Rødder: 25th Anniversary Edition
UPC: 7-321979-374569 (DVD)
Region Coding: Region 2
Production Year: 1977
Rating: 15 år
Running Time: 563 min.
DVD Release: 12/17/2002
Case Type: Digipak
Video Formats: Widescreen 1.33:1
Disc Formats: Dual Sided, Single Layered
SRP: kr599.95
Hans navn var Kunta Kinte. Han blev bortført fra Afrika og endte som slave i Amerika i 1767, men han nægtede at acceptere sit slavenavn Toby. Arvingerne holdt liv i hans heroiske modstand og hviskede navnet Kunta Kinte fra den ene generation til den næste, indtil det kom en ung mand fra Tennessee for øre. Han hed Ales Haley, og han gjorde Kunta Kintes navn kendt over hele verden.

Ud fra en families herkomst fortalte Haley og hans Pulitzerpris-belønnede "Rødder" en historie for hele Amerika og verden. Den blev set af 130 millioner seere, da den blev vist første gang, og den vandt et hav af priser. David h Wolpers produktion står stadig som en milepæl inden for tv-underholdning her et kvart århundrede senere. Både lyd- og billedsiden er nu blevet digitalt restaureret, og "Rødder" fremstår som en uforglemmelig DVD-oplevelse.

Genres
Drama



Studios
Warner Bros
Features
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Subtitles
Danish
Dutch
English
French
German
Norwegian
Polish
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Audio Tracks
English Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo
German
Spanish
French
Cast
Maya Angelou as Nyo Boto
Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Wrestler
Moses Gunn as Kintango
Thalmus Rasulala as Omoro, Kunta's father
Hari Rhodes as Brima Cesay (as Harry Rhodes)
William Watson as Gardner
Ren Woods as Fanta
Levar Burton as Kunta Kinte/Toby Reynolds
Edward Asner as Captain Thomas Davies
O.J. Simpson as Kadi Touray
Ralph Waite as Slater
Louis Gossett Jr. as Fiddler
Robert Reed as Dr. William Reynolds
Lorne Greene as John Reynolds
Lynda Day George as Mrs. Reynolds
Vic Morrow as Ames
Paul Shenar as John Carrington
John Amos as Toby - Kunta Kinte as Adult
Madge Sinclair as Bell
Gary Collins as Grill
Lee de Broux as Trumbull
Tanya Boyd as Genelva
Beverly Todd as Fanta as Adult
Thayer David as Harlan
Raymond St. Jacques as The Drummer
Sandy Duncan as Missy Anne Reynolds
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as Noah
John Schuck as Ordell
Leslie Uggams as Kizzy
Roxie Roker as Melissa
Elma Jackson as Mama Ada
Carolyn Jones as Mrs. Moore
Macdonald Carey as Squire James
Scatman Crothers as Mingo
Olivia Cole as Mathilda
George Hamilton as Stephen Bennett
Ian McShane as Sir Eric Russell
Lillian Randolph as Sister Sara
Richard Roundtree as Sam Bennett
Ben Vereen as 'Chicken' George Moore
Wally Taylor as Reverend
Davis Roberts as Leonard
Lloyd Bridges as Evan Brent
Georg Stanford Brown as Tom Harvey
Brad Davis as Ol' George Johnson
Hilly Hicks as Lewis
Doug McClure as Jemmy Brent
Lynne Moody as Irene Harvey
Lane Binkley as Martha Johnson
Richard McKenzie as Sam Harvey
Austin Stoker as Virgil
Sally Kemp as Lila Harvey
Burl Ives as Senator Arthur Johnson
John Quade as Sheriff Biggs
Charles Cyphers as Drake
Todd Bridges as Bud
Brooks Clift as McAlmon
Betty Cole as Sassy Woman
Chuck Connors as Tom Moore
Pat Corley as Referee
Fred Covington as Auctioneer
Joe Dorsey as Calvert
Kermit Echols as Vilars
Richard Farnsworth as Slave Catcher
Bill Gribble as Seaman Grimes
Stan Haze as Field Singer
Wayne Heffley as Telegrapher
Cindy Henderson as Bess
Maurice Hunt as The Doctor
Brion James as Slaver
John Dennis Johnston as Man at Cockfight
Lee Kessler as Miss Constable
Yaphet Kotto
Rachel Longaker as Caroline
Macon McCalman as Poston
Robert Phalen as Rufus Jackson
Hank Rolike as John
Fred D. Scott
Roosevelt Smith as James
Ernest Thomas as Kailuba
Cicely Tyson as Binta, Kunta's mother
Alex Haley as Himself (uncredited)
Crew
Direction:
Marvin J. Chomsky: Director
John Erman: Director
David Greene: Director
Gilbert Moses: Director
Writing:
M. Charles Cohen: Original Material By
Alex Haley: Original Material By
Ernest Kinoy: Original Material By
James Lee: Original Material By
Production:
Stan Margulies: Producer
David L. Wolper: Executive Producer
Cinematography:
Stevan Larner: Director of Photography
Joseph M. Wilcots: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
James T. Heckert: Film Editor
Peter Kirby: Film Editor
Neil Travis: Film Editor
Music:
Quincy Jones III: Song Writer
Gerald Fried: Composer
Quincy Jones: Composer
Sound:
Larry Carow: Sound Editor
George Fredrick: Sound Editor
Colin C. Mouat: Sound Editor
Lawrence E. Neiman: Sound Editor
David Pettijohn: Sound Editor
Bruce Richardson: Sound Editor
Donald L. Warner, Jr.: Sound Editor
Art:
Joseph R. Jennings: Art Director
Janet Scott Batchler: Art Director