Centennial 1978 Television Series: Titles Intro

For them that don't know yet, the series is finally out in dvd....got mine from Amazon....find it, buy it and most of all enjoy it!

This has always been my personal favorite. I love it so much I copied the audio from my vhs to my computer and created audio cd's. Now I can listen to it wherever I go....took a little work but managed to create it with tracks. Pasquinel is the man and McKeag runner up! Pasquinel has always been my screen name for as long as I can remember as well as my Character name in the World of Warcraft lol. Only problem I had with the series is Michner had all main characters die at happy moments for the character and there is no way Levi could have been sucked under that train at that speed!!!!

This and Rich Man Poor Man were the best of the mini-series.

This mini series will never be released on DVD due to the fact there are to many actors invloved and the legal side of it has stopped any DVD release.......sad but true! its all to do with royalties

Don't flame me but IMO the music and credits themselves were more entertaining than the series. I'm a history nut but it just seemed too affected and contrived (as did much of Michener's later works). Sorry.
Anyway, it's amazing to watch this and see how many formerly-famous, then-famous/now obscure , later famous, never-famous living and departed performers partipated in this. Almost as though they all picked the perfect time and venue to bridge the past+ present! Thanks for posting this.

Thank you. The rest can be found on the Internet Movie Data Base.

This will take several postings - the cast in alphabetical order as they appear in this intro with their roles as follows:

William Atherton - Jim Lloyd (cattleman, later head of Venneford Ranch)

Raymond Burr - Hermann Bockweiss (St. Louis silversmith)

Barbara Carrera - Clay Basket (McKeag's first wife)

Richard Chamberlain - Alexander McKeag

Robert Conrad - Pasquinel

Richard Crenna - Col. Frank Skimmerhorn

Timothy Dalton - Oliver Seccombe (operated Venneford Ranch later in life)

I remember my parents trying to get me to watch this mini-series on TV when I was little. I wasn't too interested in it at the time, but the theme song has stuck with me so much that I decided to buy the book a few months ago. I have to say that it is the best book I have ever read, and I can't wait for the DVD version of the mini-series to come out.

I watched it when it first aired - I was in my early teens.

Having read the book first (I live in Michener's home of Bucks County, PA), I looked forward to it every week! It's still my favorite Michener work.

Don't forget key characters such as Levi Zendt ("Potato" Brumbaugh's partner), Alexander McKeag (Pasquinel's partner), Maxwell Mercy, Charlotte Lloyd and Oliver Seccombe - and many others!

After thirty years I finally got to follow alot of the Oregon Trail and see some of the landmarks,such as,Chimney Rock, Scottsbluff, Register Cliff. As I traveled through NE & WY my mind would wander back to these wonderful characters that Michener brought to life and I would daydream about being there with Levi, Ellie and Pasquinal.
Hopefully, this magnificent mini-series will come out on Blu-Ray.

i remember sitting down and watching this with my mom, it is such a great series. i signed up for it on amazon, so i hope more ppl will do the same.

My favorite series of all time.

Go to amazon and sign up for it. If enough interest is shown, it will be released.

why dont they get smart and make this on DVD!

Hans Brumbaugh and Pasquinell my Brother, aww i love this series my hitory teacher made us watch this in 1997 we thought is was going to be dumb at first, but looked forward to watching it every friday

I remember watching this on NBC when it first aired ,and the mini-series was spread out over several months. A classic!

You're welcome!