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| Universal Studios (1978) | |||||
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| Richard Crenna | ||
| Andy Griffith | ||
| Sally Kellerman | ||
| Lynn Redgrave | ||
| Barbara Carrera | Clay Basket | |
| Sharon Gless | ||
| Stephanie Zimbalist | Elly | |
| Raymond Burr | Herman Bockweiss | |
| Mark Harmon | Kapitein McIntosh | |
| Timothy Dalton | Oliver Secombe | |
| Centennial | ||
| Robert Conrad | Pasquinel | |
| Richard Chamberlain | Alexander McKeag | |
| Gregory Harrison | Levi Zendt | |
| Clint Richie | Messmore Garrett | |
| Michael Ansara | Lame Beaver | |
| Donald Pleasence | ||
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| Merle Haggard | ||
| Brian Keith | ||
| Anthony Zerbe | ||
| David Janssen |
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| Producer | Alex Beaton
Howard P. Alston |
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| Writer | James Michener
Charles Larson |
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It is their story. It is our story. It is the story of America. Journey to the Wild West in the sweeping, sensational epic drama Centennial: The Complete Series! Relive the grand hopes, dreams, loves, and adventures of generations of residents in Centennial, Colorado - from their risky attempts to establish a settlement in 1795 through the politics and power plays of the 20th century. With over 26 TV hours of content on DVD for the first time, this incredible set gives fans the opportunity to own the complete chronicle that showcases one of the finest casts ever assembled, including Richard Chamberlain, Robert Conrad, Timothy Dalton, Mark Harmon, Andy Griffith, Raymond Burr, Dennis Weaver, Lynn Redgrave, Sharon Gless, Stephanie Zimbalist, Sally Kellerman and many more. Based on James Michener's best-selling novel, this Primetime Emmy Award-nominated saga is a captivating look at the intertwining lives of the brave men and women in a fictional American town that endured the growing pains of a nation on the rise. Disc 1: - Chapter 1: "Only the Rocks Live Forever" - Chapter 2: "The Yellow Apron" Disc 2: - Chapter 3: "The Wagon and the Elephant" - Chapter 4: "For as Long as the Waters Flow" Disc 3: - Chapter 5: "The Massacre" - Chapter 6: "The Longhorns" Disc 4: - Chapter 7: "The Shepherds" - Chapter 8: "The Storm" Disc 5: - Chapter 9: "The Crime" - Chapter 10: "The Winds of Fortune" Disc 6: - Chapter 11: "The Winds of Death" - Chapter 12: "The Scream of Eagles" |
| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 10/1/1978 1. Only the Rocks Live Forever | ||
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A fiesty Quebec trapper meets Arapaho Chief Lame Beaver in his travels throughout the American West. Thus beginning a series of relationships that create a timeline of adventures from the late 1700's to the 20th century. On a trip to St. Louis to sell his wares, he encounters the wealthy silversmith Herman Bockweiss (Raymond Burr) and enters a partnership with him to bring guns and silver to the Indians. He agrees to marry Bockweiss' daughter Lise (Sally Kellerman) and leaves shortly thereafter to return to his trapping trade. He encounters and saves the life of his future partner, Alexander McKeag (Richard Chamberlain), a Scotsman attempting to escape his past. They make their way to an Arapaho camp where McKeag, who has been injured, is tended by Chief Lame Beaver's daughter, Clay Basket (Barbara Carrera). They fall in love, but she instead marries Pasquinel at her father's request. Accompanied by Clay Basket, the partners set out in search of Pasquinel's true desire - gold.
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| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 10/8/1978 2. The Yellow Apron | ||
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In spite of mounting tensions between the races, Pasquinel, McKeag and the Indians continue a profitable releationship in trading. Clay Basket bears Pasquinel two sons, Jacques and Marcel, while back in St. Louis, Lise gives birth to Pasquinel's daughter, Lisette. Pasquinel continues his obsessive search for Lame Beaver's gold, while McKeag and Clay Basket are secretly in love with each other, but her honor in marriage to Pasquinel won't allow her to reveal it to McKeag.
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| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 10/28/1978 3. The Wagon and the Elephant | ||
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1845: In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, young Mennonite Levi Zendt heads out west with his bride-to-be Elly Zamm. On the wagon train and in St. Louis they meet young English writer Oliver Seccombe and Army Captain Maxwell Mercy - who is married to Lisette, Pasquinel's daughter. McKeag weds Clay Basket and adopts her half-breed daughter Lucinda. While on the wagon train, guide Samuel Purchase tries to rape Elly, causing Levi and Elly to leave it, meeting McKeag and later establish the settlement of the town Centennial.
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| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 11/4/1978 4. For as Long as the Water Flows | ||
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Driven by the grief over his wife's death, Levi boards himself up in the desolate cabin once used by McKeag and Pasquinel in their early trapping days. Clay Basket and McKeag soon send their daughter Lucinda to bring him to their home. Eventually, Levi and Lucinda fall in love and marry. Meanwhile, Hans Brumbaugh arrives from Germany to seek gold.
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| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 11/11/1978 5. The Massacre | ||
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1861: War sweeps the country, the Civil War in the North and South, in the West the Pasquinel brothers, Jacques and Marcel are raiding and murdering soldiers and homesteaders. Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn, an officer in the Wyoming militia arrives in Centennial with intent on killing all Indians.
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| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 12/3/1978 6. The Longhorns | ||
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Representing a group of British investors, Oliver Seccombe arrives in Centennial with money to start a cattle ranch. He hires John Skimmerhorn to get some men and launch a large cattle drive to the West's largest cattle ranch, the Venneford. Skimmerhorn hires R.J. Poteet, an experienced trail boss, who picks a handful of seasoned drovers and young trail hands.
