one of the finest adaptations of a novel I have ever seen in Toobworld, and I can't wait for a brand new generation of viewers to find out how good it was.

There are two other mini-series which I hope also get the DVD treatment soon: 'Captains And The Kings' and 'Testimony Of Two Men'.

BCnU!
Toby OB

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