
Genre | Historical drama |
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Based on |
Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley |
Written by | Alex Haley |
Screenplay by | Alex Haley James Lee |
Directed by | Marvin J. Chomsky John Erman David Greene Gilbert Moses |
Starring | John Amos Ben Vereen LeVar Burton Louis Gossett Jr. Leslie Uggams Georg Stanford Brown |
Theme music composer | Gerald Fried Quincy Jones (episode 1) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 8 (re-edited to 6 for video) |
Production | |
Executive producer | David L. Wolper |
Producer | Stan Margulies |
Cinematography | Stevan Larner, ASC |
Running time | 45/90 minutes per episode |
Production company | Wolper Productions |
Distributor | Warner Bros. Television |
Budget | US$6.6 million |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Picture format | SDTV 480p (original broadcast) HDTV 1080i (remastered version) |
Original release | January 23 – January 30, 1977 |
Chronology | |
Followed by | Roots: The Next Generations |