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Writer:
James Michener (novel)
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Release Date:
1 October 1978 (USA)
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Plot:
The economic and cultural growth of Colorado spanning two centuries from the mid-1700s to the late-1970s. full summary
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Colorado
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Dance
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Granddaughter
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Partner
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Native American
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.
Another 3 wins
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2 nominations
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A Great Story Told Well
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 30 of 89) | Raymond Burr | ... | Herman Bockweiss (12 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Barbara Carrera | ... | Clay Basket (12 episodes, 1978-1979) |
 | Richard Chamberlain | ... | Alexander McKeag (12 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Robert Conrad | ... | Pasquinel (12 episodes, 1978-1979) |
 | Richard Crenna | ... | Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn (12 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Chad Everett | ... | Major Maxwell Mercy (12 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Alex Karras | ... | Hans Brumbaugh (12 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Brian Keith | ... | Sheriff Axel Dumire (12 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Sally Kellerman | ... | Lise Bockweiss (12 episodes, 1978-1979) |
 | Donald Pleasence | ... | Sam Purchas (12 episodes, 1978-1979) |
 | Lynn Redgrave | ... | Charlotte Buckland Seccombe (12 episodes, 1978-1979) |
 | Dennis Weaver | ... | R.J. Poteet (12 episodes, 1978-1979) |
 | Stephen McHattie | ... | Jacques 'Jake' Pasquinel (11 episodes, 1978-1979) |
 | William Atherton | ... | Jim Lloyd (10 episodes, 1978-1979) |
 | Timothy Dalton | ... | Oliver Seccombe (10 episodes, 1978-1979) |
 | Cliff De Young | ... | John Skimmerhorn (10 episodes, 1978-1979) |
 | Andy Griffith | ... | Professor Lewis Venor (10 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Gregory Harrison | ... | Levi Zendt (10 episodes, 1978-1979) |
 | David Janssen | ... | Narrator / ... (10 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Lois Nettleton | ... | Maude Wendell (10 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Cristina Raines | ... | Lucinda McKeag Zendt (10 episodes, 1978-1979) |
 | Robert Vaughn | ... | Morgan Wendell (10 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Anthony Zerbe | ... | Mervin Wendell (10 episodes, 1978-1979) |
 | Jesse Vint | ... | Amos Calendar (6 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Sharon Gless | ... | Sidney Endermann (5 episodes, 1979) |
 | Les Lannom | ... | Bufe Coker (5 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Kario Salem | ... | Marcel 'Mike' Pasquinel (5 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Michael LeClair | ... | Young Jim Lloyd (5 episodes, 1978-1979) |
 | Glynn Turman | ... | Nate Person (5 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Gloria McMillan | ... | Mrs. Brumbaugh (5 episodes, 1978-1979) |
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Runtime:
1256 min (12 episodes) (excluding commercials)
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Factual errors: During "The Longhorns" episode - at the start of the cattle drive, R. J. Poteet can be heard yelling "let's move em' north" - referring to driving the cattle in a northward direction. In actuality, the Goodnight-Loving Trail that they followed started out in a westward direction into New Mexico before the trail ever turned north.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Walter Matthau (#4.7)" (1978)
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I read the book Centennial in 1976 when it was first published in hardback. Its the only book I ever read that kept me up all night. A truly amazing story of the west, as it really was.
I missed the mini series in 1978 for some reason and just happened to see it available in the public library and took it in in one gulp. All I can say is WOW! What have I been missing all these years. Thank god for home video.
This is as close to a perfect presentation of Michener's novel as I could ever imagine. If you are in love with the west and it's history you will love every minute you spend watching this delightful program. It's characters capture every nuance of those in the novel. Romance, treachery, adventure, loyalty, history, the whole spectrum of humanity is here and well done too. And a word about the cast. How was it possible to assemble such a grand group. Just terrific. The only thing done lately to compare with this is "Gods and Generals".
If you love history I recommend it to you.