The Jesse Owens story

Irving, Richard, 1917-1990 (Added Author). Harewood, Dorian. (Added Author). Burton, LeVar. (Added Author). Kennedy, George, 1925- (Added Author). Morgan, Debbi, 1956- (Added Author). Dorian Harewood, LeVar Burton, George Kennedy and Deborah Morgan with Georg Stanford Brown, Barry Corbin, Tom Bosley and Ben Vereen. (Cast).

Summary: "This Emmy Award-winning drama tells the story of Jesse Owens' Olympic triumph. As the shadow of war hung over the entire world, Nazi Germany celebrated its role as host of the 1936 Olympic Games in the capital city of Berlin. Adolf Hitler finally had a stage to showcase the superiority of his 'master race.' But during the course of one week, Jesse Owens (Dorian Harewood), the African-American son of a sharecropper and the grandson of slaves, would deliver a performance that shocked the Nazis and gave hope to people around the world. Almost twenty-five years later, President George Bush Sr. posthumously awarded Owens the Congressional Medal of Honor, calling his Olympic victories 'an unrivaled athletic triumph, but more than that, a triumph for all humanity.'"--Container.

Record details

ISBN: 1554440254
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 175 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 12 cm.
videodisc
videorecording (DVD)
Publisher: Westmount, Québec : Quality Special Products, c2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the inspiring true story. Videodisc release of the 1984 made-for-tv movie. "A man. A Champion. A hero."--Container. At head of container title: Quality presents.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Paramount Pictures Corp. ; directed by Richard Irving ; written and produced by Harold Gast.
Participant or Performer Note:	Dorian Harewood, LeVar Burton, George Kennedy and Deborah Morgan with Georg Stanford Brown, Barry Corbin, Tom Bosley and Ben Vereen.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Home use only.