VIEW NEWS: "CENTENNIAL" TO DVD!

Good news for fans of the mini-series based on James Michener's "Centennial"! TV Shows on DVD is reporting that it will finally see the light of day in DVD form on July 8th.

They give the usual caveats about this being subject to change, but just seeing their rundown of the major stars of the project in alphabetical order gave my Western-loving heart quite a boost!

Here's a rundown of most of the major players:

Michael Ansara ......... Lame Beaver

William Atherton ....... Jim Lloyd

Raymond Burr ........... Herman Bockweiss

Barbara Carrera ........ Clay Basket

Richard Chamberlain .... Alexander McKeag

Robert Conrad .......... Pasquinel

Richard Crenna ......... Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn

Timothy Dalton ......... Oliver Seccombe

Cliff De Young ......... John Skimmerhorn

Chad Everett ........... Major Maxwell Mercy

Sharon Gless ........... Sidney Endermann

Andy Griffith .......... Professor Lewis Venor

Merle Haggard .......... Cisco Calendar

Gregory Harrison ....... Levi Zendt

David Janssen .......... Paul Garrett/Narrator

Alex Karras ............ Hans Brumbaugh

Brian Keith ............ Sheriff Axel Dumire

Sally Kellerman ........ Lise Bockweiss

Stephen McHattie ....... Jacques 'Jake' Pasquinel

Lois Nettleton ......... Maude Wendell

Donald Pleasence ....... Samuel Purchase

Cristina Raines ........ Lucinda McKeag Zendt

Lynn Redgrave .......... Charlotte Buckland Seccombe

Robert Vaughn .......... Morgan Wendell

Dennis Weaver .......... R.J. Poteet

Anthony Zerbe .......... Mervin Wendell

Some others I don't see listed here are Stephanie Zimbalist, Clive Revill, and Clint Walker.

This was one of the finest adaptations of a novel I have ever seen in Toobworld, and I can't wait for a brand new generation of viewers to find out how good it was.

There are two other mini-series which I hope also get the DVD treatment soon: 'Captains And The Kings' and 'Testimony Of Two Men'.

BCnU!
Toby OB