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The Jesse Owens story

Title
The Jesse Owens story / directed by Richard Irving.
Publication
Westmount, Quebec ; Plattsburgh, NY : Quality Special Products : DSSP, [2005]

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Additional Authors
  • Irving, Richard, 1917-1990.
  • Gast, Harold, 1918-2003.
  • Harewood, Dorian.
  • Brown, Georg Stanford.
  • Morgan, Debbi, 1956-
  • Corbin, Barry, 1940-
  • Wulff, Kai.
  • Bosley, Tom.
  • Burton, LeVar.
  • Cox, Ronny.
  • Fell, Norman, 1924-1998
  • Morris, Greg.
  • Sikking, James, 1934-
  • Tayback, Vic, 1930-1990.
  • Vereen, Ben
  • Kennedy, George, 1925-2016.
  • Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019.
  • Bracken, Richard.
  • Correll, Charles.
  • Paramount Television.
  • Direct Source Special Products Inc.
  • Quality (Firm)
Description
1 videodisc (174 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Jesse Owens won four gold medals in track at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Spanning over forty years, this docudrama traces his life from his days as a sharecropper's son through his record-breaking college years, marriage to his high school sweetheart, Olympic victories, and struggle to survive in a country he loved deeply.
Subject
  • Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980 > Drama
  • Olympic Games 1936 : Berlin, Germany) > Drama
  • African American athletes > Biography > Drama
  • African American track and field athletes > Biography > Drama
  • Track and field athletes > United States > Biography > Drama
  • Olympic athletes > United States > Biography > Drama
Genre/Form
  • Biographical television programs.
  • Historical television programs.
  • Sports television programs.
  • Fiction television programs.
  • Television mini-series.
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture by Paramount Television and telecast as a mini-series in July 1984.
Credits (note)
  • Written and produced by Harold Gast. Music, Michel Legrand. Editor, Richard Bracken. Director of photography, Charles Correll. A Paramount Television production.
Performer (note)
  • 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, George Kennedy.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Call Number
Sc DVD-2165
ISBN
  • 1554440254
  • 9781554440252
LCCN
779836148292
OCLC
60410996
Title
The Jesse Owens story / directed by Richard Irving.
Imprint
Westmount, Quebec ; Plattsburgh, NY : Quality Special Products : DSSP, [2005]
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
System Details
DVD.
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, George Kennedy.
Credits
Written and produced by Harold Gast. Music, Michel Legrand. Editor, Richard Bracken. Director of photography, Charles Correll. A Paramount Television production.
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Added Author
Irving, Richard, 1917-1990. Director
Gast, Harold, 1918-2003. Producer. Screenwriter
Harewood, Dorian. Actor
Brown, Georg Stanford. Actor
Morgan, Debbi, 1956- Actor
Corbin, Barry, 1940- Actor
Wulff, Kai. Actor
Bosley, Tom. Actor
Burton, LeVar. Actor
Cox, Ronny. Actor
Fell, Norman, 1924-1998, actor.
Morris, Greg. Actor
Sikking, James, 1934- Actor
Tayback, Vic, 1930-1990. Actor
Vereen, Ben, actor.
Kennedy, George, 1925-2016. Actor
Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019. Composer
Bracken, Richard. Film editor
Correll, Charles. Cinematographer
Paramount Television.
Direct Source Special Products Inc.
Quality (Firm)
Other Standard Identifier
779836148292
Publisher No.
DVD 14829 DSSP, Inc.
Research Call Number
Sc DVD-2165
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