| Description |
1 videodisc (174 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
DVD release of the 1984 motion picture by Paramount Pictures Corp. |
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Originally a mini-series telecast in July 1984. |
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Based on the life of the star of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Credits |
Executive producer, Harve Bennett; producer-writer, Harold Gast ; director, Richard Irving; music, Michel Legrand. |
| Cast |
Dorian Harewood, Georg Stanford Brown, Debbi Morgan, Barry Corbin, Kai Wulff, Tom Bosley, Levar Burton, Ronny Cox, Norman Fell, Greg Morris, James B. Sikking, Vic Tayback, Ben Vereen, and George Kennedy. |
| Summary |
Jesse Owens is the track star who won four gold medals. Spanning over forty years, this powerful docudrama traces Jesse's life from his days as a sharecropper's son, through his incredible record-breaking college years, his marriage to his high school sweetheart, his monumental victories in the 1936 Olympics, and his thirty year struggle to survive in a prejudiced country that he loved so deeply. |
| Subject |
Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980 -- Drama.
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Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany) -- Videodiscs.
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African American athletes -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Track and field athletes -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Television mini-series.
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| Added Author |
Bennett, Harve, producer.
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Irving, Richard, 1914-1990, director.
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Gast, Harold, 1918-2003, producer, scenarist.
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Legrand, Michel, 1932- composer.
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Harewood, Dorian, actor.
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Brown, Georg Stanford, actor.
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Morgan, Debbi, 1956- actor.
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Corbin, Barry, 1940- actor.
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Kennedy, George, 1925- actor.
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Bosley, Tom, actor.
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Vereen, Ben, actor.
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DSSP (Firm)
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Paramount Television.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation.
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| ISBN |
1554440254 |
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9781554440252 |
| Standard No. |
779836148292 |
| Music No. |
DVD 14829 DSSP, Inc. |
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