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| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 12/10/1978 7. The Shepherds | ||
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The late 1800's, Hans Brumbaugh leads the farmers in the war against the wealthy ranchers and cattlemen led by Oliver Seccombe. Messmore Garrett settles in Centennial with thousands of sheep and more competition against the cattlemen. The new sheriff, Dumire can't stop the fight from both sides. Charlotte Buckland, the daughter of one of the Venneford Ranch's British owners, arrives in America and falls in love with Seccombe.
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| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 1/14/1979 8. The Storm | ||
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Mervin Wendell, his wife Maude and son Philip, a theatrical / professional con man comes to Centennial. Jim Lloyd is in love with Levi Zendt's beautiful, but wild daughter Clemma and pursues her. Meanwhile, the British investors have sent Scottish accountant Finlay Perkin to the Venneford Ranch to do an audit. Not able to understand Seccombe's accounting or spendage of running a cattle ranch, he accuses him of thief.
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| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 1/21/1979 9. The Crime | ||
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The Wendells easily con the people of Centennial, while blackmailing Reverend Holly. The Wendell son, Philip idolizes Sheriff Dumire, who is investegating the disappearance and possible murder of a traveling businessman, carrying a briefcase full of money. Newly widowed Charlotte Seccombe, returns to England briefly, but returns to run the Venneford Ranch. Meanwhile, Hans Brumbaugh, with the help of Japanese laborers has built his farm into a successful potatoe farm.
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| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 1/28/1979 10. The Winds of Fortune | ||
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Charlotte Seccombe and Jim Lloyd fall in love, while Zendt's troubled daughter Clemma returns. The notorious Pettis gang arrive for a showdown with Sheriff Dumire. Hans Brumbaugh's Japanese laborers quit him to follow after their own dreams of owning their own farms.
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| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 2/3/1979 11. The Winds of Death | ||
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Early 1900's, Mervin Wendell has become a real estate tycoon by selling promises on land that barely produces any growth to young naive families from the East. While Charlotte Lloyd takes up the Mexican residents' cause at defending their rights.
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| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 2/4/1979 12. The Scream of Eagles | ||
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1978: Historian Professor Lew Vernor and writer Sidney Enderman arrive to do a article on Centennial. Paul Garrett, the current owner of the Venneford Ranch and a direct descendant of Pasquinel, tells them the history of the town. Morgan Wendell, son of Philip is running for the newly formed office of Commissioner of Resources and Priorities for the State of Colorado. When it is realized that Wendell is running only for the money and power, Garrett is persuaded to run against him.
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| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 13. The Longhorns (Part 2) | ||
| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 12/10/1978 14. The Shepherds (Part 1) | ||
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The late 1800's, Hans Brumbaugh leads the farmers in the war against the wealthy ranchers and cattlemen led by Oliver Seccombe. Messmore Garrett settles in Centennial with thousands of sheep and more competition against the cattlemen. The new sheriff, Dumire can't stop the fight from both sides. Charlotte Buckland, the daughter of one of the Venneford Ranch's British owners, arrives in America and falls in love with Seccombe.
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| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 15. The Shepherds (Part 2) | ||
| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 1/14/1979 16. The Storm (Part 1) | ||
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Mervin Wendell, his wife Maude and son Philip, a theatrical / professional con man comes to Centennial. Jim Lloyd is in love with Levi Zendt's beautiful, but wild daughter Clemma and pursues her. Meanwhile, the British investors have sent Scottish accountant Finlay Perkin to the Venneford Ranch to do an audit. Not able to understand Seccombe's accounting or spendage of running a cattle ranch, he accuses him of thief.
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| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 17. The Storm (Part 2) | ||
| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 1/21/1979 18. The Crime (Part 1) | ||
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The Wendells easily con the people of Centennial, while blackmailing Reverend Holly. The Wendell son, Philip idolizes Sheriff Dumire, who is investegating the disappearance and possible murder of a traveling businessman, carrying a briefcase full of money. Newly widowed Charlotte Seccombe, returns to England briefly, but returns to run the Venneford Ranch. Meanwhile, Hans Brumbaugh, with the help of Japanese laborers has built his farm into a successful potatoe farm.
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| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 19. The Crime (Part 2) | ||
| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 1/28/1979 20. The Winds of Fortune | ||
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Charlotte Seccombe and Jim Lloyd fall in love, while Zendt's troubled daughter Clemma returns. The notorious Pettis gang arrive for a showdown with Sheriff Dumire. Hans Brumbaugh's Japanese laborers quit him to follow after their own dreams of owning their own farms.
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| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 21. The Winds of Fortune (Part 2) | ||
| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 2/3/1979 22. The Winds of Death (Part 1) | ||
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Early 1900's, Mervin Wendell has become a real estate tycoon by selling promises on land that barely produces any growth to young naive families from the East. While Charlotte Lloyd takes up the Mexican residents' cause at defending their rights.
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| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 23. The Winds of Death (Part 2) | ||
| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 2/4/1979 24. The Scream of Eagles | ||
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1978: Historian Professor Lew Vernor and writer Sidney Enderman arrive to do a article on Centennial. Paul Garrett, the current owner of the Venneford Ranch and a direct descendant of Pasquinel, tells them the history of the town. Morgan Wendell, son of Philip is running for the newly formed office of Commissioner of Resources and Priorities for the State of Colorado. When it is realized that Wendell is running only for the money and power, Garrett is persuaded to run against him.
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| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 25. The Scream of Eagles (Part 2) | ||
| Seen it: Yes 1 hr 45 mins 26. The Scream of Eagles (Part 3) | ||
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